Bhavya Chowdhury Number of words: 85 Israel’s electrol system has the virtue of being democratic. If a party gets, say, 1 per cent of the votes it will get 10 percent of the seats. The lottery element, which one finds in the British system, is removed. It has the serious disadvantage that as the whole country is … Read more
Number of words: 260 Up to 1933 the flow of immigrants stemmed overwhelmingly from eastern Europe, but among them were the occasional idealists or far sighted individuals from Germany or Austria. In 1933 Hitler came to power, thereafter the Jews from Germany and central Europe arrived in a torrent. This was the beginning of the … Read more
Number of words: 134 If convinced of the dignity of labour, the newcomers were not always convinced that there was any dignity in the role of the hired labourer and friction developed between them and their overseers. In 1909 a handful of them undertook the cultivation of a 75 acre area near Tiberias, without overseers, … Read more
Number of words: 320 In 1897 the first Zionist Congress assembled in Basle. The transactions of that historic gathering were perhaps less significant than the gathering itself. For the first time in Jewish history, representatives from Jewish communities throughout the world had assembled to discuss a programme of action for the Jewish people. Zionism, they … Read more
Number of words: 418 Israel is one of the youngest states in the world, and yet it is among the oldest. Other peoples have recovered their independence after centuries of subjugation, but they existed as a compact entity, living on their own soil, speaking their own language, and enjoying a greater or lesser degree of … Read more
Number of words: 1,537 A year ago, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) mission chief for India, Mr Ranil Salgado, described the economy as “an elephant that has started to run”. India’s economy was growing at more than 8 per cent, which made it the fastest-growing major economy in the world. But it would seem the … Read more
Number of words: 701 The news last week that Instagram personality Caroline Calloway was all smoke and mirrors was only shocking if you believe people go onto The Bachelor to find true love. You can’t spell the online in online influencer without lie and if you take away the lie you’re left with non. Where there is money to be … Read more
Number of words: 1,208 The broad outline of the story will be familiar to most Indian readers. The last great Mughal emperor, Aurangzeb—a capable general and dogmatic ruler—died on 20 February 1707. His death created a power vacuum in the subcontinent. A number of local rulers started asserting their autonomy by delaying or refusing outright … Read more
Number of words: 1,097 Though it is a busy stretch of water near the harbour of Southampton, UK, the vast expanse of the Solent strait is ideal for sailing. One can imagine people perched on their sail boats, cradled in life-jackets, cruising through the waters here on a sunny weekend. But on an overcast afternoon … Read more
Number of words: 797 I googled the question “ should I charge my phone to 100”. Google returned 467 million results. From folks offering opinions on “how to properly charge” to others calling on “science”, there seems no obvious consensus in the media. Yet, unlike views on more socially charged topics, this question ought to be … Read more
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