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My favourite products: A rapid-fire round with award-winning designer A Balasubramaniam

India, July 25 -- Does your lamp light your table up just right? Does your water bottle fit easily in your hand? "Design is everywhere, and designers have the power to influence lives - for better or... Read More


Add to cart: A Wknd chat with award-winning product designer A Balasubramaniam

India, July 25 -- Design is everywhere, says A Balasubramaniam, 64. In the sheen of a flashlight's reflective rim. In the distance between two steps in a staircase. In the way a newspaper folds so re... Read More


Sage against the machine

India, July 20 -- l Too much of anything. l Don't count your chickens. l A stitch in time. l The grass is always greener. l Money doesn't make the world go round. The wisdom of the ages is so dinned i... Read More


Wait, isn't that me?

India, July 13 -- For a child, disability is often understood in simple but heart-breaking terms: difference, loneliness, exclusion. Playtime is hardest. Adults who grew up differently abled still spe... Read More


A woman in Wisconsin is making dolls that look just like the child they're meant for

India, July 12 -- For a child, disability is often understood in simple but heart-breaking terms: difference, loneliness, exclusion. Playtime is hardest. Adults who grew up differently abled still sp... Read More


Is it just me or...

India, June 15 -- It looks different to every person who fights it. In Japan and South Korea, people are so lonely, they may die and not be discovered for days. (In Japan, a country of 124 million, ov... Read More


'As someone put it: Loneliness is laughter... in other places'

India, June 15 -- "What does loneliness sound like?" In 2019, Fay Bound Alberti, a professor of modern history at King's College London, posted the question on X. The answers were evocative. "The wind... Read More


Is it just me or...

India, June 15 -- It looks different to every person who fights it. In Japan and South Korea, people are so lonely, they may die and not be discovered for days. (In Japan, a country of 124 million, ov... Read More


'As someone put it: Loneliness is laughter... in other places'

India, June 15 -- "What does loneliness sound like?" In 2019, Fay Bound Alberti, a professor of modern history at King's College London, posted the question on X. The answers were evocative. "The wind... Read More


'What does loneliness sound like?'

India, June 13 -- In 2019, Fay Bound Alberti, a professor of modern history at King's College London, posted the question on X: "What does loneliness sound like?" The answers were evocative. "The win... Read More