Between empathy and social dominance: sensitising the IITs
The Hinduby Nivedita S7d ago
When Rohith Vemula penned his suicide note on January 16, 2016, it was a searing indictment on Indian academia.
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top 85%Exploring systemic racism as the default explanation for disparities
Phys.orgby Sharita Forrest7d ago
Exploring systemic racism as the default explanation for disparities Much of the field of sociology treats systemic racism as its default explanation for racial disparities rather than as an open...
Hold: Rs 50,000 crore allegations, money and power: When politics becomes a pathway to wealth
The South Firstby PV Kondal Rao7d ago
Hold: Rs 50,000 crore allegations, money and power: When politics becomes a pathway to wealth The average declared assets of Congress MLAs in Telangana were about ₹48.20 crore, compared with ₹32.62...
Pinned to hope: 20,000 young voices share their reasons to live
New Indian Expressby Rakshitha Priya G7d ago
Imagine more than 20,000 colourful 3x3-inch sticky notes covering a wall, filled with writings in different languages, drawings, lyrics, and even blank spaces.
The humble yet global eateries of Namma Chennai
New Indian Expressby Nidharshana Raju7d ago
Chennai has always been accepting and accommodating of people from all cultures. Denoting this is the popular Tamil phrase, ‘Vandharai vazha vaikum Chennai’.
This Toronto Steakhouse Takes Its Cues From Japanese Denim
Design Milkby Sophie Sobol7d ago
Toronto’s Financial District has a dual personality. On weekdays, the streets are a frenzy of fast-paced professionals in business casual. On weekends, the neighborhood relaxes into a slower pace.
How psychopathic traits shape language
Phys.orgby Clara Turnage7d ago
How psychopathic traits shape language Popular culture often depicts people with psychopathy as cold, emotionless and hollow, but a recent University of Mississippi study found that the language...
The 4 Questions That Helped Me Stop Making Blind Decisions as a Founder
Entrepreneurby Len Jessup7d ago
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways - Asking questions is a leadership advantage, not a weakness.
Encroachment of land in Mumbai
The Hinduby Santosh Karmarkar7d ago
The average Mumbaikar’s plight has become like that of the poor peasant in Tagore’s epic poem Dui Bigha Jomi (two bighas of land), in which the poor man says to his zamindar –“O Lord, countless are...
GTA's Wanted Level Is One of Video Games’ Perfect Ideas
Polygon.comby Giovanni Colantonio7d ago
With Grand Theft Auto 6 so close that you can practically taste Leonida’s bog water, I’m starting to reflect on why the GTA series still excites me after decades of playing.
The Fossil Fuel Turning Point
Timeby André Corrêa do Lago and Bruce Douglas7d ago
The world has spent decades debating how to transition away from fossil fuels. Three years ago, at COP28 in Dubai, 195 countries reached, by consensus, an unprecedented agreement to do so.
Two Washington visits that sought to redirect diplomacy
New Indian Expressby K P Nayar7d ago
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s September 23-25 State visit to the US was reminiscent of Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s official visit to Washington during September 15-17, 2000.
Messi's last tango in Buenos Aires
New Indian Expressby Issac James Manayath7d ago
After Tuesday, Lionel Messi will never wear the sky-blue-and-white of Argentina again. It’s just a footballer retiring. Yet why does it feel so heavy—even all the way over in India?
Sylvester Stallone: ‘I don’t know what the new masculinities are. It’s in a man’s nature to conquer’
El País Englishby Luis Doncel7d ago
It is Sylvester Stallone’s fourth interview of the day. Is he tired of talking yet? “No, because this is the first one about my memoirs,” he replies from a hotel room in New York, his hometown...
I Have a Confession to Make About My Landscape Photography
PetaPixelby Jeremy Gray7d ago
Foliage season is in full swing here in New England, and so far, my wide-angle lens has spent far more time in my bag than attached to my camera.
Nigeria since 1999: When will the years begin to count?, By Dakuku Peterside
Premium Timesby Dakuku Peterside7d ago
Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a military government.
Don't allow circumstances, doubts to limit achievements: Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal to women lawyers
Bar and Benchby Arna Chatterjee7d ago
Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal on Monday urged young women lawyers not to allow circumstances, expectations or others’ doubts to limit their achievements.
Power to arrest under GST
Business Lineby Mohan R Lavi7d ago
As the GST Council meets on October 7 for its 57th meeting, one of the more contentious items before it is whether GST officers should retain the power to arrest at all.
Two leaders on tenterhooks
Business Lineby Sridhar Krishnaswami7d ago
In less than a month, the political fate of two leaders would have been determined even if they are not directly on the ballot.
Conditions ripe for rate hike
Business Lineby Abhiman Das; Smita Roy Trivedi7d ago
Has the time for a rate hike finally arrived? In retrospect, as we had argued earlier, given the global and domestic inflationary trends, a pre-emptive rate hike would have helped (businessline...