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Love in the Time of Numbness; Or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer – The New Yorker

(This article first appeared in The New Yorker on April 11, 2017)

• As the matriarch of our heaving, multi-generational family, she had always helmed the kitchen with an efficient, if somewhat despotic, hand. Because all the food in that household was cooked by her—years earlier, an attempted takeover by one of the uncle’s wives had been swiftly and tyrannically rebuffed—my grandmother was, in fact, the ultimate arbiter of taste...

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India needs National Technology Coordinator. An Indian model in digital infrastructure is ready – The Print

(This article first appeared in The Print on June 27, 2022) We would like India to be less of just being a fuel for global tech companies, but to also lead the global tech movement,” argued Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Union Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Electronics and Technology...

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Mutant legacy of a British-era law in Manipur – The New Indian Express

This article first appeared in The New Indian Express on June 22, 2022 Independent India has followed the British land revenue administration model in Manipur and this has led to friction among the ethnic communities in the region.

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Rich-poor divide on clean power is getting wider and hurting the climate fight – The Print

(This article first appeared in The Print on June 23)

• To look at the way richer countries are spending money on the energy transition, you might think we’re within reach of bringing climate change under control. Investment in clean energy has only accelerated in the years since Covid-19 struck. In the second half of the last decade, it grew at a 2% annual rate. Since 2020, that’s risen to 12% a year. This year, it will hit $1.4 trillion, the International Energy Agency wrote in its annual investment report Wednesday, putting green power comprehensively ahead of the roughly $1 trillion that’s being spent on fossil fuels...

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Facing the heat: Why start-ups are in trouble – India Today

• Until just a few months ago, start-ups were the toast of the town. From cab aggregators to food tech firms and fashion products to medicine, the new legion of start-ups were in hot demand...

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 Startup Led By Indian-Origin Ankiti Bose Turns Into Dumpster Fire – Bloomberg

• Zilingo Pte was until recently a rising star in the world of fashion e-commerce, and its glamorous leader Ankiti Bose was a model young achiever. But in less than three months, the Singapore-based company has become a dumpster fire threatening to consume its sacked chief executive...

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