And the Importance of Being Honest With Yourself — Our lives are full of decisions and choices. While we may want every decision we take to be our own, quite often that isn’t the case. Having grown up in a typical, middle-class family in India, my life resembled that of thousands of others around me. Immense academic pressure, a…

Looking for the Perfect Suitor — I rub my eyes as I enter the 7th straight hour of browsing LinkedIn. I’ve lost track of what I was originally doing and am now just staring, semi-paralytic and dribbling down my front. My MBA degree sits silently in the corner, gathering dust. I get a notification about a…

My experience with COVID-19 testing in India — The world is filled with stories about the COVID-19 pandemic. At the risk of being repetitive, I would like to share my recent experience of getting tested for the disease. After having arrived in India from Dublin, via Dubai, I went into home quarantine as instructed at the airport. On…

A day in the life of a hypocrite — I start my day blowing my nose into a tissue in a most satisfying manner. My clogged sinuses breathe a sigh of relief as the cool morning air flows into my lungs through my clean nostrils. …

5 traits of a highly toxic workplace — I loved teen movies during my young adult years. Whether it was a cheesy coming-of-age film or long-winded TV drama with a non-existent plot, I devoured them all. I enjoyed the exaggerated hilarity and thanked my stars that my high school experience was a minor inconvenience in comparison. So you…

Passing time when you’re job hunting — I have been job hunting for the past six months now. I started with great optimism just as my MBA course came to an end. With degree in hand and a carefully crafted CV at my disposal, I set out to find a job that would give my career a…

It is 8:30 am on a Friday morning. I wake up with a crick in my neck from having fallen asleep on my arm while watching Netflix the previous night. I groan in agony as my surroundings start to make sense to me. I have just remembered that I had…

I wake up in a daze on the 27th of October. My internal clock tells me it is 6:30 am. Time to freshen up, wear the warmest sportswear I can find and run along the harbour. I eye my phone with suspicion, the faintest doubt rising in my mind. Why…