Sold as freedom, gig work masks insecurity and exploitation. For women, especially the marginalised, it’s not flexibility, but a fight for dignity. With her new book ‘OTP Please!’, Vandana Vasudevan adds her research to calls for systemic reform.
India has the brainpower but not yet the ambition. In its booming biotech labs, young minds chase Western validation, not startup ideas and real-world solutions. Here’s how we can flip the script and lead globally, writes Dr Jinal Bhola.
Anagha Nagpal and Riri G. Trivedi’s new book invites parents to reflect on their inner worlds and encourages emotional growth so that we avoid passing unresolved childhood wounds to the next generation.
Hundreds of agriculture experts and gender researchers from around the world were in Delhi last week for the CGIAR-ICAR agricultural research conference. Here are the key takeaways.
A new book ‘Humour, Seriously’ by Stanford’s Dr Jennifer Aaker and Naomi Bagdonas shows you how to build levity into your life and work.
A chilling new report by Swabhiman Society and Equality Now highlights how India’s justice system is failing survivors of caste-based sexual violence.
Herpetologist Emma A Browning is using social media to create awareness about reptiles and amphibians, and the human impact on their lives.
After working as an engineer for two decades, SB Divya now weaves incredible sci-fi tales in her second career as author.
Award-winning neuroscientist Dr Vidita Vaidya is studying the circuitry of emotions to help future generations protect their brains and fight psychological disorders.
From combing the oceans of plastic waste, to creating healthy chocolates and promoting sustainable luxury, these people are out to help the Earth, finds Kay Newton.
A fresh new healing modality and life philosophy has been sweeping through urban India, leaving women quite happy in its wake.
Blind from birth, Chanchal Ankush always had a strong sense of smell. Today, armed with fragrance training, she works with a global fragrance house.
The effects of environmental pollution are damaging our children’s brains within days after birth, leaving India with a crisis in the making.
In ‘Supernormal’, her groundbreaking new study of trauma and survival, Meg Jay tells the stories of people who overcome trauma in their childhoods to go on and live successful lives as adults.
Bright young researcher Reeti Roy was selected to be a legislative assistant to MP Shashi Tharoor. She recounts her experiences that led to the launch of her startup, Aglet Ink.
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