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Sunday, November 23, 2025

PoV

The office chair—what I miss the most in Covid lockdown working from home

Working from home is ruining our necks and backs now. Taking care of the spine has become an important battle to preserve the March of Progress image.

4am Dairy Milk, dancing prawns, langar — what coronavirus did to how we eat

The first few days of lockdown were about discipline, then a dash of nihilism seeped in. Food won't be the same in post-pandemic India.

Rangoli Chandel — small town grit, no airs but a raging Right-wing bigot

It's easy to dismiss Rangoli Chandel as Bollywood star Kangana Ranaut's spokesperson or as her alter-ego or Twitter troll. But she is the sum of all these parts and more.

Sweet and salty ‘corona’ food — because Indians need variety even in a pandemic

Creativity of Indians is on the rise during the Covid-19 crisis with some of them even composing songs and writing poems based on the coronavirus.

Bollywood backbenchers finally taking revenge on A-listers, with some Right-wing help

People like Payal Rohatgi, Vivek Agnihotri, and Manoj Joshi have descended on social media with lakhs of followers, telling the Khans and the Kumars their ways of winning ‘hearts’ are over.

I Gotta Wash My Hands: World turning to The Beatles in Covid crisis, 50 yrs after it broke up

Beatles’ songs are being sung by those in lockdown from their windows and being played for those coming out of hospitals. It’s a band that never dies.

Dear Indians, don’t rush to support everything Trump does. WHO funding cut only hurts us

Beyond the coronavirus pandemic, India is often at the cusp of outbreaks such as encephalitis or measles. A bankrupt WHO will leave India without best global practices.

Braless, hairy and brown — coronavirus lockdown is our chance to change beauty standards

Lifestyle changes enforced by the coronavirus lockdown have made ‘straight out of bed’ looks the norm simply because no one is looking.

Covid-19 lockdown is stressful enough. Don’t push yourself to excel in BYJU’S and Duolingo

People are trying new things during the Covid-19 lockdown but it is a problem if they pressure themselves to master those hobbies in these stressful times.

‘Bhaiyya de do please’ — Covid-19 crisis is making urban India go back to kirana stores

Covid-19 lockdown is like a renaissance for neighbourhood kirana stores as the urban Indian is finding them more convenient than malls.

On Camera

New labour codes are a simplification that’s been long overdue. Its a strategic shift

Imposition of formal rights and digital compliance mechanisms introduces new expectations for both employers and workers. This transition will require sustained awareness efforts.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas crash: Amid taunts from across border, a Pakistani pilot’s brother voices shared grief & solidarity

Speaking to ThePrint, Salman Akram urges dignity in tragedy, recalling the loss of his brother, Wing Commander Nauman Akram, in similar crash & the mockery his family faced after.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.