A Journey Back to Myself

Armed with a diary and pen, I set out on a solo two-and-a-half-month ‘journalling adventure’ through Malaysia and Indonesia. Every little self-musing helped me remember my old self and awaken a new one

Rivers, Bronzes and the Architecture of Ambition

What the Chola trail reveals about power, systems, memory, and coffee

The Broken Windows of Our Moral Life

How small everyday choices shape cultures, organisations, and the societies we become

On the Edge: Urgent Stories Our Wild Places Tell—A Tribute to Ramki

In memory of a friend, mentor, and conservationist, we present the 2025 Ramki Sreenivasan Conservation Photography Award—images that reveal the startling, intimate, and often uncomfortable ways in which human lives now intersect with the wild

What Quiet Men Teach Us About Love

How men learn—and unlearn—the language of emotion

Where the Warm North Meets the Cool South

At a quiet Australian headland, I discovered that the most meaningful journeys aren’t about how far we go—but how still we learn to be

Between Two Worlds: Tokyo’s Electric Rush, Kyoto’s Serene Embrace

From neon-lit intersections to tranquil bamboo forests, a mother and daughter journey through Japan’s vibrant streets, tech marvels, and timeless traditions

Alive in the In-Between

Inspired by Brisbane’s “Vibrantly Vacant” windows—on how renewal begins in life’s pauses

Why Contradictions Define India’s Zoomers

India’s youngest workers live at the intersection of abundance and anxiety, ambition and restraint. To engage with them, leaders must learn to work with paradox, not against it

The 10 Best Durga Puja Pandals from Kolkata, 2025

An exploration on the art of Kolkata during Durga Puja

From Cubs to Leaders

What the tiger’s journey through the wild teaches us about leadership growth

Curtain Raiser: The Durga Puja Experience in Kolkata

Experiencing the world’s largest street art festival

How to make cultural festivals independent, inclusive, and sustainable

Cultural festivals succeed when they put community before commerce and independence before sponsorship—while continuously experimenting to stay relevant and inclusive. Insights from the builders of the Bangalore Lit Fest and Mumbai’s MAMI film festival

France’s Wine Cities: A Feast Beyond the Glass

A journey through Dijon and Lyon reveals France at its finest—sublime food, world-class wines, and centuries of history

In the Heart of the Serengeti

A journey through Tanzania’s landscapes, wildlife, and the drama of the migration

12 Places That Helped Shape Post-Independence India

They tell the story of modern India’s evolution

Maps, History, and Finding the Throughline

AI-driven, multi-layered maps could change how we understand power, culture, and the choices future generations will inherit

Where GPS Fails, the Brotherhood Begins

They don’t work for Google. But they’re the brotherhood you’ll want when the road disappears

My 10 best business books of summer 2025

On what makes a leader, how to stop wasting energy on the wrong things, speaking well, the history of attention, understanding India’s economic planning, and more

To Georgia: Where geography meets destiny

Five days in a small country with a large narrative, exploring history, the art of dissent, and an old wine culture

In the Footsteps of the Good Fight

A group of childhood friends retrace the bloodied battlegrounds of WWII Europe—from Normandy to Berlin—finding meaning, memory, and a warning for the present

Our extended minds and AI notetakers

Transcription tools enhance our intelligence, allow us to revisit conversations and glean insights we might have missed, and share knowledge with extended teams. Here's what you need to know to select the right one for you

Reconnecting with the outdoors

The joy of being in nature and a journey of discovery—of a world outside and within. Plus 5 of my favourite places to experience Earth’s remarkable landscape

Echoes Through Time: Civilizations, Continuities & Contrasts

A six-day odyssey through Gujarat's Harappan cities, colonial mansions, ancient temples and the lunar landscape of the Rann of Kutch

Parenting’s attention problem

Parenting has become hugely isolating and stressful, especially in urban India. Busy parents struggle to keep up with the demands of parenting, and often rely entirely on nannies. But it's still important they be present in their child's life, writes a teacher and a mom

Summer Reading | Children’s Books

A selection of books for different age groups (and for the child in you)

Who owns your data—you, the creator, or the platform?

The Kunal Kamra-BookMyShow face-off is more than a dust-up between a performer and a ticketing platform. It is a snapshot of a larger issue that will only become more pressing. And it impacts all of us

How my family health crisis forced me to rethink the value of insurance

The rising incidence of critical illnesses and the growing cost of hospitalisation hangs like a Damocles sword over us. My personal journey of how to deal with growing health risks, smartly buy health insurance—and save my family from financial ruin

We’ve been experimenting with intermittent fasting. Here’s what we’re learning

Charles Assisi and NS Ramnath share their journeys—and lessons—on the road to better health. And Dr Aasim Maldar, an endocrinologist, weighs in on how and why to make it something one can sustain

FF Life: Beyond the Gate of Conquest

Ramzaan at the Saifee Masjid Complex, in South Mumbai's Bhendi Bazaar: In the heart of chaos, an ode to modernity that embraces the Dawoodi Bohra community's heritage and aspirations

The mental model every investor should learn (but most don't)

Why understanding market fluctuations is your best defense against costly mistakes

FF Life: The Oscar Rosters 2025

A review and breakdown of the nominees of the main categories of the 2025 Oscars and their chances of winning

The best of FF Life in 2024

Nine stories that took us close to Frida Kahlo’s art; inside the best Durga Puja pandals; the most memorable moments from the Lok Sabha elections; into the world of graphic novels; a trek to Sandakphu near Darjeeling; and Ramzaan in South Mumbai’s Bhendi Bazaar

The best stories of 2024

Scintillating, insightful conversations and incisive articles on business, entrepreneurship and geopolitical trends

The existential dilemmas facing cultural festivals

Can a festival survive and thrive without corporate sponsorship? Yes — and here’s how Bangalore literature festival found freedom through community funding

FF Life: The rewards of writing

It’s a window to learning, making connections, and a form of personal riches

Pursuit of Identity: ‘Voices’ from Within and Without

My 10 recommendations of avant-garde films screened at the MAMI film festival, 2024

Who Goes to Almaty?

