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The people our netas don’t see: Migration, not MGNREGA, is India’s most successful anti-poverty programme

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Forget MGNREGA, the government’s flagship anti-poverty programme. Migration is India’s largest and most successful avenue – though not an official policy – of reducing poverty. Alas, the lockdown just killed the migrant economy and sent.....

The supreme entity and creative diversity

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By Shri Shri Anandamurti Three paths open to human beings are moksha, salvation; mukti, liberation and complete ‘crudification’. When the five fundamental factors do not acquire a mind in a physical structure, they move towards.....

Scindia makes gains but will the equations change after the bypolls?

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BJP has positioned itself well for the bypolls to 24 seats in the Madhya Pradesh assembly with its recent cabinet expansion. Jyotiraditya Scindia and the 22 Congress MLAs who left the party with him have.....

New US rules for international students are cruel and must be withdrawn

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As Covid continues to rage through the US many colleges, universities and vocational programmes have planned to continue the fall semester with online classes. But the Trump administration wants to push a return to ‘normalcy’......

Testing, not kneejerk lockdowns, is the panacea

yesterday

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In a repeat of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s four-hour notice for Lockdown 1.0 in March, the residents of Thiruvananthapuram city were also in for a shock late in the evening on Sunday when a “triple.....

A Challenging Independence Day: Coronavirus rages, economy’s in trouble, Black Lives Matter protests show America’s still work in progress

2 days ago

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New York: It is almost 2am, and half my neighbourhood is awake. Every few minutes, the sound of a nearby explosion pierces the night. Some explosions are louder than others. Others are preceded by whizzing.....

Xinjiang – China’s new territory or East Turkestan?

2 days ago

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China has now laid claim to Galwan valley. It considers it a part of its ‘Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region’. What is Xinjiang and how did it become a part of China? Xinjiang means New Territory.....

Inspired by the strong, compassionate whale

3 days ago

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By Narayani Ganesh While some cultures venerate whales as sacred animals, there are others who hunt the peaceful creatures down for sport and meat. Tourists ride motorboats to observe these marine mammals at close quarters,.....

‘TN is a police state … politicians depend on police for their dirty work and allow them a long rope’

4 days ago

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The custodial murder in Tamil Nadu of P Jeyaraj and J Beniks has triggered public anger. Madras high court advocate and national general secretary of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties, V Suresh, speaks to.....

The epitome of correct pronunciation

5 days ago

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Epitome Doesn’t rhyme With gnome Or comb Or even with Tome. I know, I know – this isn’t one of my best poems. By the way, did you know that many Americans pronounce ‘poem’ as.....

Taking a cue from Jagadguru Krishna

6 days ago

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By Swami Shrihariprasad On Guru Purnima, we remember the guru and the parampara of teachers, whose lineage we belong to. There are many paramparas in the country but in all of them, the starting figure.....

Defending India’s tech sovereignty: Banning Chinese apps was a start. Now set up missions on AI, solar-battery and consumer electronics

7 days ago

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Arghya Sengupta and Lalitesh Katragadda As Indian soldiers face the Chinese army in Ladakh, their courage in defending our borders makes our hearts both heavy and proud. However as citizens, our actions belie our feelings......

Morning musing: 2020-half done

7 days ago

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Stepping out for a walk in the neighbourhood, I came across this lovely trooper, perched confidently, and felt connected with the Divine. What other emotion could the sight of Sri Ram’s squirrel, looking you.....

All lives matter: Black and others, too

8 days ago

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By Radhanath Swami Maharaj Amidst the already chaotic conditions of the current world, a specific incident in the United States has globally amplified the confusing clash between “all lives matter” and “some lives matter”. The.....

‘At a langar, not only is everyone made welcome to eat, but everyone is made welcome to work’

9 days ago

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As the world struggles through the Covid-19 crisis people have been cooking – not just for themselves, but for the many whose lives have been upended by the virus. There has been a bubbling over.....

A dead tree could be teeming with life

10 days ago

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Narayani Ganesh When we imagine a forest, we think of trees, plants, shrubs, algae, insects, animals, butterflies, mushrooms, flowers, creepers and many more living beings that lend vibrancy to this wonderful aspect of nature. Dead.....

