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Notes On The Road 14 Apr 2007 | 02:53 am
So here I am, back in India after a couple of years, doing research for a project in the relatively rich rural district of West Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. Some biased observations based on the few da...
The Unknown Education Revolution in India 9 Mar 2007 | 01:20 am
This is an op-ed piece of mine that appeared in today's issue of Mint. In response to the photo-post Photo-state of schools in an urban slum in Delhi, there were a few comments and emails deploring th...
Photo-state of schools in an urban slum in Delhi 20 Jan 2007 | 02:09 pm
Circa May 2005, Aditi Bhargava, an ex-intern of mine did a short exploratory study of schools in Sangam Vihar in Delhi . The study was part of an internship program at the Centre for Civil Society. ...
Should you penalise a messenger for bad news? 19 Jan 2007 | 06:50 am
Public policy writing in India is too steeped in macroeconomics and plain vanilla political analyses. Pratap Bhanu Mehta's writing is a good exception like the article The truth is not in the facts. ...
25 differences I wish I knew earlier! 17 Jan 2007 | 02:59 am
Causality versus Correlation Strategic versus Tactical/ Operational Possible versus Probable Absolute versus Relative Output and Outcome Risk and Uncertainty Experiment and Observational Point ...
Where Poetry and Cost-benefit analysis meet 13 Jan 2007 | 05:21 pm
A Ballad Of Ecological Awareness The cost of building dams is always underestimated Theres erosion of the delta that the river has created, Theres fertile soil below the dam thats likely to be lo...
Beauty and the Bias 12 Jan 2007 | 11:23 am
Infatuated guy: I think you are the most beautiful person in the world! Research gal: I think you have a biased sample.
Himalaya view from Kausani 7 Jan 2007 | 10:05 pm
This is a picture from a recent trip to Kausani in Uttaranchal. This pic was taken from the balcony where we were staying. Look closely at the upper portion of the pic (click it) and you can see the H...
Car ride with a sexologist - 2 6 Jan 2007 | 10:13 am
Two distinct events confuse me. The first is the flashing of breasts that happen at an event like the Mardi Gras. Apparently men dole out beads for flashing here. And greater the number of beads a wo...
Car ride with a sexologist - 1 6 Jan 2007 | 01:35 am
After being down in overtly analytical ideas for quite some time I finally hit a fresh way of looking at some things. This is courtesy an intense discussion with a sexologist on course a car trip from...