Discovering the rugged landscapes of multi-ethnic Kazakhstan

Art under the eye of the Mother Goddess

10 best Durga Puja pandals of Kolkata 2024 | Art in the shadow of trauma: Durga Puja art is, more often than not, the art of social cause. Many of the pandals this year were muted, yet displayed a burst of breathtaking creativity

The Japanese way of life and business

Inside Kamata, Hiyoshiya, 7Eleven: In the land of the rising sun, there are many tell-tale signs of the unique culture across businesses, both big and small. Here’s what I discovered

FF Life: To the ‘Centre of the World’

Five days through Tashkent and Samarkand

FF Life: Shivendra Dungarpur begins a new Manthan

For a decade, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur took on the formidable challenge of almost single-handedly resurrecting India’s film heritage. The Film Heritage Foundation, his not-for-profit venture, now has an ambitious, new plan for the next decade

FF Life: My housing complex is being redeveloped. This is what I’m learning

What really goes into choosing the right developer and other important considerations

FF Life: A whale of a time in Alaska

Mixing the luxury of a cruise ship and the stark beauty of a still wild land

FF Life: A modern quest for the Arctic

Adventures aboard an expedition cruise ship to the High Arctic

FF Life: Mexico City - A City of Dualities

Four days with Frida Kahlo’s art, the election of the first lady president, and a road called Mahatma Gandhi

My 6 best business books of summer 2024

The best books of the year so far, on being better, power of rituals, bad leaders, thriving, and being super communicators

FF Life: Flamenco, wine and history

If you revel in culture, history, and architecture, there’s every chance you’ll find every bit of Andalusia in southern Spain utterly captivating

FF Life: On the trail of the snow leopard

A 10-day road trip to Chicham village in Spiti Valley—and the wait for the elusive cats

FF Life: A beginner's guide to graphic novels

Discovering the power of visual language

FF Life: Ramzaan in the Bohri Mohalla

The Mohalla is a magnet for foodies during the holy month. Now as an ambitious redevelopment project slowly changes the landscape, the traditional food businesses are morphing too

The mountain’s call

An arduous, painful, agonising trek… And I can’t wait to do it again

Sandakphu Phalut: Journey to the Sleeping Buddha

A moderate trek that offers the breathtaking experience of seeing three of the world's tallest peaks

FF Life: The Oscar Rosters 2024

A spoiler-free ranking of the Oscar movies, with winner predictions

FF Life: How to keep your fitness resolutions

A doctor and a trainer’s insights on what makes fitness a habit

FF Life: The art of slowing down

An effective antidote to the cult of speed

FF Life: On poetry and risk-taking

Poetry that soothes the rollercoaster of an entrepreneur’s life

The best stories of 2023

On travelling to the far reaches of Earth, good health, an eye on China, climate change, personal growth and more

FF Life: Movies to binge-watch

A guide to movies and documentaries across genres

FF Life: Where the good wine is

Kickstart the holiday season with a learner’s guide to everything wine: Books, movies, festivals and more

FF Life: Decision quality in investing

Should decisions be judged based on their outcome? Or is there something more intrinsic about the quality of a decision?

FF Life: GPT-4 and ChatAI could be your digital genie

They could be your personal librarian and a digital assistant that can translate, summarise, and even help you learn a new language

FF Life: Making better investing decisions by anticipating errors

In investing, as in other decision, sometimes, walking down a path and being proven wrong eventually can be disastrous. Other times, it is not taking a risky path that may be the worst thing to do.

A ranking of the 11 best Kolkata Durga pandals from 2023

A flavour of Kolkata’s creative spark during the 10-day celebration of the Mother Goddess

FF Life: Guate Maya

Travelling slow through Guatemala, I experienced a culture hidden from the typical tourist

FF Life: The golden seed

S Sivakumar, group head of ITC’s agri and IT businesses, and Chef Sanjeev Kapoor offer us insights on how to get started with millets and a starter kit of easy recipes

FF Life: One sip at a time

An initiation into limited-edition boutique wines

FF Life: The international school conundrum

A new, growing set of international schools in India offer the allure of a contemporary and modern educational experience and well-rounded development of your child. But are they really able to live up to that promise?

FF Life: Systems thinking — Seeing the whole

Five books to nurture your systems thinking skills

FF Life: Teens are fascinating. This is what they like to watch

August 26, 2023: Five shows recommended by two teens that may offer a window into their world

FF Life: The mental accountant

We are hardwired to think of money in multiple categories based on its purpose or context. At the same time, we are naturally afraid of losses of any type. These biases greatly influence our purchasing and investment decisions

FF Life: Understanding Climate Change

August 12, 2023: Seven resources to understand the science behind Climate Change and what we as individuals can do about it

FF Life: 7 favourite books

In our daily newsletter FF Insights, we cull a book extract that we believe will add value to our subscribers’ day. Here are our favourite books from that long list

FF Life: Engaging with philosophy

Philosophy as an intimate, lived practice rather than a remote academic field

FF Life: Oppenheimer & the scientific phenomena of the Nuclear Age

The biopic Oppenheimer, on ‘the father of the atomic bomb’, just released in India. Here’s a curated list of books and movies that explore the people behind the Nuclear Age and the conflicts that shaped it

FF Life: Focus

July 15, 2023: How to filter out distractions

FF Life: Notes from a wanderer in London

An evergreen city that springs to life during Wimbledon and the Ashes

FF Life: Learning to live with volatility (and profit from it)

For long-term investors, volatility is an opportunity. And they must prepare to take advantage of it

The best of FF Life so far in 2023

17 June 2023: Work and life are not separate, discrete compartments

My six summer must-read books of 2023

FF Life: My choice of the 2023 summer books is reflective of the times we live in and the key topics on executives’ minds

FF Life: Sunny summer days and shadows of the past

Berlin: A city that is as contemporary as it gets, but hasn’t forgotten its grim past

FF Life: How much should you invest in a stock?

Percentage returns are irrelevant if the invested amount was small to begin with. There's an optimal amount that could bring meaningful gains to your total wealth, while limiting loss

FF Life: Style Guide 2023

Recommendations for an everyday updated casual wardrobe

FF Life: Story of a love affair

A bicycle that’s built only for me — and the engineering and art behind it

FF Life: The Cholas — Beyond Ponniyin Selvan 2

Beyond the movie, there are a number of reasons why the Cholas matter. Here’s how one can follow the Chola trail and get a deeper experience of what you saw in the movie

FF Life: Journey to the great white continent

Antarctica—a land of extreme weather, majestic landscape, and rich wildlife

FF Life: A parikrama… of history, architecture, culture, and spirituality

1 April 2023: India’s temples are more than just about religion

FF Life: How golf made me a better investor

The game is a good analogy for the markets and investing behaviour

FF Life: Collect & Connect — managing information overload

How Obsidian is helping me save ideas and tonnes of information, and also retrieve it and see connections and patterns

FF Life: The Man, the Mountains and the Mirror

A journey of discovery in Nepal

FF Life: The Oscar Rosters 2023

4 March 2023: This year has been a fantastic year for movies. Predictions for which films, directors, actors will take the awards

FF Life: Mental wellbeing at work

Strategies and practices to enhance productivity and happiness at the workplace

Educated, aspiring, but struggling for opportunities

FF Life: The story of four women who are among the many who fall into the gap between ‘Ladki Padhao’ (educate girls) and ‘Naukri Karvao’ (allow them to work)

FF Life: The future of office and work

February 11, 2023: Futurist Bob Johansen on work, our lives, and what we ought to prepare for

FF Life: 8 Stories of Financial Fraud & Hubris that You Must Know About

February 4, 2023: History provides many examples of how the mix of business, politics, markets and finance can end up serving up a deadly cocktail

FF Life: Getting AI tools to work for you

January 28, 2023: We tried it to write better, convert text to speech, enhance background scores in podcasts, and generate pictures

FF Life: Personalised medicine and healthcare

January 21, 2023: Digital therapeutics holds great potential and is finding many takers

7 Big Trends in Air Travel: What to Expect in 2023

FF Life: Major shifts are on the anvil this year around the world and in India to fix the endemic issues—and significantly improve the passenger experience. But here’s the nub: air travel may actually get worse, before it gets a lot better

