An online writing course spread out over four weeks. There are few things as agonizing as having something to say – but not being able to say it well enough. ... Read more| India Uncut
This is the 23rd installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. I had a strange dream last night. I dreamt that the government had passed a law that made using laptops illegal. I would have to write this column by hand. I would also have to leave my home in Mumbai to deliver it in person to my editor in Delhi. I woke up trembling and angry – and realised how Indian farmers feel every single day of their lives. My column today is a tale of two satyagrahas. Both involve far...| India Uncut
This is the 16th installment of The Rationalist, my column for the Times of India. Steven Pinker, in his book Enlightenment Now, relates an old Russian joke about two peasants named Boris and Igor. They are both poor. Boris has a goat. Igor does not. One day, Igor is granted a wish by a visiting fairy. What will he wish for? “I wish,” he says, “that Boris’s goat should die.” The joke ends there, revealing as much about human nature as about economics. Consider the three things that ...| India Uncut