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Colin Grant at Lapham’s Quarterly: Today almost as many Caribbeans reside overseas than live at home. Outward and inward migration from and to the region provides an illuminating case study
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The world now has many of the tools needed to keep climate change in check, the United Nations’ climate research team reported last month. But humanity will still need to
Continue readingThis is What We Need to Invent to Fight Climate Change
Ian Millhiser in Vox: Two events occurred Monday night — one historic, the other rather insignificant — which placed an unflattering spotlight on the Supreme Court of the United States. The
Continue readingThe Case Against the Supreme Court of the United States
Trevor Quirk in Guernica: For the millions who were enraged, disgusted, and shocked by the Capitol riots of January 6, the enduring object of skepticism has been not so much
Continue readingA Crop of New Books Attempts to Explain the Allure of Conspiracy Theories
#1a: PTI is indeed deft at Science Of Minds (Mind Games). #2a: PTI is back to being a movement for change in society. The gene is out of the bottle.
Shared by Khalid Sharif, London: I often wondered why the lyrics say “Hello darkness my old friend.” Here’s the story behind it: It is the story of a poor boy,
Continue readingSimon & Garfunkel’s The Sound of Silence (Video)
From Foreign Policy South Asia Brief: From the moment Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the war has presented a challenge for Indian foreign policy. Western governments have pressed New Delhi
Abstract from Book “Capitalism’s Achilles Heel” by Raymond W. Baker: In 1938, Sharif father along with six brothers set up a foundry which was nationalized by Bhutto in 1972. In
James Kwak in The Washington Post: Homo sapiens have big brains. We use those brains to develop new technologies, which enable us to produce more stuff and support larger populations on
Continue readingWhy the Wheels of Human History Seemed to Turn Faster For Some
Oded Galor’s ‘Sapiens’-like history of civilization predicts a happy ending for humanity. But should we trust him? David Shariatmadari in The Guardian: Why is the Anglo-Saxon world so individualistic, and
Continue readingThe Economist Who Believes That Human Ingenuity Will Save the World
The quality of communication can erode with too many layers: Try having as few layers as practically possible to communicate -like this one in the last scene of ‘Crocodile Dundee’
Tajdar e haram: A soulful performance by a street singer with harmonium (also called Reed Organ) in Islamabad: A Bangladeshi street singer sings “Hai apna dil toh awara” using harmonium.