Education in India during the British rule

There was a network of education centers like Pathshalas, Tols, Madarasas, and Maktabs in India where the young kids learnt from the religious texts , and other ancient literatures for various kinds of knowledge in literature, art, science, law etc, and…

Legislations in British India — Part 1

Robert Clive, often referred to as “Clive of India” amassed so much illegal wealth after the Battle of Plassey and Buxar that people back in England started to call him and his associates “nabobs”, anglicized version of Nawabs. When he returned back to England…

Shivaji Raje Bhosale. A warrior, hero and symbol of unity

Just like modern day actors, sportsmen, business icons who are revered for building their careers from scratch, say for example Rajnikanth (Shivaji Gaekwad), there was another great man approximately 4 centuries back…

Legislations in British India Part 2

In the one of the previous articles (named “Legislations in British India — Part 1”) I have discussed about the acts passed by the British Parliament when company was in charge of administration.

Dejargoned: Expansionary Fiscal Policy

I was making notes for a test I was about to appear on Economics and this piece helped me answer 2–3 questions.

Pardon for writing incomplete sentences, but I think you’ll be able to make out the gist.

Let me know in comments if you have any doubt. Hope this helps.

A small dissection on why Modi wore a self named pin-striped suit!

The other day, some one on Quora asked me a question on what I thought about the Modi wearing a suit that supposedly cost him 10 Lac and more over it had Modi’s name pin-striped on the suit.

Commentary on Budget in Cricket style — Simplified.

With the anticipation this budget had generated, I think it should have generated highest TRPs for News channels, coming closer to what it was on the L.S General Elections results day. Everyone I spoke to this morning was glued to T.V or…

Need, background and evaluation of Land Acquisition Controversy

In India 6 out of 10 people depend on Agriculture and live on menial and low paying jobs in agriculture. And contribution of Agriculture to India’s GDP is just 17%. Do you see the structurally distorted ratios? i.e., if…

Indian James Bond.

Ajit Doval, the National Security Adviser, is the India’s answer for the James Bond, of course without those flashy cars, sexy women, extravagant weapons around.

He is THE LEGEND in the world of intelligence, and Pakistan’s ISI literally had jitters when he was…