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Good to know that what I wrote in 2005-2008 is absolutely cutting-edge advice in the field of education

My FB comment here. BRYAN CAPLAN’S RECOMMENDATIONS CONFIRM THE PRESCRIPTIONS IN MY 2008 BOOK (DRAFTED FROM 2005 ONWARDS). Bryan Caplan‘s book, The Case Against Education, arrived a couple of days ago. Skimming through it – unable to find time to read it systematically; too many things at hand. But here’s the POINTY END (at p.276), […]

This 10-minute talk directly to the poor of India, explains everything that’s wrong about Indian politics in a nutshell

An email that I sent out widelyi a moment ago: == Dear friends Finally, we now have a video of an entire talk by Rabi Kant Bharti, Swarna Bharat Party’s 2019 Bhadohi Lok Sabha candidate. Rabi has met thousands of people across Bhadohi over the past few months and a good proportion have committed full support […]

Kindly spare me your bogus pontification, alleged Indian “classical liberals”. You are a bunch of do-nothings.

This is my comment to one Avinash Mulye here. The key point: Kindly do not pontificate about your “liberalism” from your ivory tower because that is pure hot air of no consequence. If you have ANY capacity, do something to bring freedom to India. Else goodbye and good riddance. Enough of these “smartass” “classical liberals” who […]

My next Whooshkaa podcast – in which I talk about a Leaders Workshop – a new way to find leaders

In this podcast, I talk further (ref. my previous one, if you haven’t listened to it yet) about my key findings about India’s upper middle class and middle class and how most of them are not suitable to fight for liberty. I then discuss how leaders can be found, and talk about the steps being taken […]

Some of my views on religion – as posted on my Facebook page

I periodically post material against religion – all religions, no exceptions – on my FB profile page. I had wanted to compile some of these thoughts on this blog. I’ve spent 25 minutes or so digging up old posts, but a lot more remain. This should, however, give a flavour of my views: == Your […]

Letter from Adam Smith to Dr William Cullen blasting doctors and all medical monopolies

Dr Cullen had written to Adam Smith seeking his opinion on proposals from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.  The petition suggested that doctors should be graduates, they should have attended university for at least two years and that they should present themselves for examination. Smith rejected the proposals from the Royal College. [Source] […]

Excellent work being undertaken by the Bhadohi SBP team – a short video snippet

Those who follow SBP’s Facebook page and Twitter account will already know that Rabi Kant Bharti and his team is doing exceptionally well in Bhadohi. The number of people who want to listen to Rabi’s message of liberty and good governance is beginning to increase substantially. This Youtube video provides a small snippet: The party’s […]

A new approach to political liberal action – workshops across India to find leaders at the grassroots

I had alluded to a fundamental change in approach in my recent podcast (see my blog post here). I’m now attempting to refine its mechanisms. The key findings to date: A top-down approach is essential to start a new political movement. There has to be intellectual rigour and capacity at the top, to provide meaningful […]

Using Whatsapp as a productivity tool to dictate text very fast and accurately – far better than most human assistants

For some reason most people I speak to aren’t familiar with Whatsapp’s main productivity feature – the ability to take notes better than most human assistants. In India I had personal assistants in every post I held. They took notes in shorthand but except for one of them, most were not skilled enough to take […]

Some essential truths – and basic falsehoods

Have uploaded the associated pptx at http://bit.ly/2FA7HXQ – also linked on my page on critical thinking.   If you wish, share with your children so they can avoid all delusion.