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A Humble Historical Analysis of the 2014 Election Results
On the clammy evening of the 3rd of June 1991, during one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of independent India,…
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Why e-Governance in India is a Sham
Quick question: What do you mean by e-Governance? Forget Wikipedia, and government-provided definitions, what would your own definition be? Something…
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Life After Losing my Mobile Phone
We all have experienced that moment of pure horror when we try to feel our (expensive) mobile phone in the…
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16 More Things I Have Learned From Life So Far
After chronicling the first 17, here come the remaining 16 of the 33 top lessons life has taught me in…
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17 Things I Have Learned from Life So Far
33 years is not a long time. It is in fact infinitesimally smaller than infinitesimally small in the grand scheme…
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What Sir Winston Churchill Really Said
In addition to being the largest repository of cat pictures and porn, the internet unfortunately has also turned out to be…
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Macaulayism in Modern Day India
Lord Thomas Babbington Macaulay had the best interests of the East India Company and the British in mind when he…
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Why I Am Not Buying a House (Apartment) Part 3
As I said in the previous part, I don’t have money to buy an apartment. But even if I did…
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Why I Am Not Buying an Apartment Part 2 – The Home Loan Trap
Notwithstanding all the arguments put forward in the previous part, the single biggest reason why I am not buying an…
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Why I am Not Buying a House (Apartment) Part 1
The World is full of overbearing and nosy people who believe they exist for the sole reason of poking into…
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The Story of the Indian Education System – Macaulayism Origins
For 4000 years until the arrival of the first invaders some 700 years ago, India had a history of creating…
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“Aren’t You Educated?” What Education?
The incident of cruel violation and subsequent death of a hapless 23-year old woman, though shocking in magnitude, was unfortunately…
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