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I stopped using screens on Sundays. This is how it changed my life

The author says that after an episode of seizure & fainting in 2019 she decided to slow down her life. She reduced her phone usage but inspite of that the stats on her phone told her that her weekly usage time wasn’t coming down: “I turned off my notifications years ago; my phone doesn’t join me […]

Oct 11, 2020 . 3 MIN READ
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What Warren Buffett sees in Japan Inc

In late September, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway invested $6.5bn in five Japanese trading houses that are well over a century old. “Berkshire’s investment in 5% each of Itochu, Marubeni, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and Sumitomo, though small relative to his investment firm’s $140bn mound of cash, was its biggest outside America. It said its stakes could increase […]

Oct 11, 2020 . 3 MIN READ
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Spotlighting V-Mart Retail

This month we place the spotlight on another portfolio company, V-Mart Retail, the largest affordable fashion apparel retailer in tier 2, 3 and tier 4 cities of the north-eastern Hindi heartland. V-Mart commands one of the best RoCEs in Indian retail (pre-tax average RoCE of 28% over FY17-20) and has delivered net earnings CAGR of […]

Oct 08, 2020 . 7 MIN READ
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Healthy gut, improved mood? The link between your microbiome and mind

The presence of bacteria in our intestines which help in digestion has been well-known but now with a breakthrough in technology that helps detect these bacteria better, there is a new field of research emerging, one that seems to establish links between gut-health and mental health, suggesting that the benefits of eating nutritious food may […]

Oct 04, 2020 . 2 MIN READ
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The making of an open source dictionary

We could not have done a better contextual introduction to this piece than the author’s own: “This is not a post on fintech, or even technology for that matter. This is the story of a product of tenacity, selflessness, and passion; a product that will transcend and outlive most technology we know of. This is […]

Oct 04, 2020 . 3 MIN READ
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Why Breathing Is So Effective at Reducing Stress

Covid is causing increasing stress levels among working professionals who were already under the pump given rising competitive dynamics of the corporate world. Increasingly, psychologists and performance coaches are recommending rhythmic breathing techniques to handle stress, something that has been an integral part of ancient wellness fields such as Yoga too. In this piece, the […]

Oct 04, 2020 . 3 MIN READ
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This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the Pandemic

The Covid infection data for India is showing reasons to cheer with the active case count now declining for two weeks. The already high recovery rate has meant that the daily recovery number is now higher than the daily new case number bringing this decline in active case count. Whilst the latter could be due to insufficient […]

Oct 04, 2020 . 4 MIN READ
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Behind the new rules for NGOs to get foreign funds, a clear political message – fall in line

The front pages of Indian newspapers contain so much news on cricket and Bollywood that one would be forgiven for thinking that little else is happening in the country. In the midst of the mainstream media’s focus on inane chatter, the Indian Parliament passed on 23rd September an important law, The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, […]

Oct 04, 2020 . 3 MIN READ

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