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A New Nation’s Guide to Easy Money
A New Nation’s Guide to Easy Money
Imagine yourself as a teen who has just left their home and parted from their family. You are young, dumb, and broke with no money or…
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May 15, 2020
How the counterintuitive nature of a simple math result helps prevent dictatorships
How the counterintuitive nature of a simple math result helps prevent dictatorships
Here’s a classic probability puzzle — a fairly simple one:
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May 7, 2020
How superstition killed Gandhi
How superstition killed Gandhi
India is a land where fables echo reality and also, in turn, trickle down into real life. Here’s a fable of how death claimed an idol.
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Apr 30, 2020
A forgotten book: The Dramatic History of India
A forgotten book: The Dramatic History of India
Dramatis Personae: The book, a few late-night musings, and the land of India.
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Apr 19, 2020
The Jester’s Tale
The Jester’s Tale
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day and the World Laughter Day, here’s a tribute to those who made us think while others made us…
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May 3, 2020
The Romanticism of the Nib
The Romanticism of the Nib
This is a first a declaration of my love, and then a manifesto. Or vice-vera.
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Jun 4, 2020
When Pepsi had the world’s 6th-largest military
When Pepsi had the world’s 6th-largest military
In the summer of 1959, amidst the Cold War, the residents of Moscow were greeted by The American National Exhibition, featuring American…
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Jun 29, 2020
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