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Take out your pens and start writing – £50,000 for 2000 words

Not sure if everyone is aware of this excellent prize for a simple essay: http://breakthroughprize.org.uk/thepr... Please start writing. Let good ideas reach the judging panel from all over the world.

Delighted that Vernon Smith highly rates my book on economics for children

My tweet: Vernon Smith, a Nobel laureate in economics has very positive words for my book on economics for children: “Posted it on my family chat; great book for my grandkids and their parents.” Download free from https://t.co/dse5Ym1O9q – and share with your children. pic.twitter.com/czUTeCLQWV — Sanjeev Sabhlok (@sabhlok) September 3, 2018 The screenshot:   […]

Have finished initial work on book for children + training manual. Have put DOF on hold once again.

A couple of months ago I had set myself the goal to finish up a first draft of the book on economics for children and the SBP training manual. I also wanted to get on to a further revision of DOF since I’ve made extensive notes over the past few years which I’d like to […]

A 2016 paper by Forum for Electoral Integrity, Lok Raj Sangathan, and Nalaya India on electoral reforms

Someone had forwarded this paper to me a couple of years ago. It missed my attention but I chanced upon it today. Given shortage of time, I’ll publish it here now, but review and comment when I find time. === Elections sans Integrity-Democracy in Deep Distress [Paper based on deliberations at Delhi Roundtable held on […]

Analysis of the arguments of those who want a ban on cow slaughter

Twitter is very hard to read. There is no obvious way to systematically read the comments. I spent a few hours to somehow analyse some of the comments on my tweet, here. I’ve come across all these themes earlier, but it is perhaps time to start structuring them systematically. HERE IS MY ANALYSIS [Word document] […]

ALL the reasons why Hindutva’s demand for ban on cow slaughter is not acceptable

I’ve tried to compile a few key reasons. As I’m not taking comments on this blog, if anyone wishes, please comment on twitter. PRIMARY REASONS REASON 1: FREEDOM AND PRIMACY OF PROPERTY RIGHTS The debate against banning cow slaughter can’t be fought on factual grounds of whether Hindus eat beef, whether they ate beef in […]

Time travel is impossible

A question is still asked: can we go back in time? The surprising thing is that some physicists are still tinkering with this question even when the answer is staring right in their face. The key principle that applies to this question is not the equations and principle of space-time but the principle of conservation […]

Islam MUST expunge the Jihadi passages from the Quran

My FB comment in relation to this news report regarding Melbourne. A miserable situation where the West is being threatened from within. The economic cost being imposed on the West to protect citizens from Muslim extremists must not be forgotten.   And politicians who bring this issue to the table are shouted down. The the […]

The cleansing words of Savarkar regarding the cow – a beautiful creature, but nevertheless only an animal

I’ve put a few tweets just now from Savarkar’s views on the cow. These are sources: When humanitarian interests are not served and in fact harmed by the cow and when humanism is shamed, self-defeating extreme cow protection should be rejected…(Samagra Savarkar vangmaya, Vol. 3, p.341) [Source] A substance is edible to the extent that it […]

The complete mental incapacity of those who defend a ban on cow slaughter

I put out a tweet a few days ago: Banning cow slaughter is not only an attack on human liberty, it is a direct attack on the financial viability of millions of India's farmers. Let's ask Modi to repeal Article 48. — Sanjeev Sabhlok (@sabhlok) August 24, 2018   As expected, a lot of people […]