The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
You will love these five insightful sharings on Sick Notes, Phrenology in a new modern avatar, how Parents-kids relations are changing, story of Fahrenheit, Planet Survival and population.
“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” ― Kahlil Gibran
1. Tyranny of a doctor's note
Sickness of workers resulting in absenteeism has long been the source of friction between the employer and the employed. What started off as a tool to control labor is now a ubiquitous irritant for those who are genuinely sick in a modern health system environment. This is a very insightful piece on the dynamics, the history and the ramification of a simple "doctor's note."
In the past phrenology was known as the "study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities." Interestingly data science and medicine also approach the same point.
Xiaolin Wu and Xi Zhang, two AI researchers, have said that they have trained an algorithm to identify criminals based on the shape of their faces, with 89.5% accuracy.
They are saying what many racist people would say.
A recent survey by OnePoll on behalf of Chartway Credit Union, showed that despite not managing all of their expenses, 85% of respondents consider themselves to be financially responsible!
Fahrenheit is now a standard. The story of Fahrenheit scale is both of inventive genius as well as the ingenuity of making thermometers that were reproducible. That is what Daniel Fahrenheit did.
Here is an audio and transcript from a program that is my all-time favorite - The engines of our ingenuity. Listen to it.
In this radio podcast from On Point Radio, Elizabeth Hadly shares some unique insights which are very troubling. She shares how she would have insects stuck on her wind screen when she drove westward. Now she doesn't see that anymore. In the last few years, almost 70% of the wild animal populations in the world have been lost!
Humans have become a scourge on the planet. Listen to this podcast.
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The I.N.D.I.A alliance has clearly expressed its election plank - annihilation of Sanatan Dharma or Hinduism. In order to dismantle the Modi government. It is not an electoral battle anymore but a civilizational battle now.
Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven wrote about disruptive militant protests in 1966. Movements like Occupy, Woke protests were its offsprings. Even in India, anti-Modi government protests bear its imprint. An analysis.
'The Vaccine War' is a beautiful story of very complex times. Vivek Agnihotri has weaved together a masterpiece dealing with a subject very few would have touched. The pandemic and the triumph of India.
Chandrayaan-3 landing on South side of moon was not just the triumph of scientists at ISRO today but a tradition and history of science that looks at exploration as a spiritual path. It is a story of a battle against all odds and challenges!
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