If I were to write a post on Bhopal, I would write almost exactly what Shruti has written. You can, if you wish, paint Bhopal as an example of rapacious profit-seeking corporations putting profits above human lives. You can argue that thatzwhy we need strong regulations. But your argument will run into the problem that [...]
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Six months back I had asked: What is common to Sanskrit, Brahmin, Sion and Matunga? The answer is that they are all Indian words written in English that would have been correctly pronounced if they were pronounced the way a native English speaker would pronounce them, but mispronounced because of the way Indians pronounce English. [...]
Domino’s likes to announce that it doesn’t penalize its delivery boys for not meeting its 30-minute guarantees. It says so on its website, on its menus and the statement is even tagged on the uniforms of said boys. This seems like a good strategy to have – after all, you don’t want your delivery people [...]
Sanskrit, Brahmin, Sion and Matunga? Something to do with their pronunciations.
So, you’ve got a job in India. Welcome. I like the fact that a stint in India is a valuable addition to your CV. I also appreciate that your salary enables you to live among India’s rich. I also understand that you’d like to stay in yuppie enclaves as you find yourself most comfortable there. [...]
One of H G Wells’ stories or novels had a character who behaved as if he was well-up on all the latest news, but had an out-of date library. If I remember correctly, that character later turns out to be an alien. Does anyone remember the name of the story? Is it from “War of the [...]
The dark lord says: The typical arguments are made by the right too. If the economy is going good “see, the deregulation has brought about unprecedented wealth. How can you propose more regulation?” When the economy goes bad, we get the answer “see, the crisis is brought about due to regulation in the housing mortgage [...]
As Ajay Shah points out, we don’t just regulate our financial system, we micro-manage it. When things are going well in the US, and we make the case for deregulation, we get the answer: “See, even in the US, we don’t have a completely free market system. Even they have regulations. How can you propose [...]
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