48.5% of the world’s largest democracy…
OnAs an Indian who has had the good fortune to travel and live abroad, I am not unaccustomed to having questions about the politics,.
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US vs Europe-style Capitalism
On‘One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.’ – The Caterpillar, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis.
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Poor Measure
OnHe said “I hunt for haddocks’ eyes Among the heather bright, And work them into waistcoat buttons In the silent night. And these I.
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Public Cost and Private Education
OnEducation is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence. – Robert Frost I find.
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‘Rationalizing’ Schools
On`I couldn’t afford to learn it.’ said the Mock Turtle with a sigh. `I only took the regular course.’ `What was that?’ inquired Alice..
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The ‘Magic’ of Markets
OnThe world can be divided into two groups, the kind of people who think a rainbow is a beautiful and wondrous miracle of nature,.
Read MoreDevelopment as a Public Good
OnConsider the auk;Becoming extinct because he forgot how to fly, and could only walk.Consider man, who may well become extinctBecause he forgot how to.
Read MoreGetting down to Basix: A point of view
OnHad I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,Enwrought with golden and silver light,The blue and the dim and the dark clothsOf night and light and the.
Read MoreDebt or Death 2: The Anatomy of Suicide
OnT HERE is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to.
Read MoreDebt or death? Um…cake please!
On`What sort of things do you remember best?’ Alice ventured to ask. `Oh, things that happened the week after next,’ the Queen replied in.
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