The following data from Ministry of Agriculture caught my eye today. It shows that after seeing a massive jump in the beginning of this century, the cotton productivity over the […]
Learning / Video
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Making sense of News, Together
YouTube algorithm threw this video on my browser home screen today morning and I succumbed to the temptation. Once clicked, I continued to watch not because of the content per […]
Culture / Video
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“I don’t give jobs, I hire men.”
What’s the difference between giving someone a job, and hiring someone? The Duke explains. George Washington “G.W.” McLintock (played by John Wayne) is a cattle baron and a rancher, who is […]
Kavita
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जन-गण-मन / रमाशंकर यादव ‘विद्रोही’
मैं भी मरूंगा और भारत के भाग्य विधाता भी मरेंगे लेकिन मैं चाहता हूं कि पहले जन-गण-मन अधिनायक मरें फिर भारत भाग्य विधाता मरें फिर साधू के काका मरें यानी […]
Kavita
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लोकतन्त्र का संकट / रघुवीर सहाय
पुरुष जो सोच नहीं पा रहेकिन्तु अपने पदों पर आसीन हैं और चुप हैंतानाशाह क्या तुम्हें इनकी भी ज़रूरत होगीजैसे तुम्हें उनकी है जो कुछ न कुछ ऊटपटाँग विरोध करते […]
Kavita
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कुछ लोग / नरेश सक्सेना
कुछ लोग पाँवों से नहींदिमाग़ से चलते हैंये लोगजूते तलाशते हैंअपने दिमाग़ के नाप के।
Economic Reforms / Progress
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New Zealand’s model of Free Market farming
It has come to be assumed that Agriculture in India (and elsewhere) must be supported by government subsidies to be a viable business for farmers. (In popular imagination of Indians, […]
Interesting Reads
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Economist’s core question: “As compared to what?”
Don Boudreaux over at AIER has thoughts on industrial policy. Supporters of industrial policy often argue in the following way: Sometime in the past government raised Smith’s taxes, gave the […]
Quotes
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Albert Einstein on Prohibition
“The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition law. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than […]
Quotes / Video
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The Myth of the Great Society
“The Myth of the Great Society” is the title of Ronald Reagan’s 1966 speech delivered at the Patton Center, New York. I like this speech a lot and I’ve listened […]