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My non-prize entry for 2018 Richard Koch Breakthrough Prize on the housing supply problem of England

A few weeks ago I spent a few hours to propose an entry to the Breakthrough prize on the housing problem in the UK, hosted by the IEA. I’m informed that 350 entries were received. Mine was not shortlisted, although I must say that I’m a bit surprised, given I don’t believe there is any […]

The new India is being made from Bhadohi, at the centre of the Hindi belt

Each time I have attempted to promote the liberal message, the well-to-do Indians (including middle class Indians) have resisted it tooth and nail and asked an infinity of useless questions which demonstrate their stubborn refusal to understand the causes of India’s problems. While I have attempted to address some of these questions as part of […]

Bhadohi district is leading India to freedom – Day 1 experience #1

I don’t have time to publish the full account, so only a part of it today. More later. First, a bit of background. For over two decades I have conducted a range of political reform experiments in India. In this process, I’ve mostly engaged with intellectuals and the so-called educated middle class. I did, also engage with […]

The Ayodhya land dispute – preliminary background research

I’m trying to understand the Ram Mandir issue. In this post (to be further elaborated when I find time), I’ll bring together some historical and legal details. In a further post I’ll try to form a view that is consistent with the principles of liberalism and India’s Constitution (prelim view here). 1528: The Babri Masjid, […]

A report on my recent trip to India (27 September -15 October 2018)

In June 2019 it will be five years since the registration of Swarna Bharat Party with the Election Commission of India. Despite almost total lack of significant interest in reforms from Indians over the past 20 years, I have been pushing myself along to complete this last chapter. I have decided to put in reasonable […]

My article in TOI regarding regulating – not banning – cow slaughter

Hundreds of thousands of India’s cows are eating now just plastic and nails but the most toxic waste imaginable that is thrown out by people in streets. This – from a nation where millions allegedly worship the cow. My article on this subject was published in Times of India yesterday –  Reset the Cow Debate High […]

A preliminary draft blueprint for the Abhinav Bharat Abhiyan (अभिनव भारत अभियान)

I mentioned that on 6 October 2018 a new movement for reform, called Abhinav Bharat Abhiyan (अभिनव भारत अभियान), was launched. Around 100 farmer leaders from north India had assembled. The next step is to prepare the outline of a blueprint for reform. I’m drafting my inputs for this blueprint – below: Blueprint for New India अभिनव भारत […]

Hindi podcast: Three simple reasons why India’s culture was anti-socialist and how Nehru ruined India

After this talk, all socialist and Hindutva maniacs will go scurrying into their rat hole. I think this talk compresses the ENTIRE message of liberalism. The three key points: In Ram rajya, Ram did not dabble in business. He focused on justice, and did not once do the job of others, such as trade or […]

Please join me to fight the Indian system which not only kills innocents but makes beggars of their families: the case of Ramji Misra of Gopiganj

This page is dedicated to the full analysis of this case and I’ll keep updating it. This page is intended to highlight this case, to seek public help for the family, to ensure that the police officer who beat Ramji and locked him up is arrested, to ensure that the entire UP government is held […]

An urgent need to re-assess Ambedkar’s ideology, given his 1955 statement that “I am not a socialist”

I’ve never read Ambedkar in detail – just very cursorily. So many were his contributions and commentary that it is literally impossible to know all of them unless one undertakes a serious four year PhD to study him thoroughly. In 2011 I was delighted with research by Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran , which seemed to confirm that Ambedkar […]