life advisory
So you want to help victims of Amphan…
Bengal is reeling from the double whammy of Covid-19 and super-cyclone Amphan. Entire villages have been razed, and the army has been sent in to help. But you can do your bit by donating to one of the many brilliant organisations listed in this useful Google doc. (courtesy Ameya Nagarajan)
So you want to be more productive…
All of us—especially working moms—are continually doing more and more. All because we are worried about dropping one of the countless balls we’re juggling at any one time. But research shows that ramping up our productivity and happiness requires actually doing less. Here’s a brilliantly simple exercise that will help us be less busy and stressed out and achieve more. (Harvard Business Review)
So you love Gillian Anderson…
Why not watch her play Blanche Dubois in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at the Old Vic in London? Better hurry. The performance—which also stars Ben Foster of X-men fame—will be available on YouTube only until Thursday.