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Book Review: Required Readings on India
Books on India are a dime a dozen these days. But while much of the attention has been focused either on fiction writers, in the vien of Jhumpa Lahiri or Amitav Ghosh, or on the economic success of India, a series of books have been published in the last months that analyze India’s polity and [...]
Book Review: In Spite of the Gods, by Ed Luce
Edward Luce spent five years in India as South Asia bureau chief for the Financial Times. In his words during that time, Indians were, with few exceptions, “unreservedly kind, open, hospitable and tolerant.” In return, Luce has gifted India this book – In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India. The title [...]
Easter Readings: A Francophone View on India
It is good to be able to read media in multiple languages. It tells me how other parts of the world – beyond the Economist – see the world. So this weekend, I was surprised – and pleased – to see India in some fairly unexpected quarters of French media.
Returning to India: of Struggle and Hope
A friend pointed me to Piya’s blog. Piya has a penchant for clicking photos and has just returned to live in Delhi after several years. Only two months old, the blog is already an excellent illustration of the riot that India is for one’s senses, and the eccentricities it presents. Reading it, I finally had [...]
India Nuggets: Happy Republic Day
January 26 is India’s Republic day, the day in 1950 that we chose to be a republic. As a modern republic and nation state, India is today 57 years old.Some interesting guardedly optimistic readings to celebrate, and thank those that preceded us, for what they built (and a hope that we don’t screw it up).
Global Rich List: How Rich Are You?
Ff you thought the world was getting richer, you probably thought so because you were getting richer. This Global Rich List calculator tells you where your salary puts you on the global pecking order – in absolute terms. Now, absolute numbers don’t mean much in a world of unequal incomes and expenses. So I figured [...]
Kidney Transplants Legal in Iran
Iran, apparently is one of the few countries that allows people to legally sell their kidneys. And The Economist approves: With proper regulation, a kidney market would be a big improvement on the current, sorry state of affairs. Sellers could be checked for disease and drug use, and cared for after operations. They could, for [...]
Those Damn Foreigners – Immigration to Europe
Scribbled on a wall in Geneva: Etrangers, ne nous laissez pas seuls avec les suisses. Translation: Foreigners, don’t leave us alone with the Swiss! What’s all the fuss about? A recent referendum here that tightened Switzerland’s immigration laws, making them among the harshest in Europe according to the UNHCR. Odd then than a country that [...]
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