Peril of face recognition tech: Facing the end of freedom, one face at a time. Supreme Court must intervene

11 days ago

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By Mishi Choudhary and Eben Moglen On June 9, IBM through a letter by its CEO Arvind Krishna announced that it’s exiting the facial recognition technology business altogether and wouldn’t condone use of any technology.....

Staying alive: Another Doctor’s Day

11 days ago

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Had someone in the penultimate months of last year mentioned the changes that shall take place within six months in the usual doctor’s clinic, patient doctor-interaction, ward rounds, OTs etc, even as fiction. His postulates.....

Immigration bans will lead to dumbing down of the world

11 days ago

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Among the attributes that have made the United States a superpower is the brainpower that helped build it. The US produces more college degrees than any other nation, graduating around a million masters’ and conferring.....

Charity sums up the essence of nine virtues

13 days ago

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By Thomas Mathew Nine virtues, it is said, add up to the fruit of the Spirit. There is no better way of doing something for the good of others as well as to the doer,.....

Water In Her Belly

13 days ago

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‘Future wars will be fought over water’. We read this repeatedly in articles on the environment, on climate change, global warming, and other related themes. And we hear this being reiterated in talks, meetings and.....

‘The app ban will have an impact on the holding companies … Global power projection begins at home’

2 days ago

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The government banned 59 applications of Chinese origin, including TikTok, following a chill in relations after the death of Indian soldiers. Centre for Internet and Society researcher Arindrajit Basu speaks to Anam Ajmal about the.....

Breathing In The Masters

2 days ago

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As part of the plan to clear household clutter during the lockdown to help contain the Covid-19 pandemic, I was examining the contents of a dusty suitcase stashed away in a corner of the verandah,.....

Kuwait is cutting out foreigners: With jobs abroad drying up, India’s remittance economy set to take a big hit

3 days ago

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A draft bill to reduce the number of foreign workers in Kuwait has been deemed constitutional by the legal and legislative committee of the Gulf nation’s national assembly. Though the final legislation is yet to.....

India’s ahimsa could demilitarise the world

4 days ago

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Interaction: HH Dalai Lama & Pico Iyer Pico Iyer: In 2018, you said you thought the world was going through an emotional crisis. Are you worried the world is more divided now? HH The Dalai.....

‘70% of our planet is oceans – Maybe we should call it Planet Ocean instead of Planet Earth’

5 days ago

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How did you decide to work at the intersection of environment and technology? I am basically what some people refer to as a field roboticist. When I entered graduate school, it was as part of.....

Indo-China: The trust deficit

6 days ago

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A detailed overview of the relationship between India & China pertaining to the border dispute, geopolitics, trade, boycott movement and Covid-19. “India sees itself as the southern branch of a four-petalled lotus, whereas China sees.....

‘We cannot look at this epidemic as a single axis of how many people are going to become infected’

7 days ago

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Some states have extended lockdowns, which appear to be the default strategy in combating Covid-19. A lockdown sceptic, Sunetra Gupta, professor of theoretical epidemiology at Oxford, explains the downside to Pinaki Chakraborty: What were your.....

Do it like Vietnam: It maximises thin resources to manage both Covid and the economy superbly

8 days ago

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It should turn country after country green with jealousy. Vietnam has managed to have a ‘good’ pandemic. The country with a population of 97 million and an active border with China, has seen only 355.....

An open letter to Prakash Javadeker

8 days ago

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Dear Prakash Javadekarji, May I call upon your attention to a rather peculiar phenomenon that occurred early this month in your home state of Maharashtra, which is already reeling under the impact of Covid pandemic......

Respond to depression in positive ways

9 days ago

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By Ullhas Pagey Achievers and celebrities like Abraham Lincoln, Ernest Hemingway, Sigmund Freud, Michael Phelps, Brad Pitt, JK Rowling, Lady Gaga and Deepika Padukone, have all experienced depression at some point in their lives. In the.....

Conflict zones as peace parks: The need for conservation diplomacy

10 days ago

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The proposal to create a peace park at Siachen, one of the high-altitude border areas between India and China, has been frequently mooted for several decades now. Why? First, to help end conflict; second, to.....

