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ARTICLES BY NISHA SUSAN

In an age of testosterone tests and beige minimalism, the peacock stands for a different kind of male beauty. (iStockphoto)

Nisha Susan: Male beauty deserves the spotlight, not toxic masculinity

5 min read . 25 Jul 2026

International Energy Agency estimates that in 2023, data centres used up to 140 billion litres of water just for cooling. (iStockphoto)

Nisha Susan: Can we not create without sucking up all the water in the world?

5 min read . 30 May 2026

Veterans with the group About Face and members of military families protest against the Iran war, in the Cannon House Office Building Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., US, on 20 April. (Reuters)

Nisha Susan: When efficiency experts put the world in dire straits

5 min read . 25 Apr 2026

The alpine divorce debate is a sequel to the 2024 social media debate that asked if women would prefer to come across a strange man in the woods or a bear. (iStockphoto)

Nisha Susan: How alpine divorce is the new type of violence against women

4 min read . 28 Mar 2026

Asking people for help and getting it can rekindle your sense of optimism. (iStockphoto)

Nisha Susan: Why showing up is the key to connection and finding your community

5 min read . 28 Feb 2026

I am still working on accepting the permanence of my friend's absence. (iStockphoto)

Nisha Susan: The loss of a friend who was like sunshine

4 min read . 31 Jan 2026

In Sreenivasan’s screenplays, cinema often showed us how men affected women with their insecurities, fears and delusions.

Nisha Susan: When the dialogue lingers, but the love doesn’t

6 min read . 26 Dec 2025

We grow up with so much criticism that years later we still second-guess something as simple as the taste of our cooking. (iStockphoto)

Nisha Susan: Passing judgement is our national pastime

5 min read . 29 Nov 2025

It's time to master the silent art of Sherlocking entitled and not-so-dear ones. (iStockphoto)

Nisha Susan: ‘Sherlocking’ your way out of people pleasing habits

4 min read . 25 Oct 2025

Estimates show India has around 18 million deaf or hard-of-hearing people. (iStockphoto)

Nisha Susan: Read the signs, make policy that includes people

4 min read . 27 Sept 2025

We are here for the men who laugh at Andrew Tate (Getty Images)

Nisha Susan: In admiration of the whimsical man who takes on the male troll

4 min read . 29 Aug 2025

Members of a protest group called 'Hot Mess' hold up signs of Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump in July 2019 in New York City. (Getty Images)

Opinion: Can the Jeffrey Epstein saga puncture Trump’s balloon?

4 min read . 26 Jul 2025

The AI bubble is built on promises of unsustainable growth and unrealistic returns. (iStockphoto)

We are all stuck in a pyramid scheme fuelled by AI FOMO

4 min read . 28 Jun 2025

Gobi Manchurian takes on new names in Mushtaq’s short story. (istockphoto)

Banu Mushtaq’s recipe for Gobi Manchurian

5 min read . 31 May 2025

The gap between India’s rich and poor is now wider than it was under British colonial rule. (iStockphoto)

When we mock the working class, the joke is on us

5 min read . 27 Apr 2025

Exam outcomes don’t necessarily correspond to hours of jaws-clenched labour. ( istockphoto)

It’s never too late to learn lessons about exams

4 min read . 30 Mar 2025

Do you know what a wallaroo is? (iStockphoto)

Sometimes it’s nice to not know things

4 min read . 22 Feb 2025

Reading poetry is like having a casual engagement with precise language. (Istockphoto)

The benefits of reading poetry in a world of muddled meanings

4 min read . 25 Jan 2025

Let us unwrap our shiny new material pleasures and enjoy them thoroughly. (iStockphoto)

Perfect love may not exist but perfect gifts do

4 min read . 28 Dec 2024

Living in your hometown with friends and family closeby can make one smug. In a new city, you will need to build a community. (iStockphoto)

If there is no village to raise a kid, ask for help

5 min read . 30 Nov 2024