FF Life: A peek into ChatGPT

January 7, 2023: We tooled around with the chatbot. Here are some of the possibilities

FF Insights 723: The science of fairness

August 26, 2022: Adani NDTV Saga - an update, Why hybrid work must continue, Measure the harm, Engineer-ed

FF Insights 722: Diversity creates dynamism

August 25, 2022: The real NDTV story, Democratising healthcare, Once upon a time…

FF Insights 721: The nature of thought

August 24, 2022: Are Indians phone addicts?, How to change, Functions of a potato

FF Insights 720: The neurology of empathy

August 23, 2022: To moonlight or not, The IRCTC data brouhaha, Do not dance Basanti

FF Insights 719: Self-handicapping

August 22, 2022: Nitish Kumar & Tejashwi Yadav vs. BJP, Killing Dehradun, The Zuckerberg Effect

FF Insights 718: Instant gratification

August 18, 2022: Who reads fake news?, The developer-influencer economy, Perspective matters

FF Insights 717: Garbage in, garbage out

August 17, 2022: Electoral forecasting, Effective altruism, Just do it

FF Insights 715: Peak experience

August 12, 2022: China’s data problem, How junk science spreads, The burden of expectations

FF Insights 714: Serena Williams unplugged

August 11, 2022: The case for diversity, The problems with Bitcoin, Change explained

FF Insight 713: Alan Greenspan and bubbles

August 10, 2022: Hack to fame, What regulation?, High debt matters

The best of FF Life 2022

December 26, 2022: Explore, learn, and play

The best stories of 2022

December 24, 2022: On the US-China rivalry, Russia-Ukraine war, concerns about climate change, but also hope, India and China, contrarian leaders, and more

FF Life: Hakuna Ma'vodka!

December 17, 2022: To cocktails! A time to unwind

FF Life: Investing lessons from evolutionary biology

Rate hikes, inflation, market movements… Here’s what investors can learn from evolutionary biology on what matters. (Plus book recommendations: Like psychology, an understanding of evolutionary biology can help us become better investors)

FF Life: Nature’s greatest spectacle

Friends, family, and the wildebeest migration in Kenya

FF Life: Mastodon, the new social media town square

November 19, 2022: The Twitter “alternative” that’s nothing like Twitter

FF Insights 712: Tech & the three crises facing humanity

August 8, 2022: SuperSable, Problem with Instagram?, Gender and physics

FF Insights 711: How polymaths think

August 8, 2022: The man who couldn’t save himself, Facial recognition in the UK, A brief history of time

FF Insights 710: Why writing matters

August 5, 2022: Why writing matters, The translation revolution, Accept friend requests from your boss?, Generations apart

FF Insights #709: Paytm versus PhonePe

August 4, 2022: Admitting weakness; How CIA killed al-Zawahiri; Ironies never sleep

FF Insights #708: China’s demographic disaster

August 3, 2022: Ambitious gambles; Explaining people; Going bananas?

FF Insights #707: India’s people problem

August 2, 2022: Staying human; What hit Meta; Good morning!

FF Insights #706: Chennai’s chess pioneers

August 1, 2022: The first step; Be sceptical; E-com anxieties

FF Insights #705: Wisdom

July 29, 2022: The last man standing; The evolution of time; Define familiar instruments

FF Life: Food for the soul

November 12, 2022: Italy, a land of gastronomical, architectural, and artistic delight

FF Life: Finding a purpose in a pandemic of sadness

November 5, 2022: Timeless wisdom from enduring works of literature, philosophy, and spiritual texts

Who is responsible for emotional and mental well-being in the workplace?

FF Life: Mental health at work is a team sport. Here’s how to create a positive environment that prevents stress and anxiety from accumulating to a breaking point

FF Life: Best leadership books—7 essential reads

On the myths of leadership and developing a questioning mind on the norms that are handed down to us

FF Insights #704: Leadership traits

July 28, 2022: Steve Jobs, Bill Campbell and Andy Grove, India’s unemployment problem Age? What age?; Changing times

FF Insights #703: System blindness

July 27, 2022: Nagaland’s problem with women; Managing influences; The real struggle

FF Insights #702: Wise compassionate leadership

July 26, 2022: Rethinking smartwatches; Climate change and pandemics; Getting things done

FF Insights #701: Making trillion-dollar companies

July 25, 2022: Climate propaganda; The trouble with education’s ‘success formula’; Age of surveillance

FF Life: Art in the name of the Mother Goddess

Kolkata’s creative spark is virulent. And it all comes alive during Durga Puja

FF Insights #700: Top talent always has options

July 22, 2022: Roots of the Sri Lankan crisis; The Japanese gig economy; The best laid plans

FF Insights #699: Hard empathy

July 21, 2022: Intimacy and money; Chinese censorship; Remembrance of things past

FF Insights #698: A car that would open up mobility

July 20, 2022: Parle-G versus Udaan; Elon Musk’s madness; Summer explained

FF Insights #697: Betting against conventional wisdom

July 19, 2022: NSE’s old war horse; Age is just a number; Exponential thinking

FF Insights #696: Treat everything as an experiment

July 18, 2022: James Webb’s impact; What can’t be taught; The paradox

FF Insights #695: Intuition vs rationality

July 15, 2022: Systems thinking styles; Sri Lanka—what next?; Social media narcissism

FF Insights #694: The Freaky Friday management technique

July 14, 2022: Nilekani on the future; Indian English; The Uber Files

FF Insights #693: Happiness and altruism

July 13, 2022: On umpiring; Yuval Harari a scam?; Just do it, now!

FF Insights #692: The roots of Sri Lanka’s plight

July 12, 2022: Police reforms—step by step; Mastery experiences; Eyes can hear

FF Insights #691: Figuring out selling

July 11, 2022: The superapp fascination; Abe: The original democrat; Critics and artists

FF Insights #690: How we interpret information

July 8, 2022: The Art of Humility; Short-term vs long-term status; Staying motivated

FF Insights #689: Excited versus calm

July 7, 2022: The Oreo fascination; Talking clearly; Be natural

FF Insights #688: Dealing with wobbles

July 6, 2022: A dream gone sour; Inflation and valuation; Wildlife photography

FF Insights #687: What’s on America’s mind?

July 5, 2022: Astrologers and lawyers; Peter Brook’s way; Ancient wisdom

FF Insights #686: The threads of customer service

July 4, 2022: Video night in Kathmandu; ‘The Terminal’: European edition; Escape routes

FF Insights #685: Break bad habits

July 1, 2022: India’s first diplomat; Random trials; Wishful thinking

FF Insights #684: The enemy of creativity

June 30, 2022: Business and science; Managing Twitter; Cryptic clues

FF Life: Understanding China

September 24, 2022: Your essential reading and watching list, recommended by seasoned China-watchers

FF Life: Notes from a rookie doodler—five lessons

Doodling sharpens your visual thinking and communication skills. But the process is teaching me more than sketching

FF Life: What I’ve learnt from training to be a triathlete

September 10, 2022: Notes on being intuitive, being consistent, and unlearning to learn

FF Life: 10 interviews that define India

September 4, 2022: Great conversations that weave together a fuller picture of the times we live in, in its multiple dimensions—politics, economy, business, sports, music, and the spiritual mind

FF Insights 683: Why can’t Netflix do better?

