Slow Clap: Why we love Abhijit Banerjee and his love for gareeb India
Kolkata-born American Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Price in Economics. And despite the fact that he left our shores ages back we still love him dearly. And post-Nobel fame, we always will
Here's a complete guide to raising Gen Z kids
Dr N Rajesh Kumar, Associate Professor, Department of ECE, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, tells us how parents and teachers can effectively mould children into well-rounded individuals
Your or You're: How and where to use contractions in your sentences
When we read novels or plays, we come across dialogues that contain contractions. Scriptwriters use contractions in their dialogues to reveal the attitudes of characters.
Here’s why self-doubt is a big downer and can become an obstacle in attaining your true potential
One possible reason for the youth to have self-doubt is that they are not aware of their true potential. Low self-esteem could possibly be yet another reason for this
Pull the plug or not? How assisted dying is still in the centre of the ethical-unethical debate
Assisted dying is legal in Switzerland. It involves a doctor prescribing a life-ending dose of medication to a mentally competent, terminally ill adult at his request
Welcome to reason: Should new Doctors have to serve in villages first?
The very idea of ‘commandeering’ newly qualified doctors to serve in ill-equipped village clinics with harsh living and working conditions seems abhorrent
Canteen Fundas: Always set goals that provoke action
What were your goals when you were in college? Did they change over time and over conversations that you've had with others?
The Trainer Brainer: Here’s why you need to master critical thinking
To survive in this new era, there is a need for young people to be equipped with an important skill called critical thinking
English Blues: Here's how 'Howdy' originated
What is the meaning of the phrase ‘How do you do’? Did you know that it used to be a greeting and not a question?
Gandhi's Ramrajya in 2019: The Modification it went through, from good justice system to Hindu Raj
Sociologists and political scientists have, at times, called Gandhi an idealist. His idea of Ramrajya might have been utopian but the ideals that supported the idea was implementable
Bibek Debroy: Reducing Gandhiji’s views to stereotypes misses the point
Living, speaking and writing in kali yuga, Mahatma Gandhi was reminding us of an ideal satya yuga, where the State becomes redundant, says Bibek Debroy
Gandhi Jayanti: Here's what B-School grads can learn from the Gandhian principles
Life coach Adarsh Basavaraj gives us the lowdown on the kind of management principles B-School students can get from Gandhi
Canteen Fundas: How to achieve great things and grow bigger than we are
How Gandhiji's ideals and teachings can be used in every day life and how through that we can achieve greater heights
Is ensuring students’ safety a school’s duty? The debate is still on
The list of schools audited include well-established ‘old names’ and apparently not the modern corporate-type schools which attach the ‘International’ tag to their names
Slow Clap: Why Greta Thunberg needs to give up on her dreams ASAP
The 16-year-old is battling conspiracy theories and name-calling along with climate change. She should give it all up and just Netflix and chill
A letter of solidarity to Greta Thunberg from the Third World
How dare we allowed the climate to go berserk in the first place? Even though we accept that we destroyed it, we never really bothered to correct it
Canteen Fundas: To do inspired work, start with the ‘why’
Here are a few life lessons that you'd need in college and in life, apart from what's taught inside the classroon
The trainer brainer: Here's why you must be open to any change
Adaptation to change is considered important for the youth since if they are not open to change and prepared to go along with it, they will be left behin
Welcome to reason: Should we broadcast our children’s foibles?
When a child cries, parents are biologically programmed to spring into action — blood pressure increases, for example, even if it’s not your kid. This perspective may strike you as melodramatic
English Blues: Let's talk about a few confusing idioms and phrases
Here's decoding a few idioms and phrases and how one shouldn't always go with a phrase's literal meaning
Dress Codes: Raw policing of women leads to wilful creation of hostile spaces
The worrying part of this is the deeper questions its raises in terms of authoritarian practices in the administration of educational institutions, and the derogation of dignity it perpetuates.
Canteen Fundas: How to be secure with all your insecurities
Here are a few important tips on how you can be honest with yourself and make it through each day with self confidence
Why comparing our achievements with others might be the cause of our failure
Nicholas Francis shares a few pointers on why you must not compare and contrast your life or achievements with other individuals
Finding the holes in an argument: Tracing multiple uses of a word
Albert P' Rayan explores the different meanings of the word, 'hole'. In this column, he answers a couple of questions for which he was searching for an answer.
Why we must all learn to #SayItLikeNirmalaTai
Screw Uber. It's all a matter of modelling your mindset such that the economy rises like a phoenix and makes Donald Trump go weak in the toupee
Here's how accepting yourself the way you are is the key to your overall growth
To be secure, accept yourself exactly as you are, warts and all. That’s the key to your growth
How technology adversely affects your eyesight and 6 ways to prevent it
Here are a few expert tips on improving your vision and steps you can take in your every day life
Students to become armoured robots: Why school shootings call for effective protection
This year, ArmorMe, a personal defence firm, started selling a bulletproof backpack that can unfold into a larger covering
Become a real leader: Here's how authentic leadership can benefit the individual and their surroundings
Authentic leadership in a sense is a real leadership quality that can benefit the individual and their environment in a very progressive way
Here's why people use Euphemisms instead of using certain words like 'pregnant' when they are uncomfortable
As many people are not comfortable using the word ‘pregnant’, they use the phrase as a euphemism
Teachers' Day 2019: Remembering a few teachers who went out of their way to produce noble citizens
Not all good teachers are popular and not all popular teachers are good. But some of them are both. We look at two of them
Is teaching a noble profession? Here's what our educators feel about what they do
We have always heard teaching is a noble profession. The students definitely think so too, but what do the educators who are a part of this, feel? We find out
Teachers vs Technology: Can machines ever replace real-time educators?
Many parents, however, still have apprehensions about e-learning when it comes to providing the right kind of education to their children
Here's how the 'learning mindset' can help you top the class
People with a Fixed Mindset believe the effort is fruitless – how can they be ‘smart’ if they work hard? On the other hand, people with a Learning Mindset see effort as the key to mastery
A nation of readers: Here's why it is important to build the ability to ‘learn to read’ among children
As a nation, we have been able to solve access to schools, but we haven’t been able to ensure that learning outcomes are met adequately, especially in reading and languages
Negotiation is important and it can pave the way for greater success. Here's how
When you negotiate, you express your core values in terms of your abilities to the employers, which will make them sensitised towards the same
Should we bribe for college admissions? Numerous cases of students cheating the system raise concern
Earlier in 2019, five California residents were arrested on charges of helping more than 40 Chinese nationals obtain student visas by taking their English tests for them
Welcome to reason: Is it really a good idea to have a memorial tattoo?
Unfortunately, in many cases there are divorces or remarriages, with the aforementioned tattoos ‘telling their unwanted tales of changing wives or husbands’
Canteen Fundas: Here are a few things that they do not teach you in class
Is college all about classroom learning? Definitely not! Here, the author tells you a few things that you probably wouldn't know
The trainer brainer: Making a resumé? Here's how you enrich it with the right skills
Making a resumé may sound like a cakewalk. But the real struggle begins only when you start making it. Here are some tips
