First published in The Hindu, 1 June 2025 For many of us, an internal judge resides within our heads and is busy from morning to dusk. Both trivial and significant events get parsed into categories of ‘good’ and ‘bad.’ If…
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First published in The Hindu, 1 June 2025 For many of us, an internal judge resides within our heads and is busy from morning to dusk. Both trivial and significant events get parsed into categories of ‘good’ and ‘bad.’ If…
First published in The Hindu, 3 May 2025 The musician bows reverentially as the audience breaks out in deafening applause. As they rise to give him a standing ovation, the maestro bows even lower, as if seeking their blessings….
First published in The Hindu, 5th April 2025 Though schools may not explicitly announce ranks of all students, very early on, children imbibe the message that they’re competing with one another. We can’t blame students for comparing their grades…
First published in The Hindu, 1 Feb 2025 A list of intelligent people who have done foolish things is fairly long. US President, Bill Clinton, having an affair with an intern, former McKinsey MD, Rajat Gupta for engaging in insider…
First published in The Hindu, 4th January 2025 The ubiquity of New Year resolutions suggest that we continually try to better ourselves. Though there is nothing wrong in wanting to refine ourselves, we tend to equate more with better. In…
First published in The Hindu, 1st December 2024 Though most of us associate exceptional oratorical skills with passion, a facility with words and proper intonation, there’s another facet of effective communication that doesn’t garner much attention. We can emphasize a…
First published in The Hindu, 4th November 2024 As you down your morning coffee, do you also solve Wordle? When you go for your morning run, do you take a slightly different route every day, soaking in the sights and…
First published in The Hindu, 6th October 2024 Most readers will vouch that they read a book for the sheer joy of reading. But what about rereading a book? What propels some people to revisit pages to journey again with…
First published in The Hindu, 8th September 2024 You’re a student at a prestigious liberal arts college, majoring in Economics. The course work excites you and you strive to be a diligent student. Soon after class, you head to your…
First published in The Hindu, 1 June 2024 In their brilliant book, Metaphors We Live By, George Lakoff and Mark Johnson claim that metaphors are not just figures of speech but impact how we think and behave. In fact, they…
Aruna Sankaranarayanan is the author of Zero Limits: Things Every 20 Something Should Know. She was the Founder & Director of PRAYATNA, a centre for children with learning difficulties in Bengaluru & Chennai for 22 years.