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SHIBBOLETH ORIGIN
Word of the day: ShibbolethA shibboleth is a word or custom that identifies members of a group. Originally from an ancient Hebrew story, it now includes slogans, beli...- How Harris wins (and Trump and the Republicans blow it)On November 6, 2024, the morning after Election Day, Kamala Harris narrowly defeated Donald Trump, utilizing a minimalist approach to her c...
- Has political correctness ruined Hollywood?Most art isn't this independent of its own cultural matrix.
- Why distinctions between subsidies for ‘merit goods’ and ‘freebies’ are dubious from economic viewpointSomeone should undertake a comprehensive computation of all subsidies, implicit and explicit, production and consumption. We will get a fig...
- How foods are now betraying shibbolethsFood items are familiar and local, yet people have different ways of cooking & naming them as food habits persist in communities.
- Google before you move the cheeseKnowing whether to dip idli into sambar or the other way round is simply not enough to be assimilated into mainstream America.
- Defence Modernisation: A Revolution in Indian Defence ProcurementIn a study, we found the Indian government has roughly 5.6 million small arms; 2.6 million in the military, the others with police and para...
- New government in 2014 needs to learn from previous mistakesA major reason for today’s street rage is the fact that food inflation has averaged over 10% during UPA2 and that prices have risen more th...
- Should heroes change with the time or remain sacrosanct, immutable?When nothing is sacrosanct any more, not even in movieland, changes that do not happen are significant.
- Election results 2011: Voters punish arrogance and corruption, endorsed governanceThe momentum yielded by poll results should galvanise it into action: to provide good governance and institutional reform to root out corru...
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