“in his view there could come of his interference nothing worse than what existed at present. And yet to every bad there is a worse.” ― Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hardy: The Complete Collection
1. Switzerland Schedule
Journals. Memoirs. To-do lists. They all have their place. A documentation of life, activities and events. They all bring back memories and sometimes are cathartic. In this piece, Robin Williamson writes about a ritual of her family called “The Switzerland Schedule.” She talks about her mother's death and how the documentation helped her.
Sometimes our experiences start us thinking in different directions. Many years back during my post grad days, I visited a village in Rajasthan and had some experience which led to this story. A personal plug.
The number of science and technology research papers published has skyrocketed over the past few decades. But the ‘disruptiveness’ of those papers has dropped, according to an analysis of how radically papers depart from the previous literature.
Is it because science is now an ideological undertaking?
The ‘precolonial Africa’ phrase and whatever follows from that always ends in caricature of the continent. Homogenizing and bastardizing the people and the cultures on the continent.
Colonial forces always had artists with them. These artists were crucial for recording information. Information that was better documented in images than words. Here is an interesting and very informative article on how the tattoes of the Native Americans were documented by the British artists.
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The Hormuz closure wasn't a miscalculation — it was the missing piece. With maritime routes uninsurable and IMEC the last corridor standing, Trump has seized control of global trade infrastructure through a private governance body accountable to no one but its chairman for life.
India's Ujjwala Yojana gave 100 million poor women clean cooking fuel and changed rural life forever. But every cylinder traveled through a single 33-kilometer strait. No reserve was built. No alternative was prepared. When Hormuz closed, the real catastrophe unfolded.
Examination infrastructure provided by TCS has shown to be compromised by groups within and from outside. It is time to consider these companies as "National Champions" and brought under proper security regulations.
Four years. Nine FIRs. A Malaysia-linked handler. A WhatsApp targeting dashboard. And a company that holds the keys to JEE, NEET, and India's banking exams. Is TCS Nashik case merely a workplace scandal? No. It is organized civilizational and economic warfare against Hindu India.
Robin Williamson
Desh Kapoor
Max Kozlov
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
Mairin Odle
