1. Anand rangarajan, a biochemistry professor from jnu , has popularized this 30 second interjection on prime TV debates. He is fearless in questioning beliefs of abrahamanic religions.
2. Shahazad poonawalla a popular spokesperson for BJP has resigned and is hinting a sabbatical from politics. Seems bit fishy.
3. Modi comming on instagram is increasing looking like an all advising ‘ society uncle’. He should expose himself less and concentrate on legislation.
4. Sadly rahul Gandhi is not taking much advantage and is acting in ajit prop style street plays in front of parliament. Crazy.
Admin Note: I’m adding this to sort of demonstrate the direction of travel where BP is going. We are building Community now and if it means a decline of traffic so be it.
https://www.newsweek.com/a-treaty-pakistan-destroyed-long-before-india-set-it-aside-opinion-12265420
Newsweek had an interesting article out recently.
Good article.
thank you K Jayas for post this.
guys this will be the Open thread as well. so I’m not going to post any (new posts) for a day or two to allow the Comment threads build up.
it’s low on the technical details..
interesting how differently this plays out (within). I think Sindh-Punjab have a lot of water disputes
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2026/Jul/31/tn-to-approach-supreme-court-as-cauvery-dispute-with-karnataka-escalates
Nanna Nadu, Ninna Nadu, Dravida Nadu, Dravida Nadu!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YgD9jyrzSOk
russia and bangladesh are mulling using indian rupee for their trade. interesting times.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/proposal-to-settle-russia-bangladesh-trade-in-indian-rupees-is-under-review-11838361
Dedollarisation is good for all.
I don’t know why a free floating crypto mechanism hasn’t emerged yet.
Probably because it’s too vague?
Prashanth Kishore is winning in bihar bye polls. When given a real alternative people switch votes. BJP and congress needs to be careful.
A singular bypoll doesn’t mean very much in the grand scheme of things. I’m not very confident regarding Jaan Suraaj but I could be proven wrong. JS is much more likely to be a vote cutter for opposition parties than it is to directly compete with the BJP imo.
it’s a strange thing. very hard nosed politicians like pawar are getting close to bjp, while the feeling outside is that bjp has become stale and sedentary. it will be interesting to see how they will spruce up.
Pawar has always been a two-faced in his politics. He would play the Shiv Sena against Congress and vice versa to sustain his own politics. He started his own party by defecting from the Congress and then made his career by allying with the Congress.
To vakad tondya, he’s as slimy as they come. A pity given that he was an able administrator.
+1
People probably have different preference for national and local parties..
https://swarajyamag.com/economy/a-worse-monsoon-than-2015s-a-better-sowing-season-what-changed-in-indias-kharif-math
Swarajya has been getting pretty damn good with their articles recently.
Very good piece
Yes, I’m pleasantly surprised.
Their deep-dives in to the manufacturing and defence sectors are quite good.
nirmala sitharaman. she may be moved to some other ministry. what should the new guy do? at least the IT dues notices can be rationalised and closed. if every thing is being done by the babus, why need a minister?
I hope not man. She’s been rather good imo.
State of affairs of young students:
https://theprint.in/ground-reports/india-16-year-old-students-coaching-neet-jee-pressure/3002245/
This parental ambition to churn out their mediocre offspring into an IITian is the primary cause of student suicide.
Everyone is not inclined to do engineering or medicine. Then why this madness?
We’re pumping millions of engineers into a system where 90% cannot be hired because they aren’t good enough!
Parents should introspect why a student is forced into a career choice that is not theirs.
The sad reality is that only certain types of engineers get a reasonable salary. It is really bad for other degree holders. Now a days commerce graduates are getting some good paying jobs. There is no choice for parents. Only a small minority of students are self motivated. In this age of mobiles the challenge is real.
neet should have 2 levels of elimination like JEE etc.
I agree that the degree should result in a good paying job / career. But if the child is more inclined to say the arts or the pure sciences, I don’t see why that cannot be an option.
Everything is interdisciplinary these days. If anything, the core engineering streams, pure sciences / economics / arts / architecture / law / commerce / technical courses can lead to great career options.
Where are the deep tech unicorns? Where are the manufacturing capabilities? Why are all the loss making e-commerce sites throwing up individual billionaires but adding zero value?
very much so. the indian startups are mostly door delivery type as opposed to the Israeli ones which are in hard core product development.
parents are at a loss today with regards to education.
i have seen a post 10th standard student, who took arts to escape maths and science. sadly, at the degree level, economics is at least 40% statistics, psychology has study of brain parts and spinal chord, oh! god.
Most parents in India dont do basic research on job prospects and are still stuck in the past when engineering and medicine, along with some specific courses are the only viable pathway to better life.
Then there is also this weird angle of respect, whete these professions are respected amongst larger society.
