https://www.boomlive.in/mediabuddhi/what-about-scroll-the-quint-the-wire-and-the-news-minute-10806 It’s exactly 91 days since the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. 91 days since TV news plumbed new depths in standards. Time enough for people to have started looking for better sources of news. But whom to trust? A couple of weeks ago, my friend Kshiti texted me this question: “I don’t follow…

Sudipto Mondal Published on:  “In Maharashtra, power is concentrated in the hands of only 169 families. These rich Marathas control everything, and they’re not ready to accept the poor Maratha who is of the same caste, same lineage.” In this episode of What’s Your Ism, Sudipto Mondal speaks to Prakash Ambedkar about Maharashtra’s power structure…

This is an all-too-rare good read in The Guardian on China: the story of an American couple who put their twin daughters at a public primary school in Chengdu, at the height of US-China tensions.theguardian.com/world/article/… The story shows that nationality, or geopolitics, didn’t matter at all in Chinese classroom: the only thing that counted was…

Real learning has become impossible in universities. DIY programs offer a better way. William Deresiewicz Aug 21, 2024 As Persuasion celebrates its fourth anniversary, our team is proud of what we’ve achieved—and in need of a little breather. So, for the second half of August, we are republishing some of our favorite essays from the past 12…

Today, the vast majority are meekly bearing the costs of environmental degradation that is serving the narrow interests of a small coterie of rich and powerful people in league with politicians of all hues, and bureaucrats. But here are four small, constructive steps to help people band together and demand a bigger say in resource…