The Interruption by Chandran Nair

Why Working from Home is a Form of Apartheid

"Those of us who are privileged to take up the option of working from home so easily forget that the streets are kept clean, markets are run, healthcare is provided by people who don't have that option...so why don't people don't talk about it? Why don't they say it's a kind of apartheid?"   GIFT Founder Chandran Nair answers the 'Is WFH the future?' question on everyone's lips - and discusses how the WFH narrative deliberately forgets and devalues the majority of workers who do not have the option to work from home. Listen in to find out more!

Racism and World Order: The Geopolitical Tensions of the Pandemic

Historical racism via imperialism casts a long shadow. Racist mindsets and behaviours that characterised the colonial period are alive and well now, from micro-expressions of racism in the day-to-day lived experience of non-White people, to macro-manifestations in geopolitical relations and foreign policy. Being so ubiquitous, this begs the question: what is the impact of racism on the future of international world order?

Gluttony is Feeding Climate Change

Americans waste up to 60% of their food when it's on their plates. In Sub-Saharan Africa, it's 5%. So we don't have a food shortage issue, we have a wastage and distribution problem.

The Vanishing Public Intellectual

One of the scarcest commodities of our time is intellectual honesty.

COVID-19 and the Future of Asian Conservation

This was a huge decision - in the space of the last 2 months, 20,000 wildlife farms have been closed down across China.