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The Story of India’s own Narcos

The last two decades of the twentieth century were politically challenged for India. There was a surge in the organized crime, mafia raaj, corruption which fuelled communal tensions. The state of UttarPradesh, in those days was a hub for crime. For local opium peddlers and small scale smugglers it was a paradise. ‘The Barabanki Narcos… Continue reading The Story of India’s own Narcos

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Depiction of rationality and effective altruism

When Artificial Intelligence is depicted in films and books it tends to be capable of learning to feel emotions, and absorbing moral values. This book, The AI Does Not Hate You: Superintelligence, Rationality, and the Race to Save the World, by Tom Chivers is said to be the first-ever book-length examination of the modern rationalist… Continue reading Depiction of rationality and effective altruism

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An empty slogan with mere political conversations

At 92, Nayantara Sahgal is still an affecting and a politically robust writer. These are the qualities that are amply evident in her new novel- The Fate Of Butterflies. The story here follows the fate of a close group of characters, living through a time not unlike ours, in an India marked by sectarian, gender-oriented… Continue reading An empty slogan with mere political conversations