BUSINESS

Managing workplace bullies – The Hindu

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Bullies target the high performers. | Photo Credit: Getty Images I recently read a statement on social media that workplace bullies always target high-performers. And I had no reason to refute it. For some incomprehensible reason, their inadequacies take the shape of jealousy and resentment, breeding mild contempt for high-performers. They later turn these into … Read more

The whiff of mother’s cooking

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 Simple home-made fare holds a special place in our heart. | Photo Credit: Getty Images The recipe was a very old, tried and tested one. It was part of a family tradition and called for several ingredients,  processes and elaborate preparation. I had second thoughts about trying it but with clear-cut instructions written in mother’s own hand, … Read more

Choice overload – The Hindu

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The illusion of endless alternatives fosters discontent, making us question our own decisions. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In 2007, while working in Dubai, I walked into a mall intending to buy a pair of jeans. What should have been a straightforward task quickly turned into a baffling experience. A cheerful sales girl approached me … Read more

Letters to The Editor — May 17, 2025

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Right stance India’s Defence Minister is right in his demand that the nuclear arsenal of Pakistan should be brought under the watch of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Page 1, May 16). A country that uses the threat of ‘nuclear blackmail’ cannot be trusted to be restrained under any circumstances. A country with a state … Read more

The ingredient to turn around nutrition outcomes

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‘In many Indian households, women’s nutritional needs are literally last in line’ | Photo Credit: THE HINDU/RITU RAJ KONWAR The analysis of India’s free foodgrain programme for 800 million people underscores a grim reality: that hunger and malnutrition remain pressing concerns. Yet, in India’s long battle against malnutrition, women and girls remain the most overlooked … Read more

​Drinking to death: on illicit liquor cases

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Often described in media reports as “hooch tragedies” or “spurious liquor cases”, the recurring incidents of illicit alcohol poisoning across India — most recently near Amritsar, Punjab, which claimed at least 23 lives — follow a grimly familiar pattern of poverty, greed, and regulatory failure. Each tragedy is eerily similar to the previous one, be … Read more