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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
How much of life does one miss out on if all you ever chase is perfection? I’m wondering whether I’d still be out there trying so hard to write the perfect novel, live the perfect life without the strange and surreal gift of this year.
Editor's note: All through the first few months, I told myself I was lucky, and I believed it. My husband and I had jobs, food on the table, a wide, warm circle of friends and relatives, access to a roof during the worst of the lockdowns. We could comfortably manage the housework required to keep a household of two humans and four cats from sliding over the edge into total squalor. Food, companionship, shelter, security: we are so lucky, I said to friends, we are all so lucky. I meant it, too. I felt astonished by our luck. *** In many of the older fairy tales, especially those from Russia and Bengal, someone walks into a jungle, into woods, strays off a path, loses their way in a forest. They are still walking, as the road narrows and thins out, as darkness falls, as gleaming-eyed wolves or tigers, demons or ancient tree spirits, gigantic spiders or ogres sniff the air and pick up their scent. It usually takes these travellers a while to realise that they are lost, and that monsters lie …
How much of life does one miss out on if all you ever chase is perfection? I’m wondering whether I’d still be out there trying so hard to write the perfect novel, live the perfect life without the strange and surreal gift of this year.
Editor's note: All through the first few months, I told myself I was lucky, and I believed it. My husband and I had jobs, food on the table, a wide, warm circle of friends and relatives, access to a roof during the worst of the lockdowns. We could comfortably manage the housework required to keep a household of two humans and four cats from sliding over the edge into total squalor. Food, companionship, shelter, security: we are so lucky, I said to friends, we are all so lucky. I meant it, too. I felt astonished by our luck. *** In many of the older fairy tales, especially those from Russia and Bengal, someone walks into a jungle, into woods, strays off a path, loses their way in a forest. They are still walking, as the road narrows and thins out, as darkness falls, as gleaming-eyed wolves or tigers, demons or ancient tree spirits, gigantic spiders or ogres sniff the air and pick up their scent. It usually takes these travellers a while to realise that they are lost, and that monsters lie …
Indian youngsters are experimenting with newer D2C brands like never before. Bewakoof’s early success and its 2022 acquisition by retail giant Aditya Birla Fashion should have given it the edge, but the company has been left behind.
The earnings of India’s oil refiners and other Nifty 50 companies have taken a hit. But IPO premiums suggest that investors seem unfazed.
The cargo arm, carved out of SpiceJet on the basis of the promise it showed during the pandemic, is now more appendage and less the trump card it was cracked up to be.
Indian youngsters are experimenting with newer D2C brands like never before. Bewakoof’s early success and its 2022 acquisition by retail giant Aditya Birla Fashion should have given it the edge, but the company has been left behind.
The earnings of India’s oil refiners and other Nifty 50 companies have taken a hit. But IPO premiums suggest that investors seem unfazed.
The cargo arm, carved out of SpiceJet on the basis of the promise it showed during the pandemic, is now more appendage and less the trump card it was cracked up to be.
