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From Rags to Riches, or the Multifaceted Progress of Lady
By Anatoly Liberman at OUP Blog: Every English dictionary with even minimal information on word…
The Israel-India Worker Deal Resembles British Indenture
Michelle Buckley, Paula Chakravartty in Boston Review: In December, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received…
Viruses Finally Reveal Their Complex Social Life
Carl Zimmer in Quanta: Ever since viruses came to light in the late 1800s, scientists…
Why the Judges ‘Explosive’ Letter Will Likely Amount to Nothing
by Zarrar Khuhro at Dawn: What’s really cute, of course, is that in 2019, the…
The Public Sector Will Look Very Different in the Next Several Years
Demographic shifts will shape tomorrow’s public sector as the global population is aging, and Gen…
Dunes Aren’t Just For Sand Worms. Here’s Why They Matter on Earth.
Allyson Chiu in The Washington Post: The famed coastal dunes that inspired the shifting sand landscape of…
Is it True That Your Worldview is Structured By the Language You Speak?
James McElvenny in Aeon: Switching between languages, we may feel as if we are stepping…
The Supreme Court Must Unanimously Strike Down Trump’s Ballot Removal
Lawrence Lessig at Slate: Donald Trump is an astoundingly dangerous candidate for president. He is…
Catastrophic Floods in Pakistan Cause Damages North of $40Bn. UN Chief Asks Developed World to ‘Lower Temperature’.
“Decades of intransigence by big emitters”, particularly Group of 20 members behind climate crisis, according…
‘Manmohan Singh Tweet’, A ‘New India’ Meme, and Stanton’s ‘Genocide’ Warning
IRSHAD SALIM — A recent tweet by a parody account I suspect, claiming it to…
UPDATE: Google Auto Rikshaw Driver (Video)
UPDATE: Another self-employed auto rickshaw driver (Asif) learns and uses the Google Map to calculate…
In Pakistan Politics and Economics are Strange Bedfellows (Video)
Polemics in the garb of intense politics (rather partisanship) may be giving Pakistan’s economy a…