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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 governance
The momentum yielded by poll results should galvanise it into action: to provide good governance and institutional reform to root out corru...