Chopra might

have some advice to Sehwag! Hope he is listening.

An interesting

Why Girish Karnad isn’t wrong about V.S. Naipaul

Piece on the Karnad and Naipaul controversy - by Salil Tripati

Seriously

Agricultural wages and NREGA: Exploring the myth

The piece above ignores the monsoon. In 1999-2004 most states had poor monsoon. That is the reason why growth outputs were low. We had good monsoons overall in 2004-2009 accounting for increased yield. Well the lady's PhD advisor needs go highlight these things. I hope s/he will.

Do read

Rahul Gandhi’s clarion call

The piece by sandipan highlights the hypocrisy of Rahul Gandhi's call.

A saga ends

with claims of utter disbeliif. anyway, I am no great person but I have never lied or have been dishonest (as claimed). So I will remain at peace with that knowledge.

Right on

Reconnecting with the republic

Nitin pai makes the case for policy think tanks in India. I hope people realize their value.

What else can you expect from

A government more interested in scoring political points.

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