Mitali Saran: Send in the clowns

Work lends purpose to life, and contributes to an economic machine that we benefit from-but only up to a point, says Mitali Saran.What we think of as "normal" is constantly evolving. Somewhere along the line, it became normal for people to prioritise work at the expense of everything else. It became normal to suffer a chronic shortage of sleep because of long work hours and conference calls scheduled in other time zones. Click NEXT to read ...

In the last few days I've come across unnerving violence in places you wouldn't expect to find it. One was at Brussels airport, and one was at a book launch at the (I know!). Brussels airport at 6am is a very quiet place. I had half an hour to get ...

What happens to children who never find their way home, or who do after an interim, is symptomatic of a society so violent that violence is banal, says Mitali Saran A news report finds that over 9,500 children who should be safely with their families in Delhi are missing, according to police records. Similarly, there are countless untold stories of children who should be safely with their families outside of Delhi, instead whisked off to the national capital or elsewhere. Another news report ...