Starbucks is an index of globalisation in Asia, the taste of the ubiquitous cheese cake is constant and comforting for the Indian Ocean nomad in me.

Prof Kabir speaks on the transcolonial ‘Fort Creole’ where registers of research delve into architectural politics of heritage to building material to language to cartographic resources.

The scale is indeed trans regional in the words of Prof Eng Seng Ho.

Working at a startup comes with its vagaries, and it’s not everyone’s cup of kopio as by definition it is volatile. Younger folks crave stability which is true yet a paradox. It is a fluid terrain of work, and it is important to be comfortable with discomfort.

There is always a friendly Shwarma place next door selling desified fare with insanely extra mayonnaise and sauces.

The culinary ties between Bombay and the Khaleej are archipelagic.

There is always a friendly Shwarma place next door selling desified fare with insanely extra mayonnaise and sauces.

The culinary ties between Bombay and the Khaleej are archipelagic.

Revenue or opportunity generation or simply growth is done by individuals and organizations alike through lead generation, grant or proposal writing or simply networking for the next cue. It is the lifeline and should be mainstreamed.

I read this book during the pandemic when I was writing professionally during the pandemic, and this book spoke to me and was a kind of work and scholarship which would be a benchmark. As an independent scholar it would be unlikely for me to find a PhD which would fund me, but hope to self fund with my engineering work in the days ahead.

The chai tapri in a gentrified format with neat space to sit and have a bite. These quotidian spaces are the social nodes of Mumbai where chai chats are ruptures in the rhythm of the maximum city.

The owner operator of this store runs it with one more staff and serves everything from Maggi to Garlic Bread.

In the flutter of disclosure standards chaos and data deluge about ESG and sustainability, we often forget the first principles underpinning the climate and ESG zeitgeist is of trust and transparency. ESG is a method to think with/through risks for resilience for responsible capitalism.

The ability to think through the fundamentals is key to building a climate and people positive future.

As Carbon is the heuristic for ‘E’ in ESG, with the EU CSDD and the German Supply Chain Acts, Human Rights Risk will be the go-to measure for ‘S’ within ESG.

ESG is compliance play with the climate zeitgeist making it mainstream, as impact accounting. Triple Bottom Line is here to stay.