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No trash in last two years.
Lauren Singer's Trash is for Tossers: the young woman who made no trash in two years — no new clothes or packaged goods, even making her own cleaning supplies.
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Books
Interview with Koral Dasgupta : Author of the book 'Power of a Common Man'
A 2014 conversation with Koral Dasgupta, author of Power of a Common Man — on Shah Rukh Khan’s marketing genius, her research with 2,000 fans, and writing
· 3 min read
Books
Interview with Amish Tripathi, Part 3: Philosophy, Reading, and Future Plans
Part 3 of a three-part interview with Amish Tripathi: the Upanishads, his favorite books, why Shiva, and the future after the Shiva trilogy.
· 3 min read
Lifestyle
Interview with Amish Tripathi, Part 2: The Publishing Journey
Part 2 of a three-part interview with Amish Tripathi: rejection by every publisher, self-publishing The Immortals of Meluha, and the free-chapter marketing
· 6 min read
Lifestyle
Interview with Amish Tripathi, Part 1: The Genesis of the Books
Part 1 of a three-part interview with best-selling author Amish Tripathi: the philosophy of evil that sparked the Shiva trilogy and his instinctive writing
· 5 min read
Lifestyle
Seven Rules to a Happily Ever After
Romance author Sonali Dev shares seven rules for keeping the love alive when you're losing your mind — from holding hands to yelling it out.
· 3 min read
Business
What Ghalib Would Have Made of Open-Source Software
Why do brilliant programmers give away their best work for free? A 2013 Hindu op-ed by IIM Bangalore's Rahul De' found the answer in the poetry of Mirza Ghalib.
· 2 min read
Books
Salman Rushdie on Censorship
No living writer knows censorship like Salman Rushdie. His decades-long argument: censorship protects the powerful, never the weak — and it has only
· 1 min read
Naperville Diary
Rather Than: A Small Phrase That Deserves a Second Look
Rather than complain or rather than complaining? A close look at one of English's most quietly misused phrases — and how to use it with precision.
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