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WWWIG-1 Envious and Righteous Anger 23 Oct 2012 | 11:06 am
It has been famously observed that getting Americans to fight a class war is an extremely difficult, bordering on the impossible. This has been ascribed to the fact that almost all Americans, regardle...
The Gatekeepers to India 20 Jul 2012 | 03:07 pm
It is said that our country is divided into an India and a Bharat. I hate this terminology because it is unnecessarily pejorative towards “Bharat”, but let’s go with it for now. These two nations are...
Tipping Point 23 May 2012 | 06:32 pm
I am rather amused to hear opinions that argue that tipping to waiters is an act of generosity, and a barometer for how we treat those less fortunate than we are. From a first order economic perspect...
The Fourth Nickname of My Life 20 Apr 2012 | 06:27 am
It takes some people years to shake off detested childhood nicknames. My son managed to do it smoothly at the age of 3. One look at my son’s face as an infant convinced me that he had a haughty deme...
Rules and Principles 10 Apr 2012 | 06:34 am
Kunal and Gaurav are right. In this post, I was talking of the trade-off between rules and principles in policy enforcement. Actually, when you think of it, rules vs. principles is not a simple dicho...
Three Stories and a Lesson 1 Apr 2012 | 05:46 pm
Story One This was when I was in Bay Area for a few months on a project. I was a frequent traveler by the BART. In the train stations of the BART system, they have turnstiles where you one has t...
A Rant About Poverty Numbers 22 Mar 2012 | 08:37 pm
The good Pragmatic Desi asked me to write about the release of the latest poverty numbers from NSSO. I do want to write a follow up post to my Pragati article. But the bad news is that I have accumula...
A Tale of Love and Heartbreak 14 Feb 2012 | 07:47 pm
I don’t know how many remember the story of Syed Modi, who was murdered in 1988. He was a star badminton player who had fallen in love and married Amita (Ameeta?) Kulkarni, also a badminton player. He...
White Rice 30 Dec 2011 | 08:55 pm
I just finished reading “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” by Barbara Demick, who was the Los Angeles Times correspondent for the Koreas at the time of writing. Published in 2009, the bo...
Poverty in Pragati 20 Nov 2011 | 09:04 pm
As promised, I have an updated and expanded version of my post on The Poverty Numbers at Pragati. From my blog post, I have subtracted some things in the interest of space – the discussion on the reca...
