FF Life

A management consultant reflects on how modern corporate life slowly rewards motion without intentionality—and why protecting space for life beyond work has become a conscious discipline.

A Bengaluru family with no mountaineering background spent eight months preparing for the Annapurna Circuit—and discovered that ordinary people may be capable of far more than they imagine.

What happens when progress stops asking for permission?

We spend a lifetime storing money, only to realise we were really storing time

A tribute to the veteran photojournalist whose work revealed the country’s beauty, contradictions, and defining moments

In Japan, manga isn’t an industry—it’s culture at scale. A journey through the habits that made it so

What if the real crisis in leadership is not strategic—but moral? It’s a question Prof Raj Sisodia explores in this Meet the Author conversation

What happens when a centuries-old knowledge system—held in practice, not institutions—meets a world changing faster than it can adapt? The Changpas of Changthang are living that question.

A journey through Pompeii, Tuscany, Florence and Rome becomes a meditation on art, memory, and the fragile permanence of human endeavour

From Hormuz to Dalal Street, a distant conflict is quietly reshaping risk for Indian investors—and exposing the limits of “India-only” portfolios

Chaos, craft and the return of the auteur

My annual curtain-raiser: the likely winners, the dark horses, and the one film you should actually watch.

Books, films and cultural works that help us see the Middle East beyond the noise of geopolitics

Why global diversification is less about chasing returns and more about protecting your financial future from a single-country risk