June 29, 2022: Decoding Agnipath; India’s gig economy; Bare your soul

FF Insights 682: How Maruti was really built

June 28, 2022: Big Tech and regulations; Learning from pain; Social media etiquette

FF Insights 681: The Moses trap

June 27, 2022: The idea of Shiv Sena; Is Google dead?; Foodie pics

FF Insights #680: Cultural context

June 24, 2022: Too many elections?; Find your North Star; The stalker

FF Insights #679: Five habits that matter

June 23, 2022: TV debates versus real politics; Indian protest rap; Thursday thoughts

FF Insights #678: Teaching yourself

June 22, 2022: Transparent AI; What parents must know; The year ahead

FF Insights #677: Go directly to the source

June 21, 2022: The Sridhar Vembu story; Musk on Twitter; Confusion compounded

FF Life: Have you heard of Tranquebar?

August 20, 2022: A laidback, do-nothing, soul-recharging holiday in tranquil Tranquebar

FF Life: 21 Places that define India@75

The stories that shaped modern India with new sensibilities

FF Life: Five ways to indulge in the spirit of chess

August 6, 2022: There is more to chess than following the game

FF Insights #676: Hero worship matters

June 20, 2022: Lessons from Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu; Amazon hits RESET; Rare pictures

FF Insights #675: Mimetic desire

June 17, 2022: What cricket lost; The upside of negativity; #AllSleepMatters

FF Insights #674: Why some startups fail

June 16, 2022: Crypto matters; The toll of psychiatric drugs; Defining age

FF Insights #673: Risk and fragility

June 15, 2022: Exodus of the rich; The Ten Commandments; How’s life?

FF Insights #672: Justice bulldozed?

June 14, 2022: Sentient AI; Energy battles; An electrician

FF Insights #671: Embrace boredom

June 13, 2022: Killer humidity; Einstein’s character; Monday motivation

FF Life: Where non-conformism blends with a romantic past

Exploring a modern side of Prague, a city steeped in history

FF Insights #670: Hocus pocus

June 10, 2022: Older is better; Mall walking; New jobs

FF Insights #669: A leader’s job

June 9, 2022: Birla versus Adani; Sheryl Sandberg’s legacy; Never judge a post

FF Insights #668: Scientists versus doctors

June 8, 2022: A national learning problem; Cancer sniffing ants; Be realistic

FF Insights #667: Infinite powers

June 7, 2022: The soul of democracy; The price of success; Teenage Mona Lisa

FF Insights #666: How to clean up a scam

June 6, 2022: SoftBank’s underbelly; The worrisome legacy of Jack Welch; Procrastination explained

FF Insights #665: The world is not flat

June 3, 2022: Leadership in the hybrid world; Modi’s new trade playbook; Superhero mosquito killer

FF Insights #664: MF Husain and his art

June 2, 2022: Bollywoodian Woes; Resuscitating traditional ads; No place for old men; Modern art

FF Insights #663: The looming food crisis

June 1, 2022: Politician vs statesman; Staying smart in a smart world; Secret wisdom

FF Insights #662: Japan has a problem

May 31, 2022: How to live; Systemic stupidity; A tragic story

FF Life: Smarter living

Five smart gadgets—for seamless Wi-Fi, a different angle in photography, better sleep, keeping your brew hot, and to track health indicators

FF Insights #661: Investing and interpreting returns

May 30, 2022: The Awards Economy; Hybrid and remote is the future; A tough question

FF Insights #660: The Big Tech hypocrisy

May 27, 2022: Pioneers and institution builders; An American dream gone sour; Getting things done

FF Insights #659: Win-Win scenarios

May 26, 2022: All about monkeypox; Fluid plans; Showpiece

FF Insights #658: The paradox of potential

May 25, 2022: Be kinder to yourself; Harvard in India?; Parental review

FF Life: Shillong—a state of mind

There are some places that you go for sight-seeing and to do all things touristy. Then there are other places you visit to find tranquillity. Shillong is one such destination. The second in our two-part series on seeking silence in nature

FF Life: A retreat in the mountains

The first in a two-part series on seeking solitude in nature. This one is on Landour, that has remained small and serene

Ms Marvel is an important cultural event, and you don’t even know about it

FF Life: A superhero show that oozes a chill desi vibe and battles hate. But an algorithm is keeping it secret from you

FF Insights #657: Make your brain better

May 24, 2022: Are wind farms just wind?; Sustainable nonprofits; Hope keeps us alive

FF Insights #656: Happiness takes times

May 23, 2022: Bollywood, you have a problem; The importance of Madhav Gadgil; A slip of the feet

FF Insights 655: Strength, power and humility

May 20, 2022: The limits of being right; Rethinking architecture; The stock market explained

FF Insights #654: How to be a better listener

May 19, 2022: Heatwaves and monsoons; Operating system for the world; Language lessons

FF Insights #653: Ice cream economics

May 18, 2022: Fresh ideas; Shake-up on Startup Street; Thyme bomb

FF Insights #652: How to deal with rejections

May 17, 2022: You as business and proprietor; To get rich, own an unsexy business; What a heat wave does

FF Insights #651: Three levels of empathy

May 16, 2022: Indian VCs’ IIT bias; Rajapaksas’ manœuvres; Heatwave - an infographic

FF Insights #650: Creativity is a dialogue

May 13, 2022: The road to India@100; The consequences of sanctions against Russia; Fair pay

FF Life: Exploring new waters

June 18, 2022: How to enter and explore the word of sailing in India

FF Life: The best translated works from Indian languages

June 11, 2022: Discovering India through its literature, translated in English

FF Insights #649: Story prompts

May 12, 2022: The importance of Rahul Gandhi; Moral injuries and soul care; Don’t drink and work

FF Insights #648: ‘If India and China stood together…’

May 11, 2022: The resource crunch; Musical diplomacy; Creativity unleashed

FF Insights #647: The challenges for distributed trust

May 10, 2022: Recession risks; How protectionism can lead to higher prices; Literally speaking

FF Insights #646: After Steve Jobs

May 9, 2022: The danger of a single story; The trouble with Congress; Quality vs. price

FF Insights #645: Elon Musk and the art of asking the right questions

May 6, 2022: Life in Shanghai; The journey of reusable plastic; A literal mess

FF Insights #644: Solve for one

May 5, 2022: Timeless wisdom; Should we take a booster dose?; Happiness

FF Insights #643: Age of pandemics

May 4, 2022: The debate over Hindi; The West vs The Rest; The heat wave

FF Insights #642: Craftsmanship

May 2, 2022: One nation, one language; The face of success; Environmental theology

FF Insights #641: Boundaries

April 29, 2022: Mission Gati Shakti: A status report; Are teams outdated?; Indian relatives

FF Life: Five life hacks to get productive

June 4, 2022: Move smoothly through a crowd, speak better, never lose your phone, test how time-aware you are, and trigger memory

FF Life: Understanding Sri Lanka

May 21, 2022: Four books and two films that help us decode what is causing a crisis this harsh in the island nation

FF Insights #640: The new Iron Curtain

April 28, 2022: Stay calm; The limits of free speech; Effective communication

FF Insights #639: What’s in a name?

