Lifestyle

Buying a Bike in India: Prices, Insurance and Delivery Checks

June 27, 2026

Buying a bike is an exciting milestone. Choosing the model is only part of the decision: the final bill can also include insurance, registra...

Lifestyle

iPad 8th Generation Review: Learning, Creativity and Entertainment

June 16, 2021

This is my experience after about a month with the eighth-generation iPad, first published in June 2021. Prices and app references describe ...

Lifestyle

Books I Have Loved: Fiction, Reflection and Entrepreneurship

March 18, 2021

Reading a book lets me step into someone else’s life and experience their love, laughter, sorrow, guilt, friendship and gratitude. Some book...

Explained

Online Shopping Consumer Rights: Complaints and Redress

September 19, 2020

Online shopping makes it easy to compare products and have them delivered at home. But convenience does not remove a seller’s responsibiliti...

Lifestyle

Tamil Navigation: Exploring Tamil Nadu’s History on YouTube

September 18, 2020

The man behind the Tamil navigation youtube channel How Tamil Navigation Began Better cameras and the reach of YouTube have ...

Lifestyle

iPad Air 4 (2020): Display, A14 Chip, Cameras and Launch Price

September 16, 2020

Archive note: this article describes the iPad Air (4th generation), introduced in 2020. Prices and software references below are from its la...

Lifestyle

Apple Watch Series 6 (2020): Features and Health-Tracking Limits

September 16, 2020

Archive note: this overview describes Apple Watch Series 6 at its 2020 launch. Feature availability depends on the model, region and softwar...

Lifestyle

The Social Dilemma: Attention, Privacy and Surveillance Capitalism

September 12, 2020

The Social Dilemma made me think about the bargain behind social media: we gain connection and convenience, while platforms gain informatio...

Lifestyle

Eat That Frog: 21 Practical Lessons on Procrastination

April 28, 2020

What does success mean to us: money, status, inner satisfaction or the contribution we make to others? These priorities differ between peopl...

Lifestyle

Life in the Ponmalai Railway Colony: Childhood Memories

November 30, 2019

Life in the Ponmalai Railway quarters felt very different from life today. I spent my childhood in a neighbourhood where there was always so...

Lifestyle

Cycling in Chennai: Six Routes From My Rides

March 27, 2019

Cycling has given me a different way to experience Chennai. A familiar road feels new in the early morning, and reaching the sea or a lake a...

Lifestyle

Vikasana at IIM Bangalore: Learning to Make a Difference

December 27, 2018

Vikasana, the social-service club at IIM Bangalore, shows how one idea can grow into many forms of support. This article looks back at the c...

Lifestyle

2018 MacBook Air: Design, Features and First Impressions

December 24, 2018

The MacBook Air described here is the 2018 Retina model. These are my impressions from December 2018, rather than a buying recommendation fo...