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Shrikanth Krishnamachary @shrikanth_krish
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The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill is probably one of the best books I've read

Robert Blake does such a fine job

So many brilliant lines worth excerpting from every other page
Just noticed it is freely available on archive.org

archive.org/details/in.ern…
One brilliant excerpt that gives some idea about the quality of sparkling prose
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Sanskrit, like Latin / Greek, is one of the few truly cosmopolitan languages. You could be Abhinavagupta from Kashmir, or yAmunAcArya from Srirangam - the language is the same

Perhaps the only Indian language that transcends geography and ethnicity
Secondly - Sanskrit makes nearly all of Indian intellectual history accessible to you, which would otherwise be shrouded

There is no way to understand the evolution of Indian thought without knowing Sanskrit
3. Sanskrit unites Indians, by softening the vernacular divisions

A Tamil may roll his eyes at hearing the Hindi word Baras, but he will stop viewing it as "alien" once he realizes that Baras is merely the Prakrit form of "Varsham" - a Sanskrit word that he uses everyday
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The "Progressive" conceit in matters of religion is often annoying

Did the makers of modern India provide "proper philosophical explanations" to justify their choice of "universal adult franchise", or "westminster-like parliamentary system" when they wrote the Constitution?

No
Eg - Why did we not opt for a phased transition to universal franchise?

Why did we not consider an upper house similar to the American Senate with direct elections?

Why did we end up with a sinecure "President" as head of state?
I don't have good answers to these questions, and don't have strong opinions either way

Maybe the right choices were indeed made

But the point is - the debates really did not happen on these crucial issues, nor was the process of ratification as democratic as it could have been
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Videos like these are incredibly precious pieces of cricket history, and also very useful as pedagogical tools

These are not highlights, but ball-by-ball recordings from the distant past

Much to learn and observe here - one of Sachin's finest ODI knocks

Highlights tend to focus on the boundaries and sixes, and the odd sensational delivery and ofcourse the dismissals

In the process they don't reveal the messiness of the past, but merely romanticize it
For eg - We have this almost mythical notion of Sachin Tendulkar smashing Shane Warne all over the park and dominating him in India

While that is in part true, watching ball-by-ball recordings reveals a more nuanced picture
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Pleased to announce a slate of #DirtyRubles Trump/Russia events, on three of the next five Sundays:
The event in Madison, my hometown, is taking place at an undisclosed secret location [insert Dick Cheney joke here]. If you'd like to come, you need to RSVP:
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cc: @reallymdp @Post_Truth_Era @CodyStumpo
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Last time I was there, I bought FANTASYLAND by @KBAndersen, one of the best books I've read in recent memory.
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Just finished Better Than You Know by @mjmauboussin. Definitely one of the best books I have read thus far on investing. FWIW, sharing my highlights.
(1) Perhaps the single greatest error in the investment business is a failure to distinguish between the knowledge of a company’s fundamentals and the expectations implied by the market price.
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1. In this thread, I pull out the interesting facts I learned from the incredible Energy and Civilization by Vaclav Smil. I’d pitch it as a quantitative Sapiens - one of the best books I've read in ages
2. Opening lines: “Energy is the only universal currency: one of its many forms must be transformed to get anything done. ‘We can think thoughts wildly, but if we do not have the wherewithal to convert them into action, they will remain thoughts’ – Richard Adams”
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Hey, my friend @RachelFellman's first fantasy novel, The Breath of the Sun, came out today! I want to tell you a bit about it.
Rachel is the long-time friend of my partner Mielle. She's utterly brilliant, so even though I hadn't read any of her fiction, I had high expectations.
And... she blew them away. The novel is so stunningly good.
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“Factfulness,” by the late Hans Rosling, is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time. It’s a great guide to thinking clearly about the world. Here are some of my favorite tips…
“Things can be both better and bad.” This is the heart of our foundation’s work. It’s bad that 5 million children die every year—but it’s better than it was, which is why I think it can keep improving.
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