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Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former Global Political Policy Head of Facebook now Meta, spills a whole stall of tea, and boy, how precisely and clearly she does the job. Loved the title and its genesis. It derives meaning from a splendid epigram from The Great Gatsby. “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things…

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Sheila Kumar • July 30, 2025

Humour: Let`s Face It!

  Let’s face it… I really don’t know what the fuss is all about. The pundits, that great faceless anonymous collective, tell us it is akin to opening Pandora’s box. That once you are hooked or wired as the case may be, the disease spreads in great galloping strides. That your ordinary life goes to…

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Sheila Kumar • January 11, 2015

Humour: Social Media Etiquette

TO `LIKE` OR NOT TO `LIKE`   Sheila Kumar stumbles upon a Word file where the Wired and the Anguished ask,  and Emily Post, a.k.a Em Dot Post, answers.   Q Wassup, Em. I gotta know this: must I click ‘like’ on each and every post a friend puts up, regardless of the fact that…

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Sheila Kumar • May 19, 2013