Our kids get $1 for every book they read, and $2 for every full non animation movie they watch sitting in one place. Today, they both sat patiently through The 400 Blows. Best money spent.

X We haven't had the time to create and sell a course of 'how-we-cracked-the-code' 😎 But joyojeet pal and a team of researchers at University of Michigan have put out a research paper that scientilcailly proves what we have been saying at The DeshBhakt 🇮🇳 - That we tend to have a primitive heard

Across Colonial Lines: Commodities, Networks and Empire Building edited by DevyaniGupta & Purba Hossain uses commodity networks as a lens to study empire and the links between theme, taking a multi-perspective approach. Now in paperback bit.ly/3W0N0MI

I introduced my 7 & 8 yo kids to Bohemian Rhapsody with much fanfare. They were told to be quiet and attentive since it's one of the greatest songs ever written, with different genres, instruments, voice. Midway through the song: 7yo: We know this Baba, its the Pokemon song.

"The net effect of this language system was not to keep these people ignorant of what they were doing, but to prevent them from equating it with their old, "normal" knowledge of murder and lies." - Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (1963)

What people are willing to do publicly, and on camera, is a window into what they believe a society allows, or worse, celebrates.

Anyone cowering under the risk of consequences of speaking truth to power - this is a constable, up against a party thug attempting a lynching. A reminder also that we have a situation where political thugs can stroll into a police station and expect them to hand over a detainee

Under protective coverings, piles of snow can be stored for a surprisingly long time, allowing ski resorts to mitigate some of the lack of snowfall caused by climate change. wired.com/story/ski-reso…

For some context, the equivalent would be Narendra Modi coming on India Today and including Bangladesh in the Indian map. (Or maybe some historical figure including Poland as part of their land)

On how the idea of technology has negatively impacted Indian democracy... I address the Indian eagerness to accept ideas and people associated with technology as generally positive as key to understanding what undermines democracy. At Cornell University tomorrow -- free on Zoom.

At Hayward Public Library tomorrow, open to Public.

Kids can strike wihtout warning, mercy. 8 yo: Baba, there's a shop that you will like me: Where? 8 yo: There that there one called 'Nice Price'