India needs immediate economic as well as structural reforms. We need to cut down on the fiscal deficit, move our labour force away from agriculture; invest more in healthcare and education. We need large scale privatisation.

Let's hope Chief justice Bobde delivers. #Budget2021
It took a pandemic for us to realise that the Health of a nation overrides every other necessity. 137% increase in the Health budget is phenomenal. Fantastic news, this.

The motto of #Budget2021: HEALTH IS WEALTH.
LIC IPO; Disinvestment target of 1.7 lac crore; PSU banks, BPCL, IDBI, GIC to be disinvested in. This is already a dream #Budget2021.

[A gentle reminder, though: Disinvestment, a PSU buying a sick PSU, is not privatisation. Not a single PSU has been privatised since 2003.]
We have 1825 PSUs, quarter of them NONFUNCTIONAL.

A FIFTH of our annual budgetary allocation goes in propping up PSUs.

States have ratcheted up a LIABILITY of 50 lac crore in the last decade.

PSU banks have NPAs totalling 10 lac crore.

For us to succeed, PSUs have to recede.
Govt is Socialism leashed; Opposition is Socialism unleashed. And so it always boils down to this:

If you run on the budget proposed by the govt, India would go bankrupt in 20 years.

If you run on the budget proposed by the opposition, India would go bankrupt in 2 years.

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7 Nov 20
Remembering Sir CV Raman, born this day in 1888. Known for discovering the eponymous Raman Effect, his genius was reflected in diverse fields. He had the child's eye.

Here he is explaining sand patterns on a mridangam to the legend Palakkad Mani Iyer: dspace.rri.res.in/bitstream/2289…
And here Sir CV Raman struts into @StPaulsLondon and emerges with the now iconic Nature paper, explaining the real reason behind the whispering-gallery phenomena, thereby disproving Lord Rayleigh.

Genius is that spark in the child's eye, nothing more. dspace.rri.res.in/bitstream/2289…
And here is Sir CV Raman doing what he loved most - dress up as a magician on weekends and have children gather round him. His magic shows were all the rage.

He holds in his hand a quartz crystal. (From the Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, @iiscbangalore.)
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1 Nov 20
Twitter is like a Public Sector Bank. Its losses mount year on year; the organisation is run by pompous individuals; the rules & regulations are confounding & absurd; the complaints are seldom heard; the decisions go mostly against your wishes; but everyone who hates it uses it.
The threat of censorship is worse than censorship; for it is better to be blind than to be looking constantly over your shoulder.

The Indian courts MUST step in and restore the sanctity of freedom of speech. They must step in and restore @Twitter to being just a platform.
We are living in a world where you believe what you see, but unfortunately what you see is written by those who see what they believe.

My views on @TimesNow, on Twitter censorship and editorialising. #TwitterTimeUp
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2 Oct 20
LR: Literacy Rate
RIR: Rape Incidence Rate

High LR, Low RIR:
Tamil Nadu: LR 84%, RIR 0.9
Karnataka: LR 82%, RIR 1.5

Low LR, High RIR:
Chhattisgarh: LR 70%, RIR 14.7

High LR, High RIR:
Kerala: LR 100%, RIR 10.7

Chattisgarh with one of the lowest LR has the highest RIR.

WDTT
Rate of Crime against Dalits (2019, NCRB data; Chargesheet rate: 80%).

UP: 28.6
Kerala: 28.2

West Bengal: 0.6.

Well-done, Bengal. But Now the Kerala communists are in a bind. Do they tell & mock their Bengal comrades that Bengal doesn't report Dalit crimes whereas Kerala does? Image
Calling out selectivity is important because it exposes nefarious agendas. But it can never be an excuse for wrongful conduct by those calling it out.

My views on @TimesNow where I also quote @swati_gs's analysis and reportage. #HathrasHateConspiracy
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4 Sep 20
This is VILE. Where are the guardians of Free Speech? Is this not intolerance? Is this not Emergen-

Oh, sorry, hadn't noticed the party and the government the man belongs to. This is fine. Ignore. Carry on. Nothing to see here.
To be sure I had taken threats to her by Maharashtra Home Minister lightly, nothing more than abusive bluster by the slighted.

Not anymore. This is a clear threat not only to her but also to her family. Unbelievably sick; more so the silence of her peers.
I am an actor-activist. For me the real power is the Bollywood coterie. But I speak truth to Modi.

I am a stand-up comic. For me the real power is Shiv Sena. But I speak truth to Modi.

I am a coward. Because even though I know who the real power is I always speak truth to Modi.
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22 Aug 20
1. I am appalled to see @BloomsburyIndia, publisher of two of my books, buckle under threats by fascists and withdraw the book Delhi Riots - 2020. I stand in complete solidarity with the authors.

This is an assault on Freedom of Expression and on those who cherish this freedom.
2. A book is an idea, one you may staunchly agree or disagree with. And an idea cannot be destroyed. It cannot fall victim to threats and blackmail by fascists. Books last because ideas do.

This decision by Bloomsbury should be condemned by ALL writers and readers.
3. If Bloomsbury does not retract its decision, my co-author and I have decided that we will return the substantial advance paid to us by Bloomsbury for our forthcoming book.

We cannot allow our book to be published by a house that does not respect Freedom of Expression. Image
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5 Jul 20
On Guru Poornima, my gratitude to @dasgobardhan and @TIinExile, oceans of knowledge and wisdom.

There are more but I have run out of thumbs.
We generally think the monied, not scholars, face threats. WRONG. Scholarship threatens most because to the mediocre it hurts most.

I repeat: It is not Modi but rather this man who is the establishment's WORST nightmare.

Splendid interview of @TIinExile. swarajyamag.com/politics/fearl…
This. Entire. Thread.

If the invaders destroyed temples, @TIinExile destroys propaganda.

In the past, India cried with eyes shut. Today, it is with them open.
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