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The likes of Pacheco and Dalal are among a small but growing group of toy collectors—a niche interest that is showing an uptick in India, especially among millennials. With the rise of dual-income, young urban households that are well-travelled and steeped in Western pop culture, toy collection is gradually finding a place as a serious hobby.

Here’s a comprehensive buying guide to navigate the world of foldable smartphones–what to expect, what to watch out for, and the best options on the table

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Nowadays, it is common for companies to screen potential candidates’ social media, exploring their blogs, Instagram, Facebook and X accounts, to get a better sense of their personality, interests and communication skills. In fact, a 2020 study by American market research firm The Harris Poll, found 67% of the surveyed recruiting professionals using social media sites to research potential job candidates, of which 55% found content that deterred them from hiring the applicant. Over 20% were unlikely to hire a candidate without a social media presence, the study found. Companies now consider Facebook and Instagram profiles, alongside LinkedIn, to inform hiring choices, writes Reem Khokhar https://lnkd.in/gAYaev7B

Every January, Mint Lounge publishes its fiction special and here is your chance to be part of it. We are looking for one original, unpublished work of fiction to be published alongside some of the most exciting names in contemporary Indian writing. Theme for 2025: War and Peace As we move into 2025, we invite you to reflect on the many wars, literal and metaphorical, we are living through as well as the small pockets of peace, decency and hope that often remain hidden in plain sight. To this end, we seek a piece of short fiction (2,000 words) for the first issue of Mint Lounge in 2025 that grapples with the theme of War and Peace. Feel free to interpret this theme as literally, metaphorically, personally or universally as you like. Deadline: 25 November 2024 Word count: 2000 words (submissions that are longer or shorter by more than 500 words will be automatically disqualified) Email your submission with your full name, two-line bio and contact details to lounge@livemint.com Please submit only one original, unpublished work of fiction. Multiple submissions from the same author will not be considered. We especially encourage previously unpublished authors to submit their work. Please submit your story in a Word document as an attachment with your full name as the filename. We will only publish one story accepted through this open call for submissions. The final selection will be based on Mint Lounge’s own internal processes.

Quest Retail’s Shriti Malhotra on mentorship, creating opportunities for women, and centring people in decision-making

In today’s BANI (Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, Incomprehensible) world, organisations face tremendous pressure to be agile and establish themselves as resilient. Within this demanding environment, organisations find themselves ensnared in a paradoxical predicament: Organisations are having a hard time comprehending Gen Z—the traditional expectations of ‘loyalty’ and ‘hard work’ are being challenged by a generation that is perceived as ‘lazy and reluctant’, ill-prepared to join their workforce. https://lnkd.in/gTitcVDt

Hitendra Wadhwa is an adjunct professor at Columbia Business School in New York and founder of Mentora Institute, a leadership development organisation. With an MBA and a Ph.D. from MIT’s Sloan School of Management in the US, Wadhwa has coached dozens of Fortune 100 C-suite executives and is the author of the 2022 book, Inner Mastery, Outer Impact: How Your Five Core Energies Hold The Key To Success. Wadhwa was recently in India to finalise a partnership with Mumbai-based Shilputsi Consultants to bring his work into the country. He spoke to Mint about his research and approach

“Flourishing” is a term that’s intimately linked to our ideas of well-being, happiness and satisfaction but it goes deeper than any one of them. The American Psychological Association defines flourishing as “a condition denoting good mental and physical health: the state of being free from illness and distress but, more importantly, of being filled with vitality and functioning well in one’s personal and social life.” Creating a meaningful life involves making room for playfulness, joy, gratitude, awe and curiosity

From dark mode tools to taking screenshots, here’s a look at some Google Chrome extensions that can help keep track of your work and productivity goals