April 27, 2022: The flip side of going green; An eye on Pakistan; Going with the wind

FF Life: Building a habit with slow fitness

Sticking to any workout regime is invariably tough. I recently discovered a simple way to build a regular daily habit without running the risk of lapsing out. Here’s how it works

FF Insights #638: Horn (not) OK please

April 26, 2022: Is India sputtering?; The Age of Stupidity; The power of prayer

FF Insights #637: Choosing happiness

April 25, 2022: Preventing the next pandemic; A start-up is a romance; Hakuna Matata!

FF Insights #636: The Saffron Nehru

April 22, 2022: Is the phone your extended self?; The best times to eat; The new Netflix logo

FF Life: Notes on appreciating Jazz

May 7, 2022: What it takes to appreciate Jazz (Hint: Pattern recognition)

FF Insights #635: How a nation deals with inequality

April 21, 2022: The connection between store size and delivery time; The heights and depths of Alenka Artnik; Swiss Army pencils

FF Insights #634: The genius of Srinivasa Ramanujan

April 20, 2022: The BJP and Muslim equation; The shortness of life; How things evolve

FF Insights #633: What reading does

April 19, 2022: What not to optimise; The second order impact of economic crisis; The lives of others

FF Life: How to make beautiful presentations

Five apps and ideas to create decks that are both beautiful and functional

FF Life: 5 board games that, if you’re a smart person, you should play

April 23, 2022: Five ways for smart people to bond, feel good, and get smarter

FF Insights #632: The happiness paradox

April 18, 2022: What’s new about Tata Neu?; What’s Elon Musk up against?; Mad at aggregators?

FF Insights #631: People matter more

April 14, 2022: The rise and rise of Canva, Being digital, Design challenges

FF Insights #630: Design for the extremes

April 13, 2022: Teenage sadness; On Sevantibhai of Kolkata; No country for foodies

FF Insights #629: The people “like us”

April 12, 2022: Legends aren’t born. They slog; Ukraine as seen from Africa; Tab dancing

FF Insights #628: Taking people along

April 11, 2022: The Great Transition; The difficulty of being good; Role reversal

FF Insights #627: A chance to be something specific

April 8, 2022: The fungi cleaning Delhi’s air; Most BRICs fall; How time flies

FF Insights #626: A perverse internet

April 7, 2022: Learning from Will Smith; The disaster in Sweden; Paternity test

FF Insights #625: The pattern of truth

April 6, 2022: The evolution of Tata’s super app; The solo capitalist ecosystem; Two factor authentication

FF Insights #624: Love and the inner life

April 5, 2022: TikTok and dopamine; Imagine the future; The Tower of Pisa

FF Insights #623: The economic landscape

April 4, 2022: How to work?; The carbon gap; Personal communications

FF Life: Enduring lessons from the pandemic

April 9, 2022: New habits and lifestyle changes

5 movies that should have won Oscars in 2022 but weren’t even nominated

April 2, 2022: FF Life | Movies that give the winners a run for their money

FF Insights #622: That sense of dissatisfaction

April 1, 2022: It pays to go remote; A good sleep checklist; Smith on call

FF Insights #621: Stagnation & the desire to avoid failure

March 31, 2022: The 10-minute delivery economy; Coffee gathers steam; Proving the point

FF Insights #620: Remaining in silence with oneself

March 30, 2022: Mindsets that stifle change; Blinded by success; Anticipating the future

FF #619: Break the spell. Demote technology

March 29, 2022: The purpose of journalism; Sri Lanka’s problems multiply; Inflation

FF Insights #618: Air India and zombie firms

March 28, 2022: FF Exclusive: All things digital; The significance of A-teams; Marriage explained

FF Insights #617: Study routine failures

March 25, 2022: The debate around WFA; Booster shots; When all else fails

FF Insights #616: Slow food

March 24, 2022: India’s Russia problem; Ventilate; What is it with Apple and history?

FF Life: Discover the joys of birdwatching

Birdwatching has become immensely popular during the pandemic. Here’s a beginner’s guide on how to turn it into a lifelong hobby

FF Insights #615: America’s people problem

March 23, 2022: Whose crisis is it?; Humane tech; Tapping potential

FF Insights #614: The nature of buildings

March 22, 2022: The rest of 2022; The outliers; The evolution of life

FF Insights #613: VCs and startup culture

March 21, 2022: Newspapers battle to go digital; Life outside Excel; The global world order

FF Insights #612: Defamiliarize & break out of the comfort zone

March 17, 2022: Stalemate in Ukraine; The Substack dilemma; Hidden costs

FF Insights #611: An eye on renewable energy

March 16, 2022: A love letter; The colour of money; Management education

FF Insights #610: What are your ambitions?

March 15, 2022: Managing the economy as if people mattered; Life beyond Mastercard and Visa; Defy convention

FF Insights #609: Explaining electoral victories

March 14, 2022: The fertiliser crisis; The Godfather is 50; An optical primer

FF Life: Organise your digital assets

March 12, 2022: Save and easily find all your important media and files

FF Insights #608: The Munger Way

March 11, 2022: Principles vs. power; An astonishing con job; Inflation

FF Insights #607: How to attract top talent for remote work

March 10, 2022: The Ukraine crisis as seen from India; Cybersecurity is not just a technical problem; Expensive crude

FF Insights #606: How to build a reading habit

March 9, 2022: The Road to 2024; Why bugs matter; The face of reality

FF Insights #605: India’s medical education gap

March 8, 2022: Are we capable of turning the other cheek?; Why 7,000 steps matter; The bare necessities

FF Insights #604: When signals go wrong

March 7, 2022: Sharda Ugra on Shane Warne; Why elections in UP are tough; Once upon a time

FF Life: Search the internet, mindfully

March 5, 2022: How to bypass Google’s algorithms and ‘personalisation’, and get more relevant search results

FF Insights #603: A fairy tale called startup

March 4, 2022: The state of nuclear fusion; Putin’s inner circle; Hooked

FF Insights #602: Automation and the future of work

March 3, 2022: Collaborating with critics; A war foretold; How kids solve problems

FF Insights #601: The purpose of technology

March 2, 2022: Yuval Noah Harari on Ukraine, Re-imagining workplaces, A new emotion

FF Insights #600: Learning organisations

March 1, 2022: A Third World Axis?; How 10-minute deliveries work; Theory of relativity

FF Insights #599: Our relationship with time

February 28, 2022: Games played at the UN; How to go local; Why names matter

FF Life: Get ready for hybrid work

February 26, 2022: How do you refresh your wardrobe as workplaces transition to hybrid?

