Bhavya Chowdhury Number of words: 294 Creativity has never been looked at kindly by institutions or governments because creativity implies an independence of thoughts and actions that can often prove embarrassing to the status quo. The examination thus became the proper medium to ensure that all this is channelized through the textbook. That the opinions expressed in … Read more
Number of words: 113 The examination, which forms the basis of the Chinese system of education in the past, was a build up of essays in an ascending order with competition that excluded all but the best. It was justified on the grounds that it provided the means by which Confucianism and traditionalism, to their … Read more
Number of words: 549 Competition has become a whipping boy for education in India. In their enthusiasm to strengthen gentle values like kindness and concern, educationists are apt to turn a blind eye to any good that competition might suggest. And so cooperation is paraded almost to the exclusion of competition. The reason preferred for … Read more
Number of words: 376 The examination is a child of the industrial age. A democratic government must make note of this. Earlier heredity claimed its rewards. If one was born into patronage, he was privileged enough to claim the plums of office. It was only when industrialisation was born, that efficiency took over from privilege. … Read more
Number of words: 132 Unlike people on the East Coast, who all wear the same skinny jeans or pinstripe suits depending on their industry, young people in Mountain View and Palo Alto go to work wearing T-shirts. It’s a cliché that tech workers don’t care about what they wear, but if you look closely at … Read more
Number of words: 350 The airlines compete with each other, but Google stands alone. Economists use two simplified models to explain the difference: perfect competition and monopoly. “Perfect competition” is considered both the ideal and the default state in Economics 101. So called perfectly competitive markets achieve equilibrium when producer supply meets consumer demand. Every … Read more
Number of words: 5,032 As some of you know I’ve just spent the past eight months as a model public servant on my very best behaviour: biding time, concealing opinions and strictly respecting the bureaucratic order. Now I get to go unplugged. Before doing so however I want to thank you very much for coming … Read more
Number of words: 1,496 Jeff Bornstein could not control his emotions. “I love this company,” began the tough-talking, hard-driving chief financial officer of one of the world’s most storied corporations. Then he broke down in tears. It was August 2017, less than a month after John Flannery, the brand-new CEO of General Electric, had taken … Read more
Number of words: 481 In 2018, Forbes listed Kylie Jenner, of Kylie cosmetics and reality TV fame, as one of the richest ‘self-made’ people in America. However, the (then) 21-year-old’s nomination stirred up a controversy about what the tag ‘self-made’ really meant. Many felt that considering she is part of the Kardashian clan and has … Read more
Number of words: 1,027 Lithium-ion batteries play a central role in the world of technology, powering everything from smartphones to smart cars, and one of the people who helped commercialize them says he has a way to cut mass production costs by 90% and significantly improve their safety. Hideaki Horie, formerly of Nissan Motor Co., … Read more
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