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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
One problem with globalisation is that bad ideas seem to travel faster than good ones; first there was smearing tomato ketchup on everything; then drinking sugar-soaked cocktails ('Cosmo'-politanism) instead of our traditional whisky soda, and now this idea that we should abandon the poor to their fate in order to protect their dignity.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing remotely dignified about sorting through rotting trash to find something to feed your child, or asking someone for money because you have none (anyone who has contrived to give people money before they had to ask will never forget the look of gratitude in their eyes).
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well-designed subsidies help the poor make the best of whatever opportunities they have; poorly designed ones either do very little or actually make things worse for them.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even Milton Friedman - doyen of radical free market thought - was willing to consider some government intervention into primary education on the grounds that it is unfair for children to not get a chance in life because they were born to poor parents.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My sense of my own superiority over many of my classmates would have been much more muted if I knew that they had seen me failing miserably at woodwork or cross-stitch.
- Cricket
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there can be films about why hockey (and not just cricket) is cool, there can be a film or two about the virtues of honest, hard work.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If people don't want blue-collar work, our labour costs will remain high and our competitiveness low.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is possible that Modi sees his life as evidence that hard physical work can triumph over every disadvantage, but if so, most of us Indians do not share his faith.
- Possibilities
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- Nov 07, 2020
One does not have to agree with his views to be intrigued by the possibilities opened up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emergence as communicator/harangue-master in chief.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
A universal cash transfer in the form of a minimum guaranteed income would mean that automatically everyone has something to fall back on without having to deal with the vagaries of their local panchayat.
- Political
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- Nov 07, 2020
The degree of political pressure to make MGNREGA jobs available varies massively from state to state - which is why access to MGNREGA jobs is worse in a very poor state like Bihar than in a richer state like Andhra Pradesh.
- Politics
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mamata Banerjee and Narendra Modi, the ultimate didi and dada of Indian politics, should really commiserate.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most farmers know that their children's future will probably not be in agriculture, but they have a hard time imagining a different life.
- Natural
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you are a natural scientist, a publication the journal Science carries enormous prestige.
- Good Ideas
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- Nov 07, 2020