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What’s the sound of 7.6 billion SMSes?

What’s the sound of 7.6 billion SMSes?

They bombard their customers with useless messages daily. It’s an epidemic where everyone shouts and no one hears anyone

17 December,2024 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
How not to treat Yuval Noah Harari

How not to treat Yuval Noah Harari

The bookshop had planned a luminous evening of conversation between a beloved star and a visionary author. Here’s what happened

10 December,2024 08:25 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
A prophet, in his own words

A prophet, in his own words

Among ancient hard drives, I found a glitchy file with words apparently translated from the original Aramaic words of Jesus

03 December,2024 08:02 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
In search of Harrison’s lost guitar

In search of Harrison’s lost guitar

In 1968, George Harrison gave a guitar to a Bandra family. Not realising that the musical instrument was a gift, they kept it in their store room and forgot about it

26 November,2024 07:23 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
The man who did two things well

The man who did two things well

Can the law stop a person from being multi-faceted? How many skills should one have in a world where skills become obsolete overnight?

19 November,2024 07:21 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
On becoming comfortably numb

On becoming comfortably numb

We turn the page and move on now, from wars, brutality, rapes, genocides, lies. How can we bring outrage back into our lives?

12 November,2024 07:27 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
How we got grief all wrong

How we got grief all wrong

Western psychology tells us we pass through five stages when we grieve. But there’s more to grief than meets the eye

05 November,2024 05:11 PM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
The secret lives of the rupee

The secret lives of the rupee

In which I finally understand why a great country like India has such a weak currency and why the rupee never shows up at forex bureaus

29 October,2024 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
The problem with never-say-die

The problem with never-say-die

In today’s battered, brutal, world, there are enough people who would like to just leave the party. But society won’t let you die in peace, even if you can’t live in peace

22 October,2024 06:49 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath
Letters to Gary Engelberg, RIP

Letters to Gary Engelberg, RIP

How an intense email exchange lasting five days with a man I had never met, profoundly influenced two decades of my work

15 October,2024 06:57 AM IST | Mumbai | C Y Gopinath

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