What the debate over Christian school misses:

The Indian State *funds* Christian schools which can discriminate on the basis of religion in hiring and admission.

At the same time it imposes draconian RTE on Hindu-run schools.

At the same time, Christian schools aimed at the middle class do "soft"-peddling of Christianity. They know that explicit conversion would be problematic.

Abuse and forced conversion is reserved for the poor or those with less power to protest.

Oh I agree. And also ZERO state funding and land grants, return of the all the leases occupied during colonial rule and now expired. No discrimination by the state in RTE.

I'm with you brother.

Lol, check how many $billions the Church has. Of course they treat lay Christians like chattel and don't share the spoils with them. The Church exists to propagate the Church, not "serve" anyone.

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7 Dec
Does your vaccine only work if others have it?

Then it's a vaccine problem.

And there's still a mandate problem.
I'm not against people getting vaccinated for Covid. India's high vaccination has happened largely without mandates.
I am opposed to govt mandates and forcing people to inject something into their body. People must be able to make their own risk-reward decision.
#MyBodyMyChoice
So what else do you want to force upon people? Fast food is unhealthy, close all fast food joints. High fat causes heart attacks, fills hospitals, ban fat? Or maybe carbs or sugar are the problem. Ban them all, let's rule human choices by mandate.

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30 Nov
I followed that IIT->grad->tech US path. My 2c:

1. Indians' domestic success is throttled by bureaucracy .
2. Indian quotas kill meritocracy. #Wokeism is a rounding error compared to quotas.
3. #EnglishApartheid ensures only a fraction of India's talent develops vs China eg.
Indians succeed, even in the US, not *because* of English, but despite it.

I thought I spoke great "convent school" English, but American students complained of my "weird accent" as TA. Immaterial.

Two factors of Indians' success are selectivity ratio and Indian families.
In general, Indians enjoy strong family support. Their domestic relations are also generally more stable. This creates a greater platform for success.

Indian languages' logical structure is an asset in brain development; but we are losing this advantage.
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20 Nov
So US News releases its global ranking of Colleges/Universities.

No University in India is in the top 400. Only one is in the top 500. No IIT is in the top 500.

India's "English Advantage" paying rich dividends? Or is it the success of "social justice"?

usnews.com/education/best…
In Asia, universities from China, with Chinese-medium, dominate. Other Asian countries, using their own languages, also excel. (Singapore is city-sized—an outlier).

No Indian University is in the top 50 in Asia. "English advantage" in higher education? 😆
usnews.com/education/best…
A few Indian graduates do well abroad due to the sheer selectivity ratio. Of the 1.3 billion population .0001% may succeed in this manner, just because in such a large set there will be some brilliant people who succeed *despite* the education system.

Read 8 tweets
8 Nov
We've adopted "cutting the cake" for birthdays. This originates from Christian weddings, where "cutting the wedding cake actually represents breaking the bride's hymen." (for end of virginity).

We Indians copy blindly just like we sing "ring-a-ringa roses" uncomprehendingly.
Similarly "blowing candles" is a very un-Indic ritual. In a Christian context it represents the extinguishing of life for that many years.

In Hindu rituals, agni is honored. We light a lamp and keep it burning, representing wisdom and eternal life.

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7 Nov
Once you sign-up for mandates, expect the governments to keep telling you what to inject into your bodies. Or else.
The state does not need much of an excuse at expanding its control over people.

What's bizarre is the capitulation of the "liberals" with governments dictating what to do to our bodies. What happened to "my body, my choice?"

But then liberals have also become the #1 apologists for Islamism, hardly anything more bizarre than that.

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7 Nov
As far as I can tell the entire "farmer's agitation" is about rich landowners who have a nexus with mandi monopolies.

Poor and marginalized farmers stand. to benefit from the reforms. But the rich can fund trends like #WhyModiAgainstIndia.
A large majority of farmers across India support the unshackling of Indian agriculture.

But a small fraction wants the cartel to continue. They also have money and muscle power as big landowners. No surprise that they're lynching small dalit farmers.

I've not heard a single argument against the farm law reform which is not based on speculation and fear-mongering. If there is, I'm happy to listen. These kind of arguments make no sense.

How exactly does the ability to sell anywhere hinder farmers?

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