unemployment Archives

What Losing a Job in the Middle of a Pandemic Feels Like

What does losing a job in the middle of a raging pandemic feel like? A little less worse than trying to find a job. It’s like going to Jaipur and asking for directions to Helsinki – theoretically it is possible, but practically? Almost impossible.

Perennial Scroller July 18, 2016

POV

How to Survive Unemployment: A Short Horror Story

I desperately needed a break and quit my job. But then unemployment began to haunt me. What sucked the life out of me, was the amount of free time I had on my hands even after going for a run, cooking my own breakfast, and running out of shows to watch on Netflix

Ash Gopalani June 10, 2016

Money Matters

Is Nirmala Sitharaman the MS Dhoni of Finance Ministers?

As the buzz around the slowdown in the economy grew louder, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman took some small steps – support for the auto sector, a fine-tuning of FDI, and liquidity support for banks. And then, like MS Dhoni in the final over of a run chase, she sent the ball thundering out of the stadium with her decision to reduce the corporate tax rate.

Adhirath Sethi April 20, 2016

Technology

Buzzfeed & HuffPost Layoffs: Should We Prepare to Mourn the Death of Digital Media?

The layoffs at Buzzfeed and HuffPost – both established leaders in digital publishing – imply that the field is not in the health most people thought it enjoyed. What options are left for news companies looking to survive? Digital journalism might have been hit hard, but it is not dead – yet.

Dushyant Shekhawat March 23, 2016

Columns

Rearview | A Pariksha Pe Charcha for Hindu Mahasabha’s Pooja Shakun Pandey & Co

Rearview is a column that draws connections between the events of the past week. This week, a government that is committed to optics, with initiatives like Pariksha Pe Charcha 2.0, has to contend with runaway elements like Hindu Mahasabha leader Pooja Shakun Pandey who reenacted the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.

Karanjeet Kaur March 7, 2016