EducationWorld November 2018

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November 2018

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Inherent contradiction fallout

The people vs. democracy, Yascha Mounk, Harvard University Press; Rs.2,220, Pages 400 In 1944 economic historian Karl Polanyi wrote The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time. Troubled by the…

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J. Soujanya

J. Soujanya, joint-secretary, Nagarjuna Group of Institutions, Bangalore Where would you place education on your national list of priorities? Education is given top priority in all civilised societies around the…

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Big picture myopia

The sudden downgrade of the rating of the Infrastructure Leasing & Finance Services Ltd from AA to junk bond status in early September which triggered a panic on the stock…

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Brilliant & stupid

The detailed sexual harassment charges made against former star editor and media columnist M.J. Akbar, who was obliged to resign his office as Union minister of state for external affairs…

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Limpet idiocracy leaders

There’s a peculiar armour-plate quality about India’s politicians whose lust for power is in inverse proportion to their capability to use it for the public good. No shame or scandal…