How small everyday choices shape cultures, organisations, and the societies we become

• Read Time : 3 mins

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• ethics
• Broken Windows Theory
• ethical frameworks
• David Brooks
• FF Life

In memory of a friend, mentor, and conservationist, we present the 2025 Ramki Sreenivasan Conservation Photography Award—images that reveal the startling, intimate, and often uncomfortable ways in which human lives now intersect with the wild

• Read Time : 5 mins

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• Ramakrishnan Sreenivasan
• Ramki
• wildlife conservation
• conservation photography
• FF Life

How men learn—and unlearn—the language of emotion

• Read Time : 4 mins
• 1 Comment

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• empathy
• emotional literacy
• FF Life

At a quiet Australian headland, I discovered that the most meaningful journeys aren’t about how far we go—but how still we learn to be

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• 1 Comment

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• Queensland’s Sunshine Coast
• travelogue
• Point Arkwright
• FF Life

From neon-lit intersections to tranquil bamboo forests, a mother and daughter journey through Japan’s vibrant streets, tech marvels, and timeless traditions

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• travelogue
• Tokyo
• Kyoto
• FF Life

Inspired by Brisbane’s “Vibrantly Vacant” windows—on how renewal begins in life’s pauses

• Read Time : 3 mins
• 2 Comments

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• navigating change
• Vibrantly Vacant
• Ingrid Bartkowiak
• Steve Jobs
• FF Life

India’s youngest workers live at the intersection of abundance and anxiety, ambition and restraint. To engage with them, leaders must learn to work with paradox, not against it

• Read Time : 4 mins

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• Millennials
• Career
• Gen Z
• FF Life

Cultural festivals succeed when they put community before commerce and independence before sponsorship—while continuously experimenting to stay relevant and inclusive. Insights from the builders of the Bangalore Lit Fest and Mumbai’s MAMI film festival

• Read Time : 14 mins

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• Film Heritage Foundation
• MAMI film festival
• Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
• BLR Hubba
• Bangalore Literature Festival
• FF Life
• V Ravichandar
• cultural festivals

AI-driven, multi-layered maps could change how we understand power, culture, and the choices future generations will inherit

• Read Time : 8 mins

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• Chronas
• Mapscroll
• AI maps
• maps
• FF Life

They don’t work for Google. But they’re the brotherhood you’ll want when the road disappears

• Read Time : 10 mins

• Tags
• Google Maps
• road map
• road trip
• digital cartography
• FF Life