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Work order: Where, when, how?

India, March 9 -- In 2020, Zoom became a verb, and work from home (WFH), a necessity. In 2021, return to office (RTO) was a catchphrase that, some employees claimed, symbolised corporate greed that p... Read More


Stuck in worry town

India, March 9 -- "All you who sleep tonight Far from the ones you love, No hand to left or right, And emptiness above." These lines from Vikram Seth's haunting poem, All You Who Sleep Tonight, says ... Read More


Navigating a complete unknown

India, March 9 -- No book or film prepared us for 2020. We had watched blockbusters about asteroid hits, zombie apocalypses, food wars, fury roads and robot revolutions. We'd even watched movies about... Read More


We have promises to keep...

India, March 9 -- By any measure, Kamala Devi has lived a difficult life. Born in northern Bihar, the 45-year-old spent her youth tending to her children, then followed her labourer husband to Delhi,... Read More


A level of loss we still cannot quantify

India, March 9 -- The pandemic affected almost every aspect of human life. In fact, there is evidence that it is still impacting how we work, live, plan for the future. The continuing impact has its r... Read More


Redrawing the global map

India, March 9 -- The pandemic was a universal, but also uniquely personal, experience. As it changed individuals, it inevitably changed how they thought of their society, the world around them, and ... Read More


Changing the rules of the game

India, March 9 -- Made in China. Five years ago, the innocuous tag attached to so many of our purchases, from toys and electronics to clothes and the idols one might worship, acquired an entirely new... Read More


Are the kids really all right?

India, March 9 -- More children own a smartphone. More children are lonely. Most children know what it's like to leave school one day, and not go back for years. When the world looks back on how the ... Read More


What the virus cost us

India, March 9 -- How did a once-in-a-century pandemic impact the Indian economy? The most mechanical or rather dehumanised way to answer this question would be to say it triggered an annual economic... Read More


Manchester and Belfast get 2 new india consulates

New Delhi, March 9 -- India's two new consulates at Belfast in Northern Ireland and Manchester in Britain have been inaugurated by external affairs minister S Jaishankar, who said the missions will he... Read More