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From the ₹1 shagun to the nimbu-mirchi totka: a tour of the superstitions — kala tika, black cats, knives as gifts — woven into everyday Indian life.

January 20, 2015 · 2 min read

When her young niece asked to borrow $25 for a dress, Ayn Rand replied with a famously severe lesson in responsibility — a 1949 letter that went viral in 2015.

January 14, 2015 · 2 min read

Pew's 2013 'Breadwinner Moms' report: 40% of US households with kids have moms as primary or sole earners, up from 11% in 1960.

May 29, 2013 · 2 min read

A 2013 travel startup's gamble: pick two destinations, pay before you know which one you get — for fares cut up to 40 percent. How GetGoing worked.

March 13, 2013 · 1 min read

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.

February 3, 2013 · 2 min read

Only a fraction of each Girl Scout cookie box reaches the local troop — so if your goal is to help the girls, handing the troop a donation beats buying a box.

January 29, 2013 · 1 min read

The '1%' was really a 0.1% problem: the elite whose wealth buys the rules themselves. On inequality, Occupy, and why the policy answers differ.

June 2, 2012 · 1 min read

At Mobile World Congress 2011, Visa bet big on paying by phone. The plan, the security debate -- and how the mobile-wallet prediction played out.

February 18, 2011 · 2 min read

Why talking about your salary is taboo — and who benefits from the silence. On pay transparency, the NLRA, and India's salary opacity.

November 20, 2010 · 1 min read