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Bemoaning Delhi

Delhi doesn’t look like anything. It is amorphous, and as misshapen as only third world cities can be. It is but a mass of hutments, box-like houses built to occupy every available inch of space (and a couple more created by bribery) crammed together across narrow lanes interspersed by

Shining India: The Marvel of Marble

The Singapore Airlines flight SQ 408 landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi at 8:45pm, a full 15 minutes ahead of schedule. Unfortunately, there was no gate available to greet the early arrival. After waiting for about 15 minutes, a gate was found and the weary passengers

The Role of Argument in Natural Sciences, Law, and Social Sciences

The following article has been written by Chaste, who has contributed to this blog before. I will assume for the purposes of this piece that argument is the dominant form of writing in academia. This is also true of public discourse, but this piece will limit itself to academic writing,

Vague Apprehensions

“There is a possibility of a terrorist attack.” Or, “There is a heightened possibility of a terrorist attack.” These statements are often interpreted as, “There is a high (or very high) probability of a terrorist attack.” These are not sensible interpretations. Of course, news media do plenty to encourage such

Immigration Reform

The following article has been written by Chaste Note: The author has used the phrase, “illegal workers” only when the illegality is specifically implicated. Elsewhere, he has used the phrase “foreign workers.” Discussions about immigration reform have acquired a feverish intensity. Not only is there a pervasive sense of the

A Novel Medium

The late capitalist novel or the latte novel Post-nineties, a new novel has come into vogue, as is evident from the homage it regularly receives from reviewers at NY Times and other prominent publications, a novel full of superfluous pseudo-intelligent text. It is the novel by the smart aleck. A

Need for Epistemic Standards for Evidence and Arguments in Governance

Claim: Explicit standards for evidence and argument are critical in a competitive system where competing groups have palpable incentives to withhold information, monger stilted information, use irrelevant information, or use any tactic to win. Argument: Different branches of the US government use different epistemic standards. The US judicial system uses

Reporting Politicking: Horse-Race Coverage of Politics

The phrase horse race journalism is often used to describe how the media covers the elections. But it can also be used to describe how it covers issues. And then perhaps ‘horse race’ is a misnomer. A more appropriate label would be ‘football game’ style of coverage, given that it