The Obsolete Human
TEENAGE TEACHER Moving to Africa was a pivotal moment in my life. I had lived in India all my life, and for almost all of that time, the Indian economy…
Reverse Gear
REVVING UP Growing up in the India of the 1970’s was, to a large degree, an exercise in comparing the shortcomings of that society with ‘the West’. In theory, that…
Is ontario in a debt trap?
What belongs to everyone actually belongs to no one. This timeless piece of wisdom, a common saying in many South Asian languages, helps us understand why government finances are so…
Caste, Sub-Caste and Ghettoization
While living in Africa for a few years, I noticed something funny. When I told my African friends that Gujarati’s are vegetarians, they asked why Abdul Gaffar (a Gujarati) was…