Reading Recommendations 24thNovember
November 24, 2017Bad Loan Ratios, Chinese Hollywood, Ethics & Integrity, Social Media Measurement, ISIS – today’s reading recos
Reading Recommendations 23rd November
November 23, 2017In Today’s Recommended Reads – China’s EV policy, Cow Protection, Motherhood, Agenda Setting As India moves towards Electric Vehicles, China seems to be putting brakes on the massive subsidies given to them. China has been for long subsidising EV’s, and i think…
Random thoughts on Aging, healthcare, and health insurance
November 22, 2017As I sit and wait with my mother, for her cataract operation, it strikes me, not for the first time, how unfriendly the whole system is for seniors. At present, about 16% of India is over 50, in the next 20 years, as…
Reading Recommendations 22nd November
November 22, 2017With the Harvey Weinstein case exploding, more high profile men have been outed for being sexual predators. These are actors, journalists, authors, film makers, – with a body of work that is outstanding. How do you judge the work, in light of…
Sexual harassment: When will Weinstein Effect impact India?
November 21, 2017i wrote this for ABP, earlier this month : Women talking about Sexual Harassment – It began as a whisper, then it became a murmur of voices, and then it became a shout that is still reverberating across the world. “I…
Reading Recommendations 21st November
November 21, 2017The Mint has a good interview with the Chief Economic Adviser, Arvind Subramanian – if you are skimming over the article, be sure to read the part where he explains why he thinks there is weak demand – rural demand, oil prices, cost of…
Reading Recommendations 20th November
November 20, 2017Let me start Monday reading on a light note. Something i can confirm because of empirical evidence (this is the third dog i am bringing up) — Do Animals Fart? . If you want to lose weight, maybe you should give…
Reading Recommendations 19th November
November 19, 2017The NYT has a good piece on the Universal Basic Income Movement. I have been reading a fair bit on UBI, and when i read pieces like this, on Amazon’s Last Mile, it becomes all the more apparent why UBI will cease…
Review : The Expanse Season 1
November 3, 2017The Expanse , on Netflix India, is a science fiction series, set 200 years in the future. And, it is a dystopian future. Earth, in this period has colonised and settled Mars. Mars has fought and won independence from Earth. And there is tension…
Ease of Doing Business – India Jumps 30 points Ahead
October 31, 2017The report released by the World Bank today, shows a sharp increase in the Ease of Doing Business. A jump of 30 places in the charts is nothing to scoff about. And, India seems to have improved on every parameter there…