‘IN-SPACe will be an autonomous body which won’t be influenced by Isro and it won’t influence Isro’

11 days ago

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To enable India to expand its footprint in the $360 billion space market, the government last week said a regulatory body called the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACe) will be established. It’s.....

Rescue solvent companies but kill off zombies

11 days ago

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Former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian said India had moved from socialism with limited entry (for firms) to capitalism without exit. Alas, capitalism without exit is zombieland, full of companies neither dead nor alive. The.....

Civilisational rupture: after leaders, turn of citizens to defy the rules-based order

12 days ago

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A video from Palm Beach, a town in Florida, USA, where a council was meeting on a decision to mandate masks, and a photograph from Bournemouth beach in Dorset, UK, have gone viral. The video has.....

A conversation in heaven about social media trends on earth

13 days ago

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Heaven has not seen such a sudden spike in the number of new entrants as was witnessed in recent months. Tens of thousands ascended every day. The talk about Corona virus dominates heaven so much.....

Why imports of Ganesh idols from China won’t easily subside

13 days ago

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Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in an address to BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit workers, raised what appeared to be a rhetorical question. She asked why even finished products such as Ganesha idols had to be imported.....

Amazon Bestseller: Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist - Roger Lowenstein

3 years ago

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Buffett: The Making of An American Capitalist is a book that has been written with the intent of showing its readers just how Warren Buffett was able to amass the phenomenal wealth that he generated throughout his life, making him worth a mammoth $10 billion and counting. The book shows you how he started froM. Sc.ratch and kept picking up stocks and companies that he could invest in. This led to him becoming the owner of fortunes that are worth many millions. His achievements led to him becoming a cult figure of sorts, who is looked upon as one who lives a life of various contradictions. The first of these is his phenomenal wealth against the modest lifestyle that he has. Being an incredibly successful investor, he still chooses to avoid the trading methods of modern Wall Street, which are considered to be a rage. Despite being a successful dealmaker, he still chooses to maintain the aura of a homely person. The author has made use of three years of access that he had to Warren Buffet..

Revisiting the philosophy of thoreau & schumacher

2 days ago

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By Pranav Khullar As one struggles to make sense of what is happening all around in these trying, pandemic times, one is struck by the way Nature is healing itself by creating a new blueprint.....

Dealing with the China threat: Why New Delhi must urgently craft a long term strategy to win good friends

3 days ago

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Secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s announcement, on June 25, that the US will move some troops from Europe to Asia to counter expansionist China’s threat to India and Southeast Asian countries, raised questions about India’s.....

Amazon Bestseller: Beating the Street - Peter Lynch

3 years ago

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Beating The Street is a rich knowledge bank, telling about how the finance and investment works in reality. Peter Lynch and John Rothchild are known to carry a vast experience in investment decisions and their book is ideal for those looking for acquiring big level of success in the stock markets. The book explains the concept of successful investing in a very simple manner. Practicing the advices of the authors would not only benefit the tenured investors but also the novices.As per this book, investing money in any company isn't a matter of luck and should not be played as a lottery game. There is an in-depth thought process behind that and through this book the authors help the readers know about picking companies which would prove to be worthy investing their money in. The book mentions selecting a company for investment by starting to look at its merits, followed by the chain of logics that apply to every investment that brings profits successfully...

The problem of distory: History is distorted by every group. Setting that right is tougher than toppling statues

4 days ago

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In recent weeks we have seen a spate of statues being pulled down. A statue of the confederate Robert E Lee and the British slave trader Edward Colston were the first to go in the.....

Amazon Bestseller: The Little Book of Sideways Markets: How to Make Money in Markets that Go Nowhere - Vitaliy N. Katsenelson

3 years ago

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Thoroughly enjoyable for the thoughtful and often entertaining way in which it is delivered. . . Katsenelson takes his reader step by step into the mind of the value investor by relating, in a fictional addendum to Fiddler on the Roof, the story of Tevye's purchase of Golde, the cow. He also describes his own big-time gambling evening (he was willing to lose a maximum of $40) and that of a half-drunken, rowdy fellow blackjack player to stress the importance of process. He then moves on to the fundamental principles of active value investing. What differentiates this book from so many others on value investing is that it describes, sometimes through the use of case studies, the thinking of a value investor. Not just his models or his metrics but his assessments. Katsenelson is an empiricist who weighs facts, looks for contraindications and makes decisions. He makes value investing come alive. This may be a little book, but its packed with insights for both novices and experienced invest..