Overall it is case of poor research and parents trying to gain respect and honor through their children.
That is a valid point. Parents like to live vicariously through children. Unfair to the younger generation.
With AI proving to be a body blow for basic software professionals, I hope this generation goes back to the core streams. Polytechnic courses will also see more traction as will non-trad occupations like carpentry, electricians etc. AI can never replace these!
I recently heard of an absolute nonsense degree being offered called BS(Research). It literally is BS.
yes pressure can produce a diamond but stress can be a killer alas
Indeed. Just happened to read this:
https://www.ndtv.com/business-news/learning-is-free-online-so-why-is-education-costlier-than-ever-11877260?utm_source=article_title_click&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=editorial_11
Ultimately even with all resources available, parental involvement (nature and nurture both) will be a strong predictor of a stable life ahead in children.
Higher (elite) Education is almost never about the learning but is a class vector..
Zuckerberg has apologized. Now our mps want him to come here in person and do a sastanga Namaskara to them.
It is a farce. What they should have done is throttled Meta’s bandwidth with every IPO.
It would have been very entertaining watching Facebook argue net neutrality in court.
did U S congressman riley moore’s opposition to FCRA strengthen its implementation more imperative for the BJP ? or will they shelve this ?
Individual congressman’s opinions barely even matter in India. As for the FCRA I think it was supposed to be tabled yesterday itself so that fact that it hasn’t passed yet means some backroom negotiations are still open.
who the heck is ‘riley moore’.
Nobody cares.
Just remembered, it is national handloom day today!
https://newsonair.gov.in/pm-modi-urges-citizens-to-buy-handloom-products-and-share-their-videos-for-global-recognition-of-skill/
Oh wow – I’m at Amethyst in Chennai right now.
I am flagging this as I found it interesting.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Ek4ZSPXaH/
Iran has new demands.
W A P S cannot understand the Wileyness of a Persian. They need a Middle Eastern jew or a Hindu.
what did people expect?
for a white man a shake hand confirms a deal. for the brown guy, it is just the intermission or ending the conversation to be continued the next day!!!.
trump should hire some gujjus.
Tbh it was the Yanks who were constantly violating the initial status quo.
It still hasn’t sunk in to the US that they have lost this war. They took many years to figure it out in Vietnam.
Trump is stubborn, impatient and tends to believe his own narrative with a personal reality distortion field.
Bibi will try to force the issue again very soon, but most cards have been played.
I think the solution to the Iran war will be an economic crisis rather than a military one.
The markets will be manipulated to show a US victory but this is like the Cuban missile crisis; the missiles in Turkey were silently removed.
I’m thinking of writing a small post on all the security pacts involving the middle east and Pakistan which have failed since the cold war.
Just be sure not to disrespect PAK Fauj when you do so. Remember to preface every line with all due respect.
I …..had to do a double-take on who wrote this comment. Before I chuckled.
@XTM:
Focusing inordinately on Pakistan and Pak Fauj is surely being provocative just for the sake of being provocative?
Doesn’t this fall under “courtesy” and “politeness”?
I’m not going to wade into internal Indian issues but if Pakistan is attacked, especially by someone who is hostile to it, you can expect a reaction from me.
lol
You can write a post about why 0M might be potentially wrong rather than threaten “bad behaviour” as a tool of censorship.
I am not “threatening” anyone.
When I was posting on BP, I was often accused of being “anti-India”. Does the same thing not apply to people writing “anti-Pakistan” posts?
If you are sincere about building community then surely hurting the sentiments of the Pakistani members of the community is not conducive to this goal?
0M hasn’t even written his post 🙂
I’m not going to die on this hill.
But anyway, is this not an attempt to rile up the Pakistanis on this site?
Let’s imagine I had posting privileges and had written “I’m thinking of writing a small post on how Modi’s foreign policy is an utter disaster”?
Would that have met the same reaction?
So there needs to be neutrality on India vs. Pakistan. Otherwise it’s clear that this is a pro-India and an anti-Pakistan forum.
Unfortunately reality is such that one has to pick a side. It’s not possible to be pro two countries that are each other’s existential enemies.
Actually, that will be a fun post. Please do write it. It’s always good to see if there are some obvious deficiencies which our biases tend to be blind towards. It will attract lots of comments for sure.
Agree!!
Kabir, please do seriously consider this.
would love to read a critique of Modi’s foreign policy. And there’s some juicy low hanging fruit there.
You have posting privileges; whatever post you write can be immediately be posted.
Oooh, damn! Ball’s deep in your court buddy. Dammed if you don’t and don’t damn if they do!
Sry, not buddy, I keep forgetting we’re still mortal frenemies.
Why don’t you write about it? I am sure it will be food for thought for the BP audience from the other side of the fence.
Nice one
“The War On The Humanities”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8GCcQY6QB4