The Citrine Room

A news & lifestyle blog by Monita Rajpal

Why It Matters

And then we exhaled. It didn't happen when Donald Trump boarded Marine One 25 minutes after it landed on the South Lawn of the White Hous...

Why It Matters

Why the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris matters.

Why we exhaled the moment it happened.

And how it became a moment to show our children what is possible.

#REPOST

Content from around the world that deserves a repost.

Each with the goal to inspire, engage, and connect.

VOICE CONTROL

EMERALD FENNELL

VEGAN CULTURE

MICHAEL J. FOX

Photo: Nani Williams

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QUALITY

CONNECTIONS

TIGER WOODS

DOUBLE AGENTS

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EMERALD-FENNELL_ Lucia O'Connor McCarthy

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW

From our teenage days to today, in social media, we are made to believe that more is better. More friends, more followers, more contacts, more engagement. Yet, more can also mean getting lost in the fray. And as this HBR article explains, what we need today isn't more when it comes to our personal network, but less.

The rise, fall, and return of Tiger Woods has been well documented. Many questions have been asked, motivations & choices dissected. But what differentiates HBO's documentary, Tiger, from coverage before is the exploration into Tiger Woods' emotional education and influences, and how past familial patterns predicted the outcome.

A riveting account into how British Intelligence infiltrated the IRA during The Troubles. Through clandestine interviews with a double agent, we learn of how deeply embedded and how even those amongst the highest ranks in the IRA were also acting as spies for British intelligence.

Photo: Lucia O'Connor McCarthy

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THE GUARDIAN

We all have them--the voices in our head. The voices that guide, instruct, even harass us.Sometimes we hear those voices as instinct. And while we are often told to listen to our inner voice, in order to benefit the most from it, we need to be able to tame it, turn down the volume so that our sole truth can be heard.

Emerald Fennell is a triple threat. She's an actress, writer, and now director. Having already achieved acclaim for her roles in Call The Midwife and The Crown, her part in the creation of Killing Eve, her latest win is her directorial debut Promising Young Woman, a dark film about a woman's revenge.

ATMOS

Despite what see in social media, with the armies of "influencers" espousing the virtues

of veganism, Veganism is actually a diet that originated in Asia. But you wouldn't know it by what we see online or who is benefitting from this growing in popularity trend. Read this fascinating article from Atmos about The Roots of Veganism.