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The Acorn
Estd 2003
Recent posts:
How India could develop the social capital it needs
Public policy, community actions and parental behaviour should focus on weakening caste consciousness | 16th Dec 2024
Only social movements can save the environment in India
Neither judicial diktats nor government action can lift the smog unless Indian society builds the necessary social capital | 2nd Dec 2024
Trump’s moves to contain China will be contained by his other moves
China will look a lot more attractive, not least because America's shine is dimming fast. | 18th Nov 2024
Cautious optimism to start the post-Galwan phase
Diplomacy and military preparedness should go hand-in-hand in dealing with a disdainful China | 4th Nov 2024
India must sharply boost its military strength
There could be a case for an immediate surge in defence expenditure | 21st Oct 2024
Monopolisation of space is bad for the world
Global governance must catch up with the pace of technological development in spacefaring and satellite communications | 7th Oct 2024
Bad traffic is anti-national
For how can a society were people are angry with each other be a nation? | 23rd Sep 2024
Why has it become necessary to stage public protests for justice?
Indian society needs a new commitment towards strengthening law enforcement | 9th Sep 2024
Why independent India has not produced great political thinkers
We do not have political thinkers because India does not encourage free thinking | 26th Aug 2024
Why should public money be spent on sports?
Where we uncover one basic reason against and a three big reasons in favour of government spending on sports | 12th Aug 2024
Upholding the Constitution for the wrong reasons is dangerous for the Indian Republic
The Constitution is neither about quotas nor is it a holy book. It would be dangerous to treat it as one. | 29th Jul 2024
How to choose a National Security Advisor
Some basic principles in the design of the national security advisor's office and eco-system | 14th Jul 2024
Fixing entrance exams won’t suffice - higher education needs radical reform
Upgrade universities across the states, massively expand the number of seats and reduce the salience of entrance exams | 1st Jul 2024
India needs 20 million jobs per year
The 2024 election has brought the case for mass employment to the surface of the political discourse | 17th Jun 2024
Carbon emissions of war put humanity’s right to exist at risk
In the face of the climate crisis, war is no longer only a moral crime against humanity. It is a material one against the survival of the species. | 20th May 2024
The constituents of America’s strength are under severe strain
The United States stands to lose global influence if it continues on the current trajectory | 6th May 2024
There are costs and risks to an amazing missile defence shield
Technology creates time and space for politics; it does not substitute it. | 19th Apr 2024
To address the water crisis, India must price water
Water conservation requires multi-dimensional action -- but only pricing will create strong incentives for it | 8th Apr 2024
India cannot afford Piketty’s prescriptions
India should not be distracted from pursuing a sustainable high-growth path | 7th Apr 2024
The West’s disregard for global norms is endangering the world
Why should the rest of the world trust the West on climate and other global issues? | 25th Mar 2024
Power flows from the pins of microchips
Taking a step back to understand why national security types are concerning themselves with semiconductors | 11th Mar 2024
Hyperdiversity hardens Papua New Guinea’s challenges
Unless hyperdiverse societies develop a sense of higher-level imagined communities, they will underprovide even the most basic public goods. | 26th Feb 2024
Science fiction must escape the dystopia it has trapped itself in
We create the future we imagine: so it is important to imagine the future we wish to create. | 12th Feb 2024
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