Friday Poetry: Give-and-Take-Ghazal
by Denise Duhamel & Julie Marie Wade: I would like to give more than I take in this world of takers. I forgive others for being snippy or falling short, then
‘Think Tanks are a Groupthink Community Called The Blob’
The Ideas Letter: In an infamous profile several years back, Obama national security advisor Ben Rhodes sardonically dubbed the think tank community in Washington, D.C. “the Blob.” The name stuck,
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The Rain Shadow Effect
Tomas Pueyo at Uncharted Territories: I’ve discussed this in the past, and you might have learned about this in your geography classes, but I wanted to dedicate a short, clear,
Searching for My Pakistani Identity
From Broken Mystic: It started off funny. I was at the mall buying a birthday gift for a friend of mine and, as usual, the store manager was friendly and
AI Reveals Huge Amounts of Fraud in Medical Research
Sham papers are compromising research, testing trust as new detection tools powered by AI lift the lid on what some are calling as academic fraud in medical research publishing.
Delta
The ‘delta’ between the two mind-sets will maintain the equilibrium in the status quo, and keep our (consumers) ‘choola alive and cow giving milk’. How Could a Big Shift From
The Anxious Generation
A social psychologist and a Professor discuss the end of the play-based childhood and the rise of the phone-based childhood. Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and the Thomas Cooley
Thursday Poem: Untitled
From ‘You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me‘ Late one night in my officeone mile from home, I stared out my window in an insomniac haze.Remember how crazed I
Why Do Authoritarians Win?
Not by repudiating democracy but by simulating it, a new book argues. William E. Scheuerman in the Boston Review: Democracy seems in bad shape these days. In contrast, its global
‘Hamay Kho Kar’ (ہمیں کھو کر) Song By Runa Laila
نغمہ = ہمیں کھو کر بہت پچھتاؤ گے جب ہم نہیں ہونگیں. فلم = احساس 1974 Evergreen Composition of Robin Ghosh Sung By Runa Laila at Bazm-e-Laila Special Program on
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Free Speech Is Under Attack in the U.S., But It’s on the Ropes Elsewhere
“Even open democracies have implemented restrictive measures” If you think free speech is under attack in the United States—and it is—you should see its besieged status in the rest of
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“A Passage to India” on Its 100th Birthday
THIS YEAR marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India. I’ve never loved the novel, nor have I been able to let go of