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On the eve of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I reached out to Fatima D’Souza, Alka Baghdadi, Rekha Balgi. They were people associated with APAAR who had spoken with me about their experiences in mid-May 2020. The pandemic had forced a major change in their routines, which was bound to cause havoc in their […]

In order to achieve long-term retention, it is a good practice to ensure that all company policies are inclusive. Organisations can review each policy carefully to ensure they are not favouring a particular segment. This includes leaving out any segment of the employee population.  For example, a leave policy may have a disproportionately large number

Did you know that in Malaysia, computer science stream is deemed well-suited for women. This is because the job and work takes place almost exclusively in offices. These are thought to be woman-friendly and safe spaces as compared to going to construction sites. Owing to such cultural understanding of tech professions in an Asian country

In my 50th year this summer, I read A Fine Balance. This is a novel Rohinton Mistry has set in the mid- seventies of Indira Gandhi’s emergency. The reading first evoked in me a surge of guilt.   Caste atrocities in the decade of my birth I learnt of only now.  Molten lead poured into the

Yet another brilliant review as part of Serein’s Empathy Through Art series. Pooja Shahani and I, through “Metamorphosis”, have been working with organisations to turn around the cliched “VUCA” times idea (marked by Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity), to embrace a new kind of “VUCA”. This VUCA is focused on Vulnerability, Understanding, Courage and Accountability

To many people, Christmas is the happiest time of the year, with carols, shopping, gifts, Christmas trees, lights and decorations. A Christmas Carol is a book written by Charles Dickens in 1843. It is a story set around the festive season of Christmas. It tells a story about the elderly miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who hated