Covid conspiracy theories and fallacies that will get more people killed

5 days ago

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I found myself in Regent’s Park this morning on an unavoidable errand. As I walked back to my car, countless numbers of runners brushed past, panting and breathing all over me. I drew some comfort.....

Amazon Bestseller: The Unusual Billionaires - Saurabh Mukherjea

3 years ago

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What makes a company truly outstanding? What is the secret sauce of delivering successful results over multiple decades? What is common to Asian Paints, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Marico, Berger Paints, Page Industries and Astral Poly? They are Unusual Companies, built by Unusual Billionaires. This book tells the story of these seven companies, handpicked out of 5000 listed on the stock exchange. Built by visionary business leaders, they have delivered outstanding results for a decade and more. How did these companies do it? Why couldn’t this be replicated by other companies? What are they doing differently? Saurabh Mukherjea, bestselling author of Gurus of Chaos, delivers an exceptional book with lessons to learn from these seven businesses. Mukherjea tells you why focusing on the core business is central to corporate success and how a promoter giving up control to the top management could be a boon. He also explains how investors can generate market-beating investment returns from identif..

Get peace in return: ‘Face’ is very important in China. Allow the Chinese to save face

6 days ago

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As if a global pandemic and a severe economic recession weren’t enough, we now have a serious Indo-China border conflict in Ladakh too. Both sides had casualties for the first time in four decades. We.....

How can we empower city governments?

6 days ago

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A pan-India research study identifies the challenges faced by urban governments, and possible solutions to strengthen them. India is undergoing rapid urbanisation, the pace of which poses significant challenges to urban governance. India’s urban.....

Look at social distancing as sadhana

7 days ago

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By VS Krishnan Among the many saints who have appeared in Tamil Nadu, Ramalinga Swamigal, popularly known as Arut Prakasa Vallalar, stands out as a spiritual leader with a difference. He founded a universal religion,.....

Moving towards a sustainable and resilient healthcare system, that can handle Covid plus other disease burdens

8 days ago

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Global healthcare has been tested by the Covid-19 pandemic, as never before. The vulnerabilities of the sector have been exposed world over, with the same questions being asked everywhere: How can we control the virus.....

All lives matter: Why has Covid-19 seen lockdowns on an unprecedented scale?

9 days ago

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A little over 100 years ago, Spanish flu killed about 15 million people in India. Mahatma Gandhi too came down with it but it failed to make a political impact in colonial times. Looking back.....

Lure of the China model: Many may be attracted to it, but it doesn’t suit the Indian genius

10 days ago

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A major flaw in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s China policy is the intangible one of sneaking admiration for the authoritarian Chinese model of ruthless efficiency. The PM and many in his government believe that the.....

Murders most foul: Time we reined in rogues in khaki

10 days ago

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The postmortem report of Sathankulam residents P Jeyaraj, 58, and his son Beniks Jeyaraj, 31, will be submitted to a court of law, a CBI investigation and a trial will follow, the policemen may be.....

Looking up to the sun for inspiration

11 days ago

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By Soma Chakravertty The sun has been revered, invoked and worshipped across the world from time immemorial, not only as giver of light, warmth, rain and as facilitator of good harvests but also as upholder.....

Tadka mein cheeni, and other lockdown cooking secrets

11 days ago

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My hands keep getting nicked and burned now. I panic-grab rotis straight off the fire; nimboos slip away from under the knife, leaving my finger in its place. Small scars, archiving small stupidities. Embarrassingly, cooking.....

Rahul Gandhi’s new avatar: People may recall the name, but they’re not particularly interested in the music

13 days ago

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Rahul Gandhi turned 50 last week. At that age, Barack Obama had already served for nearly three years as president of the United States. Tony Blair had spent six years in 10 Downing Street. David.....

Test less, repent later: The Telangana story

13 days ago

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The Coronavirus pandemic has recoiled to hurt all those who took refuge in complacency and dadagiri.The ranks of many a populist from Prime Minister Narendra Modi down to chief ministers like Arvind Kejriwal and K.....

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