In a world where ‘connection’ is measured by likes, emojis, and quick replies, the deepest friendships are quietly slipping away. This is the story of those silent goodbyes, and the cost we often don’t see until it’s too late.
Srinath Sridharan
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Why do Indian grandparents’ stories work better than your MBA? Science agrees.
Kirti Tarang Pande
Mumbai’s floods are man-made. Transit-oriented growth can turn recurring monsoon misery into a model of resilience and equitable urban living.
Alok Kumar Mishra
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Every luxury apartment flaunts it: the “guest bedroom.” But what it becomes in real life is far more interesting: part storage room, part marital timeout zone, part silent confession of fatigue and freedom.
In a world of staged celebrations, a quiet Raksha Bandhan visit shows how the simplest gestures can carry the deepest bonds.
Kalyani Srinath
India holds the blueprint for cognitive resilience. Fuse ancient neuro-biotech with science, and it becomes hard power no trade war can undermine.
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More young Indians are choosing comfort over independence, delaying empty nests and slowing economic momentum in ways that ripple through the nation.
In many Indian homes, love no longer storms out, it quietly negotiates more room to breathe. Separate duvets and soon-to-be popular twin bathrooms could be quiet strategies to be together, and yet sane.
Turn a square of dark chocolate into a moment of stillness. Chocolate meditation blends indulgence with mindfulness for calm in a busy world.
Babuji K
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Not all changes make headlines. Some are slow, quiet, and deeply personal. And some stories begin long after you’ve left. This one starts in a place you thought you knew.
In countless Indian middle‑aged homes, the old fight over the TV remote has quietly ended, replaced by two screens, two feeds, and a silence that feels like peace. But is there peace?
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We’ve grown into our sarcasm. We’ve earned our eye-rolls. And we’ve made peace with the fact that nothing in life bends quite the way it used to, neither our backs, nor our expectations.
Gender Tax: real. Predatory behaviour disguised as nurturing purrs: real. Not he vs she, it’s audit vs attrition. Your playbook breeds predators.
Middle-class Indians are rediscovering the quiet wisdom in old routines—realising, with irony and grace, that they’ve become what they once resisted.
Workplaces teach us to win, not to unarm. The real question is why we built them that way.
Lab-grown backbones, monkey-inspired manners, and surveillance-grade contact lenses. Is evolution getting outsourced to technology?
R. Gurumurthy
Ask any middle-aged parent of a teen today, and they’ll tell you: we’re not raising children; we’re surviving tech-powered beings who believe your existence is a personal attack on their vibe.
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Hot spouse but crave the intern? That boss spark? "That’s not chemistry. It’s the thrill of power misread as desire." Can you keep power at work and out of your sheets?
Michael Debabrata Patra
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Parenting, whether in the 1980s or 2020s, is still a complicated act of hope. It is believing that the child you raise will one day understand the parent you tried to be.
Michael Patra is an economist and former RBI Deputy Governor.
Arun is a seasoned writer on economic and policy matters.
Abheek is an Independent Economist and the Former Chief Economist at HDFC Bank.
Ajay Srivastava is the founder of the Global Trade Research Initiative.
Vijay, trade expert & ex-IRS officer, works with Deloitte India and Ashoka University’s ICPP.
Dhananjay, a D-School alum, is CEO and Co-Head of Equities at Systematix Group.
Kriti is a psychologist specialising in mental health, org behaviour, and brand strategy
Srinath is an author, corporate advisor, and independent director on corporate boards.
Ex-civil servant Chavaly held key Railways, Finance roles; specialises in infra & PPPs
Nilanjan Banik, Professor at Mahindra University, specialises in trade and development economics.
Sachin was till recently an MD with Standard Chartered Bank.
Rajesh Mahapatra is the former Editor of The Press Trust of India
Krishnadevan is Consulting Editor at BasisPoint Insight.
Chandra advises companies on big-picture narratives on strategy and markets.
Kalyan Ram co-founded Cogencis. He now leads BasisPoint Insight.