FF Insights #597: Playing it safe won’t save you

February 24, 2022: Debating the hijab; Academia and the media; How Putin thinks

FF Insights #598: Individual free choice

February 25, 2022: Fukuyama on Putin; Resume virtues versus eulogy virtues; Be creative

FF Insights #596: Being fearless

February 23, 2022: The Russia-China axis; Value vs. valuation; News panellists

FF Insights #595: System blindness

February 22, 2022: The yogi of NSE; Where will micromobility take us?; Software revolution

FF Insights #594: State and society

February 21, 2022: No, Covid did not spare Africa; The importance of writing; The problem with telcos

FF Life: An Intelligent person’s guide to crypto

February 19, 2022: Web3, crypto, NFTs—cut past the clutter, and get the basics right

FF Insights #593: Plateauing out matters much

February 18, 2022: The importance of Priya Ramani’s victory; How to build a startup; Small problems

FF Insights #592: Sustainable innovation

February 17, 2022: The average and the poor in India; How to be a bad boss; Corrigendum

FF Insights #591: Putin versus Ukraine

February 16, 2022: The plus, minus, equal formula for learning; The inorganic growth in organic cotton; Leaky tabs

FF Insights #590: Cultivate multiple identities

February 15, 2022: Finding beauty; Skills vs degrees; Minimalism

FF Insights #589: The productivity trap

February 14, 2022: Fighting ableism; The limits of life; Facing truth

FF Life: Six podcasts to decode a shifting world

February 12, 2022: Great conversations to get you thinking

FF Insights #588: Peacetime and wartime CEOs

February 11, 2022: How Forbes destroyed journalism; The Hedonic Treadmill; The proportionality principle

FF Insights #587: It’s okay not to be okay

February 10, 2022: The rise of the creator economy; Becoming a better leader; A self-help book for introverts

FF Insights #586: Us versus Them

February 9, 2022: The mystery of empty planes; Why Spotify wins; It’s elementary

FF Insights #585: Lata Mangeshkar’s enduring appeal

February 8, 2022: How to keep sane in the digital world; Why chase flying cars?; We are like this only

FF Insights #584: What gamblers do

February 7, 2022: Life is a game; Waiting is not free; A meaty explanation

FF Life: The Best of #Beacon2022

February 5, 2022: Stories of innovation and leadership in a time of crisis

FF Insights #583: Convictions

February 4, 2022: Where is the Indian media?; Coffee and climate change; Catastrophe

FF Insights #582: Wings of hope

February 3, 2022: Does Big Tech spy on us?; Making hybrid work; Roads scholar

FF Insights #581: Thich Nhat Hanh on collective consciousness

February 2, 2022: An inclusive civil society; Email, video or IM?; Behave like animals

FF Insights #580: Why emotions matter

February 1, 2022: Why treating Covid-19 is hard; Being rich is better; Brand names matter

FF Insights #579: Read data the right way

January 31, 2022: India’s job market; The gig mindset; The Covid lens

FF Life: Stay the course

January 29, 2022: Why we break resolutions—and how to keep them

FF Insights #578: The local multinational

January 27, 2022: Restart and prepare; The kinds of founders; Abnormal people

FF Insights #577: Amartya Sen on freedom

January 27, 2022: Putin’s gamble; What are people thinking; Stress management

FF Insights #576: The human cost of fossil fuels

January 25, 2022: India is hurting; Social media’s driving force; Plain speak

FF Insights #575: Don’t give up yet

January 24, 2022: The art of timing; How the best managers work; Talent is overrated

FF Life: The Best Stories of 2021

January 21, 2022: We take stock and reflect over all that transpired through the previous year

FF Insights #573: Three minutes. That’s it!

January 21, 2022: What happened to attention?; The 5G Snafu; Life goes on

FF Insights #572: Limit experiences. Pay attention

January 20, 2022: India’s water crisis; The ideal practice hours; Negotiations

FF Insights #571: Satya Nadella on empathy

January 19, 2022: Indian cricket’s Kohli era; The beginner’s mind; The pandemic paradox

FF Insights #570: Making numbers talk

January 18, 2022: India at the crossroads?; A 21st century pandemic; A fast-paced world

FF Insights #569: Unbundle the media business model

January 17, 2022: Decoding Omicron; The Turing trap; The problem with masses

FF Life: How to write better

January 15, 2022: Start with reading better

FF Insights #567: Courage

January 14, 2022: Is polarization due to echo chambers?; A viral blizzard; Class versus form

FF Insights #566: Thinker around

January 13, 2022: How to conduct better meetings; When do you stop working?; What do you need?

FF Insights #565: Noisy data and underdeveloped theory

January 12, 2022: The new Blackstone; A life in Covid; The year in review

FF Insights #564: State capacity

January 11, 2022: Tim Cook’s secret sauce; Sidney Poitier’s best films; Potshot

FF Insights #563: Behaviour, not words

January 10, 2022: The new Remdesivir?; China simmering; Decoding reason

FF Life: 5 Great Indian Speeches

On leadership, defence, science, healthcare, sports and philosophy

FF Insights #562: What we know about Molnupiravir

January 7, 2022: Atal Bihari Vajpayee; Slow productivity; Be agile

FF Insights #561: How will we know the pandemic has ended?

January 6, 2022: Experts’ brains are different; A viral game that said no to Hooked; Priorities

FF Insights #560: Forest bathing

January 5, 2022: The Halo Effect; Remembering Christopher Hitchens; Boys will be boys

FF Insights #559: You have to make choices

January 4, 2022: Convenience culture; The best business books of 2021; How Shein beat Amazon; Incredible India

FF Insights #558: It takes time to build happiness

January 3, 2021: Opportunity in a crisis; Why Tim Urban changed his mind on religion; Making sense of 2022

FF Daily #557: Radical honesty

December 24, 2021: Vishy Anand on keeping calm in a storm; Visit to a dark store; Holiday motivation

FF Daily #556: When state’s data is flawed

December 23, 2021: State’s misperceptions produce clumsy and oppressive schemes; R Ashwin on move on from criticism; How matrimony sites are hit; Rounding off

FF Daily #555: The tell

December 22, 2021: Masterclass: The World in 2022; On paradoxes; Contemporary philosophy

FF Daily #554: Humans vs. AI

December 21, 2021: The rot in education; Why the latest Spiderman movie matters; Relativity for dummies

FF Daily #553: Silence; Sri Lanka’s organic-only policy; Ultrafast economy

December 20, 2021: Robert Caro on interviewing; lessons from Sri Lanka’s organic farming policy; do you really need express delivery; mastering self-control

Changing times, enduring lessons

December 18, 2021 | FF Daily #552: FF Recommends 6 leadership lessons for all times

FF Daily #551: Happiness in the Time of Covid

December 17, 2021: Octopussy; Anti-Covid pills; How to deal with stocks

FF Daily #550: Good risk-taking

December 16, 2021: Can robots paint?; Why sleep matters; The fine print

FF Daily #549: The adolescent brain

December 15, 2021: What makes Elon Musk Elon Musk; Charlie Munger on human behaviour; Conflicting issues

FF Daily #548: Relate to yourself, relate to the world

December 14, 2021: Everything changes everyday; How to make creative leaps; When calendars conflict

