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He is a journalist who loves reading, number-crunching and driving for miles and miles in his free time. A big fan of psychedelic rock. Loves to eat and is open to experimenting with cuisines. Aspires to be like one of his short-story heroes: Anton Chekhov, O. Henry and Mark Twain.

Stories by Anupam Varma
Working from home might kill us faster
Learning

Working from home is making us weaker, and it might...

Leadership

I am forced to save a job, but I am...

Covid and cycling
Living

Covid tied me up in shackles, and a bicycle broke...

Flying during pandemic
Living

Flying to Delhi in pandemic, I return home a rich...

The pandemic has made me hate working from home
Productivity

The pandemic has made me hate working from home

Having a baby amid COVID-19 crisis
Living

The joy and agony of having a baby amid COVID-19...

A peek into working from home
Productivity

I have worked from home all this time. It means...

Indian expats struggle to make ends meet
Living

Pay cuts, abandoned cars, job losses: Indian expats struggle to...

Vande Bharat mission and the no-show passengers
Issues

Vande Bharat mission and the no-show passengers

A rush to write a lazy RIP
Think

A rush to write a lazy ‘R.I.P’

As a non-runner, I now run 14 KM
Living

As a non-runner, I now run 14 KM. My mind...

Coronavirus outbreak
Think

Coronavirus outbreak, and the fake news that travels to challenge...

Job fears and the bachelor
Living

When job fears forced a married man to live like...

We all are running out of reasons
Think

We all are running out of reasons

I visited Delhi from Dubai. It almost killed me
Living

I visited Delhi from Dubai. It almost killed me

A security guard who wasn't
Living

A security guard who wasn’t: Struggling now for a better...

Brexit and the hundred problems
Issues

Brexit will solve one problem, while turning a blind eye...

A year of protests
Issues

A year of protests. What they see becomes more important...

Fighting for climate
Issues

Fighting for climate while oil powers world economies

Saving a man from the brink of suicide
Think

Saving a man from the brink of suicide. It started...

WhatsApp groups and their daily dose of good morning
Living

WhatsApp groups and their daily dose of ‘good morning’

Fate, the unfortunate scapegoat
Think

Fate, the unfortunate scapegoat

Don't fast during Ramadan for the sake of it
Living

Don’t fast during Ramadan for the sake of it

Have we become too busy to live
Living

Have we become too busy to live?

99% marks for the Newsfeed
Think

99% marks for the Newsfeed

Delhi, you amaze me, and you disappoint me
Think

Delhi, you amaze me, and you disappoint me

A Termination Letter
Living

My reward for being a loyal employee for 20 years...

When is the right time to pull the plug
Living

When is the right time to pull the plug?

A lesson in sacrifice when you least expect it
Think

A lesson in sacrifice when you least expect it

When a watchman inspired me to learn to play the piano
Living

When a 50-year-old watchman inspired me to learn to play...

My 5 year old is consumer first, child later
Living

My 5-year-old is a consumer first, a child later

Fitness is not a New Year resolution, it's a life goal
Living

Fitness is not a New Year resolution, it’s a life...

Think and Choose one
Think

Choose one: A pair of headphones or public courtesy?

Turn off the mobile data, turn life back on
Living

Turn off mobile data, turn life back on

We are so bloody selfish that pollution deserves us
Living

We are so bloody selfish that pollution deserves us

Everything is Knowledge
Think

Everything is Knowledge

Don't dilute the cause, #MeToo
Think

#MeToo: Don’t dilute the cause

I would love to move to Canada, but I won't
Living

I would love to move to Canada, but I won’t

Discrimination in office
Leadership

Discrimination in office: An employer’s perspective

Were we really getting wrong about depression
Walk The Talk

Delhi’s Air Pollution Solution Is Too Little, Too Late

How an entrepreneur captures the power of productive mind
Walk The Talk

Don’t Protest Against Juvenile’s Release. Question The Law

Film Editor
Living

In Talks With Steven Bernard: A Movie Can Be Rewritten...

Addiction
Tech

Filling Up Emotional Vacuum With Likes And Upvotes

Gender Equality, for real, really
Walk The Talk

I Am An Indian And I Am Not A Rapist

Ajanta Restaurant Dubai
Walk The Talk

Pay If You Waste: This Dubai Restaurant Thrives On Unique...

Mosque
Life

I Am Keeping A Fast This Ramadan. I Am Hindu

London Underground
Living

Dear London, I’ll Be Back

Life

Dubai Residents, Don’t Forget Your Etiquettes In The Daily Hustle-Bustle

Life

He’s Dead, A Part Of Me Died With Him

Struggle
Living

Losing a job in India: Struggles of a middle-class family

Student Competition
Life

Putting the Ghost of Competition to Rest

Our Latest Stories
Modern Love and the Cities
Reel and Real

Modern Cities: Love

Pan-India films and cinema
Reel and Real

Can pan-India films save India’s cinemas?

Cinema is having a crisis
Reel and Real

Cinema is having an existential crisis

Nuance and the Indian Sports Drama
Reel and Real

The shades of the Indian sports drama

Surviving the Crooked City
Reel and Real

Surviving the Crooked City

Dhamaka and the Hustle Culture
Reel and Real

The Unravelling of Hustle Culture