Kapiltalist

Cauliflower with proclivities for cynical ruminations

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@DalrympleWill @juggernautbooks Sir, you have just sold me a new book. :-)

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Interesting history of how blended Sikhism and other Hindi sects in late medieval Punjab were.

[Puneet Sahani @puneet_sahani]

1000 RTs and I’d create a short thread on Durga Ma & her devotee Guru Gobind Singh that will leave SGPC McSikhs & Khalistanis no place to hide.

जय माता दी!

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@DalrympleWill Is it only me or does that sound like the sale of Indulgences by the Catholic Church before the German Reformation?

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Part catch up, part complacency, part ideological exclusion - many reasons, but PRC institutions are catching up fast.

[John Cochrane @JohnHCochrane]

US universities' self-destruction, from the Economist
https://t.co/RHNywT5w3j

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🙂
As received on WA.

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Succinct and apt summary.

[Jayaprakash Narayan @JP_LOKSATTA]

The Interim Budget for FY 2024-25 in an election year is quite remarkable. Exceeding fiscal deficit targets, not yielding to the temptation to resort to pre-election individual short-term welfare measures, continuing focus on infrastructure, investment and R&D, maintaining healthy balance between welfare and growth are all admirable in a complex, fractious democracy. The greatest challenge in a poor country is to reconcile between the short-term welfare and long-term public good. On that score, the Budget is very successful, and it shows:
1. GoI's quiet confidence that the people will recognise and value their achievements over the decade.
2. The govt's commitment to practice fiscal discipline and boost investment.
3. A recognition that financial stability is vital for investment and long-term growth.
Congratulations to the FM, Ms Nirmala Sitharaman for an excellent, growth-oriented Budget.

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@MulaMutha Thank you for this detailed and incisive analysis.

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@MulaMutha Yes like the kalaiwale to galvanise brass and copper pots, boharni to swap garments for utensils, etc.

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No subsidy can match higher incomes. Union government is giving subsidies to a tune of ₹6,00,000 crore, States are spending ₹3,00,000 crore more. But the lot of the farmers is not improving because of short-sighted policies and knee-jerk reactions.

https://t.co/KfIRUBp3kJ

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Prakrit is believed to be a middle Indic language enroute to the evolution of regional vernaculars from Sanskrit - yet the verses of the Gaja Sattasai don't readily resemble modern Indian languages. The Sanskrit translation is easier to comprehend.
Translator: Radhagovinda Basak

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@fizleglitz What do you drink?

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@MulaMutha Pragmatism.

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@nandaseth Did you visit the Gyanvapi and the Nandi sitting with his back to the temple?

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@curiouswavefn Econometrics.

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@fizleglitz Ms Mantis?

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@amitvarma This episode was delightful. Would be fascinating to get Dr Sattar's thoughts on versions of the Ramayana outside India. The story is popular and widely performed across South East Asia. Are there South East Asian texts of the Ramayana as well?

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@fizleglitz @imnotpete The dentist needs to take an audiogram you think?

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We should!

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

A lot of people spend time browsing through media whose business model isn’t built around accuracy then spend time feeling aggrieved that some of the stories are bad — you could always try to read different stuff!

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Following their brave sisters in Iran these Afghan women are courageously protesting against their goverment's move to deny education to women. More power to them!

[Shabnam Nasimi @NasimiShabnam]

A day after of the Taliban BANNED female university education, women & girls have come out on the streets of Kabul protesting against the decree.

They chant —“Either for everyone or for no one. One for all, all for one”

Amplify their voices.