FF Daily #547: Success can’t be taken for granted

December 13, 2021: Be customer-obsessed; How to communicate during the pandemic; Why map is not the territory

Science fiction and the simulations of our future(s)

December 11, 2021 | FF Daily #546: FF Recommends 10 sci-fi novels

FF Daily #545: The power of symbols

December 10, 2021: What next in 2022?; Delta is mostly behind us, but a long road lies ahead for India; Pies and bars

FF Daily #544: The internet’s underbelly

December 9, 2021: How to discern a good tech company to invest in; Why Bill Gates is optimistic; Inflation is certain

FF Daily #543: Parasites of the mind

December 8, 2021: Are you a victim of thinkism? Does Twitter have a business? Knowledge versus googling

FF Daily #542: Why lottery winners don’t become happier

December 7, 2021: Inside Clubhouse India; Ben Affleck on Matt Damon; Imagination versus reality

FF Daily #541: How pandemics play out

December 6, 2021: Vivek Wadhwa on why US tech majors want Indian CEOs; The case for Bitcoin; Future of learning

Make your old devices useful again

December 4, 2021 | FF Daily#540: FF Recommends repurposing your old devices

FF Daily #539: When pessimism works

December 3, 2021: The best and worst case scenarios for Omicron; Governments pick the wrong battles; Feeling understood

FF Daily #538: Do travel bans help?

December 2, 2021: Unintended consequences; The trouble with Balochistan; How we buy books

FF Daily #537: Fast food and slow reading

December 1, 2021: How to bring down road accidents; The future of Substack; What’s in a name?

FF Daily #536: Stock valuations and lessons from Harshad Mehta

November 30, 2021: Vaccine vs infection; The nature of venture capital; Black Friday revealed

FF Daily #535: Test your assumptions

November 29, 2021: Camel economics; Power and the system; Two Indias

A digital immigrant’s initiation into the digital-first world

November 27, 2021 | FF Daily #534: FF Recommends, go digital

FF Daily #533: The hungry mind

November 26, 2021: What the world in 2022 portends; The doors the new data analysis and visualisation tools are opening; Compromises

FF Daily #532: Should gene editing be used to eliminate diseases?

November 25, 2021: The art of leadership: Shastri Vs Dravid; Mukesh Ambani’s succession plan; Behind the scenes

FF Daily #531: The right age for entrepreneurship

November 24, 2021: AR fights VR in the metaverse; How to choose a doctor; Fake news

FF Daily #530: Rahul Dravid being himself

November 23, 2021: What’s next for farm laws; The pandemic and therapists; Venture capital and art

FF Daily #529: Should teenagers use social media?

November 22, 2021: The right question; The anti-vaxxer community; Tough questions

How to choose the right electric scooter: A buying guide

November 20, 2021 | FF Daily #528: Advice on what to consider from a user who has researched the options and has used an electric scooter for a couple of years now

FF Daily #527: When opposites coexist

November 19, 2021: China’s big plans for nuclear; The rise of MetaKovan Sundaresan; Generation gap

FF Daily #526: Doves vs hawks

November 18, 2021: Will Meta be any different?; Should you wait before you vaccinate your child against Covid-19?; Rabbits versus turtles

FF Daily #525: Great businesses have a point of view

November 17, 2021: How Indian innovation changed over the last two decades; Death by meetings; Delhi Confidential

FF Daily #524: How to think about happiness

November 16, 2021: Viktor Frankl on happiness; Being a leader; What fingers can tell; Martial Arts exponents

FF Daily #523: Better focus, 5 minutes at a time

November 15, 2021: The say/do gap at COP26; How to think about AI; Why some kids miss school

The clues to living well

November 13, 2021 | FF Daily #522: FF Recommends, keep learning; be curious; explore new ideas; listen to more people “not like yourself”

FF Daily #521: How Bangalore became the satellite development centre

November 12, 2021: The best place to start; Status and beauty; Ingenuity

FF Daily #520: Uncomfortable questions about inequality

November 11, 2021: The other side of the TikTok screen; Distraction sickness; The Aadhaar Effect

FF Daily #519: Self-help books and extroverts

November 10, 2021: The real game of life; Parents’ guide to Instagram; Life imitates art

FF Daily #518: Expand the horizons of caring

November 9, 2021: The art of consent; The 4-day work week; The patience prayer

FF Daily #517: You can’t please everyone

November 8, 2021: How innovation happens; Understanding productivity; Karma vs professionalism

FF Recommends: Mesh Networks

November 6, 2021 | FF Daily #516: For seamless access to high-speed, uninterrupted Wi-Fi

FF Daily #515: Faith and science

November 5, 2021: Greta’s Dilemma; Work-life relationships; Summits explained

FF Daily #514: When humans and AI work together

November 3, 2021: Solving climate crisis needs new tools; The cult of haters; Truth tellers

FF Daily #513: Deliberate ignorance

November 2, 2021: Before pay hike, comes the homework; The immediate concerns of climate change; What’s in a name?

FF Daily #512: Scams and heists in the world of AI and remote working

November 1, 2021: Mark Zuckerberg on the metaverse; Air India’s Maharaja; Stay quiet

How to think about coaching classes [FF Recommends]

October 30, 2021 | FF Daily #511: How to choose the right options

FF Daily #510: Producing at an elite level

October 29, 2021: The importance of speaking up; What NFTs really are; Helmets in a lockdown

FF Daily #509: Focus on what is

October 28, 2021: A post-pandemic wish list; Amitav Ghosh on unnoticed impacts of climate change; Corporate life

FF Daily #508: How to deliver bad news

October 27, 2021: Booster shots, science, and justice; The new elite; Exaggeration

FF Daily #507: What drives vaccine dissent

October 26, 2021: Come to terms with yourself; Everyone is fighting a hard battle; Perceptions

FF Daily #506: Incremental learning

October 25, 2021: Pick a team; Hedonic treadmill; Open-mindedness

FF Recommends: The 5 best stories of July-September, 2021

October 23, 2021 | FF Daily #505: A changing work-life; gig-mindset; Infosys’ income tax project; politics and the India Story; China Vs Big Tech

FF Daily #504: Invest in your extraordinary potential

October 22, 2021: Junk vs long-term happiness; Facebook by any other name; India crosses ‘a billion doses’ milestone; Re-imagine

FF Daily #501: The connection between beauty and function

October 18, 2021: Do MLAs matter?; Behind Xi Jinping’s throne; Life is unfair

FF Daily #503: The global supply chain disruption

October 21, 2021: Steve Jobs; The power of owning one’s mistakes; Clear instructions

FF Daily #502: Ageing well

October 20, 2021: India’s gig economy; Are you a time millionaire?; Opinion’s don’t count

How to take videos that don’t shake

October 16, 2021 | FF Daily #500: FF Recommends handheld gimbals

FF Daily #499: How good overpowers evil

October 14, 2021: The coal mess; Why reopening offices is not “open & shut”; Routine mornings

FF Daily #498: How to be a better listener

October 13, 2021: Deep Listening; The Great Supply Chain Disruption; Attrition or Attraction?; Cheap Talk

