The world’s acceptance of English as a global link language should be cause for celebration — “Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language.” ( H. Jackson Brown, Jr, American author) I am a non-native English writer living in India. I wrote this story more out of anguish than because I felt any deep resentment towards anybody. This is…

Our gut feelings may be more rational than we think — “In addition to their indispensable role in helping us digest large parts of our diet, it is becoming clear that gut microbes have an extensive and wholly unexpected influence on the appetite-control systems and emotional operating systems in our brain, in our behaviour, and even on our minds. These invisible…

Read the ‘CV of Failures’ written by successful people and dig deeper into their stories — Success is visible, and people flaunt their successes with gusto. Nobody wants to talk about their failures. It’s not because they lack humility; people are not just interested in listening to uninspiring tales of setbacks. Success is the most popular and bestselling self-help genre. We have thousands of titles beginning…

Automation should complement the human agency and not replace it — As negative side effects of automation become more evident, the world is realising that for many kinds of work we don’t want to replace human beings, even if the work is a little dull, dirty or dangerous. In fact, that replacement can become counter-productive. (Gill Pratt, CEO of Toyota Research…

The parrot behaved as it was the boss of the household — “Throughout the animal kingdom, parrots’ cognitive abilities and intellectual talents are only matched by corvids and primates.”(forbes.com) Parrots are known for their intelligence, memory and mimicking abilities. The African grey parrot is the most intelligent among the species. Here is an amusing story of how an African grey parrot bossed…

Her dad’s suicide made her raise money to support a mental health charity — The death of a loved one is an enormous personal tragedy and more so if it happened through suicide. It creates a huge void in our lives. Grief is a long process at the end of which we come to terms with our loss. Many move on with their lives…