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  • Pasta Aakhri Raasta

    Pasta Aakhri Raasta

    Pasta may have gained popularity in India, especially among younger generations and in urban settings where people are more exposed to a variety of global cuisines, but in more traditional or rural areas, where local cuisines are predominant, the acceptance of pasta might be different. Pasta aakhri raasta*, a phrase…

  • The Role of Traditional Vocations in the Future

    The Role of Traditional Vocations in the Future

    Professional success and career satisfaction are increasingly being associated with jobs in the digital economy, and we are forgetting the continued importance (and viability) of traditional vocations, which often require manual skills.

  • France’s Rentrée: Navigating the Ironies of Anti-Capitalism in a Capitalist World

    France’s Rentrée: Navigating the Ironies of Anti-Capitalism in a Capitalist World

    Exploring the irony of France’s “rentrée” in light of the country’s historical anti-capitalist stance, the reality of a system influenced by capitalist forces.

  • Inside Maison de Balzac in Paris

    Inside Maison de Balzac in Paris

    A testament to the enduring legacy of Honoré de Balzac and his profound impact on literature and culture, Maison de Balzac should feature on the bucket list of everyone interested in Literature.

  • A Mumbaikar in Paris

    A Mumbaikar in Paris

    An essential way to explore the city and its surrounding region, the Paris metros and RER trains can pose a challenge for the uninitiated. The key to successfully navigating this network is preparation…and a high degree of agility!

  • Exploring Musée Bourdelle in Paris

    Exploring Musée Bourdelle in Paris

    A hidden gem, Musée Bourdelle takes visitors on a journey through the life and work of Antoine Bourdelle. The sculptor’s work is often overshadowed by his contemporary Auguste Rodin,

  • A Serendipitous Encounter with Gesine Arps

    A Serendipitous Encounter with Gesine Arps

    When a walk in the park leads to a serendipitious discovery of a contemporary artist, filling the heart with the kind of peace and joy only art can evoke.

  • Lifelong Learning with Differentiated Teaching & Adaptive Learning Principles

    Lifelong Learning with Differentiated Teaching & Adaptive Learning Principles

    The synergy of differentiated teaching and adaptive learning in lifelong learning and upskilling marries personalization and technology-powered efficiency, empowering learners for success.

  • Pet Peeves: The use of “Passive Aggression”

    Pet Peeves: The use of “Passive Aggression”

    Every few years, there is a new favourite word/expression that floats around, widely overused and abused, but most importantly terribly misused. The current expression seems to be passive aggressive. The expression is bandied around in all kinds of situations, and more often than not, the expression has no place in…

  • Bibliothèque: Infinite Worlds, One Roof

    Bibliothèque: Infinite Worlds, One Roof

    Portals to a world of magic, knowledge, and imagination, libraries are so much more than mere repositories of books. Magical islands in the bustling urban life of the 21st century, they hold the power to transcend time and space, offering an escape to a world of learning and enchantment.

  • It’s all about the money…

    It’s all about the money…

    Reflections on the value of art, and the consumerist society of the 21st century, after visiting ‘L’argent dans l’art’ an exhibtion at the Monnaie de Paris. What does it say about our society when we are no longer defined by our thoughts, but by our possessions?

  • A short story about a clothes horse

    A short story about a clothes horse

    While he may have been forgetful of birthdays and anniversaries, Papa’s love flowed silently through the veins of our home, epitomized in some ways by the clothes horse he designed for Amma.