FF Daily #497: How to tell a good story

October 12, 2021: Real journalism vs fake news; The collapse of Lebanon; Good teachers

FF Daily #496: Tackle one problem a day

October 11, 2021: How to design AI; Why you should be careful while using tech in hiring; A Facebook hack

What you need to know about sending your kids back to school

October 9, 2021 | FF Daily #495: What are the risks if you do and if you don’t? FF Recommends advice to help you come at an informed decision

FF Daily #494: Business guesses

October 8, 2021: Decoding Saudi Arabia; Jane Goodall on being human; Good mornings

FF Daily #493: Hard truths and change

October 7, 2021: Shakti Sinha and his quest for liberalism; Problem with bans; The subtle art of saying ‘I don’t know’

FF Daily #492: Culture-building lessons from Mayo Clinic

October 6, 2021: India’s imminent power crisis; Long-term thinking Vs Long-termism; Fringe benefits

FF Daily #491: Know-how and know-what

October 5, 2021: Learning to live with Covid-19; Daniel Craig’s James Bond; Why art matters

FF Daily #490: Course corrections

October 4, 2021: The good life is not a stable state; The Sardar of Spin; Managing life; Evolution

FF Daily #488: Make sense of change

September 30, 2021: Vir Sanghvi unplugged; The hooks of social media; Product Market Fit

FF Daily #487: The risk-taking funnel

September 29, 2021: How to deal with pandemic induced ‘learning loss’; Understanding resilience; Bite the Apple

FF Daily #486: The desire to consume

September 28, 2021: Ajay Gandhi and the art of public discourse; What children fear; The cycle of life

FF Daily #485: Finding your vocation

September 27, 2021: China in decline?; A post-iPhone world; Social media hacks

The first thing I will do once the pandemic is over

October 1, 2021 | FF Daily #489: FF Recommends, a wish list

FF Recommends: Reverse Ageing

September 25, 2021 | FF Daily #484: How to live a sustainable life

FF Daily #483: Learning from losing

September 24, 2021: Maria Konnikova on learning from Poker; Balancing regulations and spread of innovation; Cow dung economics; A reality check

FF Daily #482: Gullibility; Going vegan; How not to teach math

September 23, 2021: When businesses fool themselves; Veganism and the ethics of food; Samit Dasgupta on what's wrong with having to solve as many math problems in a minute; Skewed data

FF Daily #481: Creative destruction for the self

September 22, 2021: The unintended consequences of going organic; The work-life balance myth; Cycle of life

FF Daily #480: Into the minds of celebrities and politicians

September 21, 2021: Vir Sanghvi on Amitabh Bachchan and Pramod Mahajan; How the road to a STEM career could begin with toys; How to disagree; The fine print

FF Daily #479: Profitable growth

September 20, 2021: Ram Charan on growth; Capt Amrinder Singh’s departure in Punjab and the woes of the Congress; Is the pandemic over?; Deploying optionality

FF Daily #477: The pool of shared meaning

September 17, 2021: What’s with Infy and the I-T portal; A consultant’s job; Pressure

FF Daily #476: Risk vs luck

September 16, 2021: State Vs Big Tech—the US; Don’t multitask; On social distancing

FF Daily #475: Think like an entrepreneur

September 15, 2021: Covid strikes education; The line between failure and fraud; Divine signs

FF Daily #474: A quest for simplicity

September 14, 2021: The Brussels Effect; The pursuit of happiness; The importance of doing research

FF Daily #473: Human desire; Belonging; Read, write, call

September 13, 2021: Alan Watts on the perpetual frustration of living for the future; Create a sense of belonging; digital body language

Get back to fitness—one day at a time

September 18, 2021 | FF Daily #478: FF Recommends a simple routine that, followed with discipline, will get you there

Diwali gifts to win the hearts of the youngsters in your extended family

September 11, 2021 | FF Daily #472: FF Recommends five gift ideas

FF Daily #471: Lee Kuan Yew on reining extremism

September 10, 2021: A deep dive into the State Vs Big Tech; The education emergency; The Space Age

FF Daily #470: Early Indians

September 9, 2021: When elephant and dragon went to online schools; How VCs work; Optometry classes

FF Daily #469: Elements of life

September 8, 2021: Why India needs data protection laws now; After Tim Cook?; Abbey Road 2021

FF Daily #468: Inert ideas

September 7, 2021: Keshav Desiraju, the man behind Mental Healthcare Bill; Decoding China; Be truthful

FF Daily #467: How people respond to incentives

September 6, 2021: The opportunity cost of Covid-focus; Afghanistan: Ground report; How God thinks

To the teachers who made us

FF Daily #466 | September 4, 2021: FF Recommends stories of inspiration

FF Daily #465: The genius of Tagore

September 3, 2021: Invent and wander; Interpreting GDP; Meeting expectations

FF Daily #464: Why professional forecasters often fail at predicting

September 2, 2021: Overfitting; Zoom dysmorphia; A new Ikea; Agile is better

FF Daily #463: The price game

September 1, 2021: Why the US lost Afghanistan; How to learn better by moving around; How WhatsApp works

FF Daily #462 | Narrative fallacy: How a story can drown facts

August 31, 2021: Ozan Varol on the capacity to say “I don’t know”; The National Monetisation Pipeline; Navigating anxiety; What’s in the air?

FF Recommends: Mental Models from the school of life

August 28, 2021 | FF Daily #461: A toolkit for making better decisions

FF Daily #460: Modern progress and loneliness

August 27, 2021: Why India must invest more in healthcare infrastructure; A simple innovation to improve living conditions; Back to movies

FF Daily #459: Why show not tell matters

August 26, 2021: Unbundling market infra & market governance; How Taliban used tech; Road signs for a polarized world

FF Daily #458: Hubert Joly and Best Buy’s turnaround

August 25, 2021: Transformation starts with the leader; The ghosts of economic reforms; The Age of WhatsApp

FF Daily #457: Stop fixing yourself, you’re OK

August 24, 2021: Changing Times; Another view of Afghanistan; What’s in a name?

FF Daily #456: Getting a DNA vaccine right

August 23, 2021: What’s your leadership style; Monitoring the dispersed; Be firm

How to use music, sound & silence to boost your productivity

August 21, 2021 | FF Daily #455: FF Recommends tools, resources and playlists

FF Daily #454: The importance of intuition

August 20, 2021: Vaccine politics; How managers can help introverted colleagues speak up; You are what you are

FF Daily #453: The phases of disruption

August 19, 2021: How balloon angioplasty proved to be a disruptive technology; The difficulty of interpreting data; How Amazon wins; Star Wars explained

FF Daily #452: The US machinery-that-was in Afghanistan

August 18, 2021: Dr Soumya Swaminathan on preparing for a third wave and opening schools; Understanding tech-speak; What fast food really is

FF Daily #451: Graveyard of Empires

August 17, 2021: How Giant Bicycles became a leading brand; The power of digital vouchers; What Indians want

Ten Books to Read to Mark India’s 75th Independence Day

August 14, 2021 | FF Recommends: Glimpses into history and insights on what the future may look like

FF Daily #449: Email is fine but meeting face-to-face is better