Debayan’s Insights

Every cup of coffee has a story. Long before cafés, office mugs, and coffee machines, coffee began its journey in the quiet highlands of Ethiopia. In this episode, we travel through time — from a curious goat herder in Africa to Arabian coffee houses, European cafés, and finally into our everyday lives. This is a relaxed, story-driven episode about how coffee spread across cultures, continents, an...

Every year, Oxford and Cambridge select a Word of the Year, reflecting cultural trends and societal behaviour. This year, Oxford chose “rage-bait” and Cambridge chose “parasocial.” In this episode of Debayan’s Insights, I explain what these words reveal about the way we consume information, form relationships, and react online — calmly, thoughtfully, and without sensationalism. Listen in for a cle...