A list of published essays

Last updated on Jul 19, 2021 3 min read

  1. Puthillam, A. (2021). Understanding what drives conspiracy theories, in the context of Covid-19 in India and political beliefs. FirstPost.

  2. Puthillam, A. (2021). How culture influences how we choose to cooperate. Psychology Today.

  3. Puthillam, A., Karandikar, S., & Kapoor, H. (2020). Who cares about Economic Ideology? Political Psychology.

  4. Puthillam, A. (2020). Opening Up the File Drawer in Cross-Cultural Psychology. Psychology Today.

  5. Sharma, Y., & Puthillam, A. (2020). Psychological Science Needs to Take Off Its Orientalist Lens. Psychology Today.

  6. Puthillam, A. (2020). Psychology’s WEIRD Problem. Psychology Today.

  7. Karandikar, S. & Puthillam, A. (2020).. Why is being a ‘genius’ still so gendered? Women’s Media Centre’s F Bomb

  8. Puthillam, A. (2020).Don’t Speak My Language? We’re Not the Same. Psychology Today

  9. Puthillam, A. (2020).In Memory of Geert Hofstede: A Cross-Cultural Icon. Psychology Today.

  10. Puthillam, A. (2019)How memes gained cultural currency, driving socio-political discourse in the digital era. FirstPost.

  11. Puthillam, A. (2019).Bigg Boss, gossip and survival: The reality show illustrates how talking about others is a powerful social tool. FirstPost.

  12. Puthillam, A. (2019). Still the science of the sophomore? The Psychologist.

  13. Puthillam, A. (2019).The Conundrum of Time. Pragati.

  14. Puthillam, A. (2019). Parks, Recreation, Friendship. Pragati.

  15. Puthillam, A. (2019). The Paradox of Voting. Pragati.

  16. Kapoor, H., Karandikar, S., & Puthillam, A. (2019). Flaws in Academic Publishing Perpetuate a Form of Neo-Colonialism. The Wire.

  17. Puthillam, A. & Thusoo, S. (2019).. Why We Love And Hate Indian Celebrity Weddings. (Video) BuzzFeed India

  18. Puthillam, A. & Thusoo, S. (2019).In 2019, Bollywood must invest in female friendships: More Veeres, no Sonu ke Titu ki Sweety. The Print.

  19. Puthillam, A. (2018). Her name is Ari. Pragati

  20. Puthillam, A. (2018). Talent analytics and personality tests don’t really help pick the right employee. The Print.

  21. Puthillam, A. (2018). How Men Are Like Chimps. Pragati.

  22. Puthillam, A. (2018). Tinder and evolutionary psychology: The science behind what men and women swipe for, and why. FirstPost.

  23. Puthillam, A. & Inamdar, V. (2018).The anatomy of Indian literary prizes: Who writes the award-winning books in India? FirstPost.

  24. Puthillam, A. (2018). Like a Beat Without a Melody. Pragati.

  25. Puthillam, A. & Kanisetti, A. (2018). WhatsApp mobs: It’s time to accept Indians may be predisposed towards xenophobia. The Print.

  26. Puthillam, A. (2018). This is your brain on Democracy. Pragati.

  27. Puthillam, A. (2018).. Are You Left or Right, Stupid? Pragati.

  28. Puthillam, A. (2017). Impostor Phenomenon: where self-doubt rules and success doesn’t heal. Mint on Sunday.

  29. Parekh, A. & Puthillam, A. (2017). Analysis: How Implicit Biases Hamper Women’s Participation in Science. The Wire.

  30. Puthillam, A. (2017).Watch Out For Those Biases. Pragati.

  31. Puthillam, A. (2017). Why We Gossip: The Morality of an Immoral (but Irresistible) Pastime. The Swaddle.

  32. Puthillam, A. (2017). The theory of the stupid class. Mint on Sunday.

Arathy Puthillam
Arathy Puthillam
Graduate Student

My research interests include social, moral, and political psychology.