Moneyball: Economics principles in drama
Several principles like opportunity coss, loss aversion, sunk costs are well depicted in the movie.
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The Reluctant God
The zeitgeist of now is one where one Rama has steamrolled over these millions and mine too. In the immediate aftermath of the consecration of Rama Lalla in Ayodhya on January 22, and in view of what is destined to be a catastrophic fallout in coming years for India’s democracy, political health, culture, and even Hindu religion, this short story lets my Rama speak.
I Miss Sparta
I miss Sparta Though born 750 years post the Magna Carta Engulfed in the humdrum of Consumerist life I long when sparkles from dories fly Hopping for groceries on my old rusty car How wonderful it would be to rein in Pegasus and fly off to adventures afar Following the same old daily routine What…
Love Letter to my Mother
Even though I am living in a different continent, she still remains my coffee partner virtually on most days with our own coffee pe charcha and savor our time together.
‘Perceptual Experience’ by Christopher Hill
The strength of the book lies in its ability to present a unified perspective on perception, from its foundational aspects to the way full-fledged perceptual experiences provide epistemic justification for perceptual beliefs.
Will the ‘woke’ people please wake up?
99% of the time, a lot of people who claim they are woke forget one small, tiny thing: they don’t think before they respond!
Rethinking Anarchism: On Freedom and Leadership
Anarchism is generally misunderstood as total lack of order. Instead, it is the highest degree of democracy to assimilate the social complexity.
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Masculinity in favour of women’s reservation is just ‘political’
There were parties in 2019 Indian elections that fielded more than 33% women even without a law in place.
Op-Ed Crafting: The Imperative for Sociologists to Contribute
OpEd writing is an effective way to contribute where journalism and sociologists can have conversations about social progress.
The binary and the fallacious choice
Patriarchal world forces women to look at world as binaries. Mental health experts should consider socio political histories into their advice.
Amitav Ghosh’s ‘The Great Derangement’ and Public Response to Covid-19
In the months following the emergence of the first known cases of the Covid-19 virus across several countries, the most common and immediate response observed in people was denial. Despite its rising numbers, a vast majority dismissed the virus as similar to one that caused the common flu, attributed Covid-19 deaths to undisclosed diseases and…
Childhood in contemporary India
“Children are living beings- more living than grown-up people who have built shells of habitat around themselves” Rabindranath Thakur Childhood is the age through which socialization takes place to develop, transform and mould children into social actors. Though childhood is a natural stage lived by every individual, the ideas, norms, regulations and also the perception…
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