Why exactly can't we even see the obvious dancing before our eyes? How did we become so shallow and superficial, living mediocre lives?
The Dumbs of Hindostan have discovered that Europeans are spending such and such percentage of their GDP...
States are demanding fantastic amounts from the Centre to tide over the revenue loss caused by the lockdown.
Suppose they lose two months' revenue (March April). That would be one twelfth, 8.3% for each year. Can't they bear this downtick...
Thugs of Oxfam You would expect that the thugs who promised to make the poor rich by looting the rich and redistributing their wealth would go into hiding in guilt after failing to do so but murdering 120...
Australia has been ravaged by forest fires.There is nothing new about forest fires. In summers, every forest is a tinderbox. Any spark, result of stone on stone impact, lightening, and now careless human beings, can start a fire. The...
Ricardo's law was framed for international trade, but it is equally true for two individuals also.
Suppose there are two persons A and B. A produces 10 pieces of Article 1 in one day and produces 8 pieces of article...
The survey team called to say that the villagers had come and stopped the survey. "No work related to the plant X will be allowed." They had declared. Plant X was in operation for a decade and wanted to...
Value of a currency is its power to purchase goods, and depends upon its quantity relative to the total goods produced in the country. If goods produced are constant, and quantity of currency is increased (by printing it), its...
On TV the news is running in loop that India's industrial production has slumped to a five year low.
On TV I also saw the news that EPCA or something like that has shut down all the industries in the...
As cooking gas cylinders have reached villages, people now in the villages may not see the smoke. But those of us who grew up in North Indian villages till 1980s can easily recall the smoke, thick smoke, that hung...
Every now and then posts appear on social media praising Japanese with claims that they do not buy anything foreign. Ok, let us see what exactly they buy:
Mineral fuels including oil: US$174.6 billion (23.3% of total imports)Electrical machinery, equipment:...
