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When Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced that they were going to axe nearly 10,000 jobs (<5% of workforce) and hire in “strategic areas” in the coming few months, netizens were quick to point out that Microsoft just made a huge 10 billion investment in OpenAI. Is this the start of AI replacing jobs? An analysis…

We are just two months into 2023 and a lot has already happened in the world of work. The wave of layoffs that started in 2022 has continued well into the New Year. The website layoffs.fyi put together by San Francisco based entrepreneur Roger Lee, estimates that the number of layoffs just in January, 2023…

If you have been on the internet, you have probably consumed information from Wikipedia. While citing Wikipedia as a source is often frowned upon in academic circles, it is the place where we all go to when we want to know about the history of bucket hats (yes, I did look this up once and…

“Save at least 60% of your income when you start earning”, is the first financial advice that I ever received and it was from my accountancy teacher at school. From a young age we are taught about the importance of saving money and research has shown that women save more than men. A recent example…

”Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh” by Shrayana Bhattacharya is less about Shah Rukh Khan and more about the women who adore him. The book covers complex issues that affect Indian women by giving us a peek into the lives of a few Shah Rukh Khan fans across different classes, states and communities. The book acknowledges the…

In a recent newsletter, we reviewed “Invisible women” by Caroline Criado Perez. We saw that from time immemorial,products have been designed and decisions have been made based on the male body and physiology. Old habits die hard and a lot of product designs are still not inclusive. But, progress is constantly being made in the…

There has been a fierce debate in the recent past about “Moonlighting” or in other words, taking up another gig apart from your main job, sometimes without the knowledge of your employer. There are many strong opinions and thoughts regarding the topic so let us try to go through them one by one.  Moonlighting of…

As an Indian, cricket has always been a part of everyday life. You could always find kids playing cricket on the road (I did too, unfortunately with zero hand eye coordination), crackers going off after every big India win and calendars, billboards and even chips packets being adorned with the pictures of the nation’s biggest…

The tennis world has gone through a lot of changes in the past two weeks. Serena Williams and Roger Federer, arguably the greatest players to ever play the game, just announced their respective retirements. As a tennis fan who has always looked up to them, I was absolutely shattered that they would no longer grace…

If you are an English football fan, a general football watcher or just someone who was scrolling through twitter in the months of June or July last year, you would have definitely heard the line, “It’s coming home”. It is something that English football fans plaster everywhere during the World Cup/Euro season hoping that the…