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Thursday, November 19, 2020

How to Do Nothing

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This article shares its title with a New York Times bestseller by Jenny Odell . But I haven’t read it. A reviewer said that Ms Odell’s work...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Leading the Lamb to the Slaughter

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Free-market systems mimic nature. In that, the big fish will, naturally, eat the small fish. Because they can. If left to itself, the system...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

The Rich Get Richer Club

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Dump: OK, pipe down guys. We're not making money doing idle chit chat. This meeting of the Rich Get Richer Club is now in session. So, g...
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Tuesday, June 09, 2020

How Readers Bought Fiction Titles—And the Non-fiction Books They Should've Bought Instead

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At the General Book Fair of 2014 , and again in 2019 , people overwhelmingly chose to buy fiction titles. But now that we have a mortal cri...
Wednesday, June 03, 2020

"I Can't Breathe"

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Photo by Markus Spiske from Pexels Decades ago, when I was a schoolboy, something had happened that I was reminded of this week. I was ...
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Friday, May 29, 2020

I Miss Neighbourhoods

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I miss neighbourhoods ... where you could just pop into a friend's house uninvited, to chit chat or eat or drink something, or just yell...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

The Social Distance

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    “Stop tossing and turning, Radha. Your bangles are making hell of a racket!”     “Sorry …”     “Ever since the lockdown beg...
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Monday, September 02, 2019

Faith versus Religion: How to Tell Them Apart

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Faith will tell you that there is a god. Religion will tell you his name, address, contact details, food choices, fashion tastes, gender...
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Thursday, July 18, 2019

Unfamiliar Entertainment

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Before Netflix and Amazon Prime, before YouTube, before even cable TV, Indians' choice in television entertainment was limited. Seve...
Sunday, June 23, 2019

Why People Are the Next Big Tech

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Our age is swamped with technology.  From robotics to smartphones; from e-rickshaws to international space stations; from CRSPR-Cas9 to So...