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Introduction According to recent reports, India continues to attract multinational companies across sectors such as: Technology; Manufacturing; Financial services; Logistics, and; Retail. Among countries, Singapore, the United States, and the United Kingdom have emerged as the leading sources of foreign companies entering India reflecting growing international confidence in the country’s economic growth and conducive investment climate….

It is said that the Sufis are in the world but not of the world. In Sufi terminology, this is called khalwat dar anjuman(seclusion in the midst of the crowd). When one is a Sufi at heart, then the soul stays anchored in the Divine Almighty. Sufi saints do not urge their followers to become…

A lover of design, community, a sports fanatic and an explorer at heart, Rahul Umashankar’s career has focused on his passions, and being fearless in pursuing them. Though he was born and raised in Tumukur near Bangalore, for Rahul studying his Masters in Italy at POLIMI Graduate School of Management felt, in many ways, like…

French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, who died too young, will forever be celebrated for her iconic autobiographical graphic novel, Persepolis. Not only because it serves as an intimate record of a young girl’s life in the Islamic Republic of Iran, but also because of the medium through which it communicates. Graphic novels are one of the…

Young bankers are facing rising pressure from targets, monitoring and workload, while the culture of mentoring and institutional support is steadily weakening. There is a growing concern within India’s banking sector that deserves urgent attention. Rising reports of stress, burnout, depression and, in some tragic cases, suicides among young bankers are not merely personal incidents….

Last month, a young gang-rape victim in Nuh, Haryana, died by suicide after enduring blackmail via video recordings of her gang-rape, turning the spotlight again on women’s suicides under suspicious circumstances. In a spate of similar cases over the years, inquiries by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), police, and cybercrime units have sometimes led…

Abdul Rahim returned to Kerala last week after spending nearly two decades in a Saudi prison. Saved by a `47 crore crowdfunding campaign, he now hopes to help others facing the ordeal he once endured It has been over a week since Machilakath Abdul Rahim, 44, returned home from Saudi Arabia to an emotional welcome…

A new encyclopaedia traces the making of Kerala’s ecological crisis In 1624, Italian traveller Pietro Della Valle arrived on the Malabar coast to find houses nestled among coconut groves, people farming pepper, jackfruit, mango, tamarind and sugarcane, forests of giant trees, and boats moving down pristine lakes and rivers. It was, by his account, a…

Tenzing Norgay’s friend Rabindranath Mitra had started a rumour about the Sherpa having three lungs. Many believed it. Seventy years later, you could say the same of Dawa ‘Hillary’ Sherpa, without drawing incredulous looks. How did a 52-year-old survive six days on Everest, without food, water and bottled oxygen? The theory we like most is…

If the proliferation of long-distance running events across India is any indication, the phenomenon is here to stay. But to view it merely as a fitness trend, is to miss something larger. Running has evolved into one of urban India’s most accessible forms of community plus self-expression, a space where people can simultaneously belong to…