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Less Testing is Not Good for Covid Control

Several newspreports and long threads on Twitter have pointed out that the number of covid tests across the country have fallen over the last few days. The total number of tests peaked at 19.45 lakh on May 1. They have since fallen to 16.64 lakh as on May 4. Other than not identifying people who ...

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Dancing in the Dark

Postcard from the edge — locked down in Mumbai.

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Kabhi Capitalism, Kabhi Socialism…

Or why the different isms of economics are not an ideology for me.

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India’s Vaccine Demand-Supply Math Shows a Royal Govt Screwup

The demand for vaccines in India is way more than the expected supply.

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Of Money Printing and Covid Vaccines

The current strategy of pricing vaccines at multiple price points may lead to black marketing. It might also create an access problem.

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कोरोना काल में छोटू बाबू की बड़ी शादी

शाम के पौने सात बजे थे. बिजली कटी हुई थी. पूरी गली में अँधेरा छाया हुआ था.  पर प्रोफेसर पी के श्रीवास्तव का घर दूधिया रोशनी में समझो नहा सा रहा था. उनके बड़े बेटे छोटू की शादी थी.  अमूमन तो छोटे बेटे का नाम छोटू रखा जाता है. पर यहां हुआ ऐसा था कि जब छोटू ...

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सोचो तो दुनिया बर्बाद हो रही है. और फिर से सोचो तो कुछ नहीं हुआ.

A short story in Hindi.

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Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff Would Have Been Proud of the Ponzi Schemes of 2021

Stocks, unicorns and cryptocurrencies, have all turned into naturally occurring Ponzi schemes, due to excessive money chasing higher returns across the global financial system.

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शर्मा जी, वर्मा जी एंड द रिटर्न ऑफ़ कोरोना

A short story in Hindi.

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मिसेज़ शर्मा, मिसेज़ वर्मा एंड द रिटर्न ऑफ़ कोरोना

A short story in Hindi.

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