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Dreamy Careers: How I Got Caught in the Vortex of ‘Following Your Passion’

Being passionate about my work has helped me navigate the worst of times, but lately, my career feels like a never-ending maze. It makes me wonder if chasing my passion was even worth it in the first place.

Jagruti Verma July 13, 2016

POV

A Love Letter to My Work Spouse in the Time of Work from Home

Like Jim and Pam from The Office, our deadline-laden stressful work environments demand that we have a work spouse of our own. It's like having a safety net even when you’re comfortably sheltered; sort of like being gifted a colleague with endless benefits.

Poulomi Das July 12, 2016

Technology

Sharmaji Ke Beton, Artificial Intelligence is Coming for You

When the rise of the machines becomes a reality, AIs like A.I.SHA will be coming for every Sharmaji ka beta – the doctor, engineer, IT professional. And the creative, who was always told that he would never amount to anything in life, will have the last laugh.

Arré Bench June 30, 2016

Pop Culture

Hank Moody is My Writing Hero, But My Life’s Not Californication

American TV portrays real, challenging careers as vague backdrops in the lives of their characters. Some of us fall for this mirage. Hank Moody’s effortless spewing of punchlines and black T-shirts has succeeded in convincing so many of us that writing is our true calling, that we must fashion ourselves as budding Bukowskis.

Nihal Bambulkar June 21, 2016

POV

How I Have Shamefully Benefitted from Patriarchy

Patriarchy benefits me in the tiny ways that it can benefit only upper-class, upper-caste Hindu women in India. I hate that most workplaces won’t treat me as equal, but I have to admit that it’s a relief to have the freedom to fail professionally, or even choose to have a career at all.

Sonali Kokra June 2, 2016

Pop Culture

Life Toh Badi Sad Hai: How Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha Prepares You for Failure

Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha flipped the idea of doing what you love and following your heart, on its head. It showed me the terms and conditions attached to chasing my dreams – and laid bare the frustrations and failures that accompany trying to make your mark in the world.

Amal Singh May 10, 2016

Modern Family

Like Father, Unlike Son: Why We Want to Be Nothing Like Our Parents

We millennials bore witness to the lives of our parents and the evaporated dreams they once had. Somewhere between sprouting our first pimple to driving our first car, we went from respecting them for their choices to deciding that that would not be the life we would be living.

Nihal Bambulkar May 7, 2016

Pop Culture

What Came First, the Egg or Instagram Stardom?

A humble single-celled egg has dethroned Instagram queen Kylie Jenner, making everyone who thinks social media is a place to show off the craft they’ve spent years perfecting, look like a giant self-promoting twit.

#VALUE! April 28, 2016

POV

Why Professionalism Needs to Die

It’s time we write an obituary of professionalism. Today, professionalism involves showing up at office (even though you can do most of the work from anywhere else), not asking questions above your pay grade, and wearing a shirt not folded at the elbows.

Himanshu Sharma April 16, 2016

Technology

Netflix and Chill for Life: What Happens When AI Takes Over Our Jobs?

The case for automation at work has been made many times by very smart, scientific people. But in a world where robots run shit and humans have unlimited free time, will every day be like the weekend — a snoozefest where we do nothing at all?

Kahini Iyer April 9, 2016