- The Plight of Bidi Workers in India: Gig Economy's Dark Side
The gig economy is almost 100 years old in India, long before the rise of the freelancers in the IT industry and beyond. Thanks to Indian politicians, Indians continue to smoke cheap, unfiltered cigarattes, aka bidis, …
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- How to save our cities from rising sea levels: Landscape architect Kate Orff wins $625,000 MacArthur fellowship award fro her plans
Landscape architect Kate Orff just won $625,000 to save cities from rising sea levels. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (United States) says in its recent report that by 2100, there is a 90% chance…
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- Amitabh Bachchan: One More That 70s Hero Who Failed Us
The mid 70s was the age of angry young men in India. JP led angry young students and others against Indira Gandhi's authoritarian ways. Amitabh Bachhan became the 'angry man'...of the movies, via films like ‘Zanjeer’, Sh…
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- Annals of good news: An inspiring 'wheelchair dance' company for adults and kids
Marisa Hamamoto founded 'Infinite Flow' in 2015 by. She is a professional ballroom dancer who became temporarily paralyzed, then later regained the full use of her body. 'Infinite flow' is claimed to be America's fir…
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- Trump has lied or misled over 1300 times since taking office (How many times has Modi lied in his 3+ years?)
The Washington Post summarizes from its ongoing year-long Trump facts check / flip flap tracking:
As of our latest update Oct. 10, 2017, or his 264th day in office, the president has made 1,318 claims over 263 day…
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- The Pullan family of India. Hold the worlds record with most albinos in one family
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The Pullan family, of Wazirpur, New Delhi. Harrased by the locals as 'Surajmukhi' (Sunflower) or 'Angrez (English). More photos and details about this unique family in the link.
Next: Read 2500+ consumer guides to …
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- Over 5,000 Israeli, Palestinian women march together for peace
The stereotype is this: Palestinians want (violent) revenge, and Israelis want (violent) deportation. In a bid to show the other half of this reality, where most people just get along, over 5,000 women from both Isra…
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- Man dressed as a shark fined under new anti-burqa laws in Austria
Lesson of the day: Don't bait the government. As part of an European trend of anti-burqa laws, Austria also has introduced such a law. An Austrian man seems to have decided to test the authorities' will and so he put…
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- Organizers behind armed white supremacist protest in Houston revealed as Russian
The organizers behind armed white supremacist protests in Houston were revealed as Russian. That Putin's Russia is interfering in other countries' politics is old news.
What should be discussed more is the failure of …
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- The new 'The Last Jedi' trailer gives away a main spoiler
In the new 'The Last jedi' trailer, Luke is teaching Rey the ways of the force. And then there is Kylo Ren flying his ship towards what looks to be the command ship General Leia is in ... and about to fire on it...is…
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- Difference between working at big company and at a startup
The common response to working at a big company to that at a startup is that you learn more things at a startup but job security is not so secure. The above graphic, from Reddit, paints a clearer picture. The 'stack …
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- Annals of good news: Practice reading by reading out loud to a therapy dog
One of the admirable trends of today is the 'therapy dog' programs, where kids can learn to read by reading aloud to a therapy dog. Dogs like the attention. Kids get good reinforcement. The image is of a girl reading…
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- Two reasons why are Kindle ebooks so expensive
Many Kindle books now more expensive than hardbacks because both publishers and Amazon want you to buy books, where they make most money.
1. Publishers want to to get put off by expensive ebooks,and since libraries a…
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- Nick Saban: How much does the highest paid public official in the world help society?
Nick Saban, the head football coach for The University of Alabama, will make make more than $11 Million in 2017. This makes him probably the highest paid public official is not a legislator or head of state, without taki…
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- We get the leaders we deserve: Yogi Adityanath govt proposes âEUR~grand statueâEUR(TM) of Ram at Ayodhya river banks
As part of the multi-crore development of Ayodhya (Rs 195.89 crore Tourism project), UP CM Yogi Adityanath government has proposed a ‘grand statue’ of Ram at Ayodhya river banks. Other activities in list for Ram's city: …
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- India: Swinging wildly between two main parties working for their families first, Indians second
Can The Congress Party Counter BJP By Using Social Media Alone? Actor-turned-politician Divya Spandana Ramya is now heading a small (4-5 people, how many in BJP IT Cell?) team doing everything to catch up on BJP in …
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- How Mainstream Media in India Covered The WireâEUR(TM)s story on Jay Shah
Notes from a post on Newslaundry.com:
The bad
On TV news, India’s leading English channels decided that The Wire story was not worth any play at all.
Times Now: Its primetime was dedicated to such issues as #Sh…
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- What India Needs #1: A James Randi To Challenge The Fake, Chamatkari babas and Kind
James Randi (stage name “) began his career as an illusionist, escapologist, and a stage magician. In 1956, he broke Harry Houdini’s record of 93 minutes inside a sealed metal coffin that had been submerged in a swim…
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- No, Richard Thaler (Nobel winner, economics) didn't support Modi style demonetization
Professor Richard Thaler, winner of Nobel prize for economics, specializes in behavioural economics, and made popular the idea that human behavior affects supposedly rational markets. He popularized the "Nudge" economics…
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- Nigerian Tied To Post And Thrashed By A Mob In Delhi, No one Helped
A Nigerian, accused of being a burgler, was tied to a Post, and beaten up by a mob, and no one came to help. Vigilantism is on a resurgence in India (cow vigilantes, anyone?). Racism is a virtue that we have but we don't…
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