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The Honey on the Tongue — What Kauṭilya knew about wealth, tax and temptation that a developed India still needs
Kauṭilya said no official can handle public money without tasting it. India's older texts give hard tests for what India still gets wrong: borrowing, freebies, a narrow tax base and prisons full of people awaiting trial.
Nithin Palal
10 hours ago34 min read
A Trophy, a Museum or a Weapon? — Why India should read its ancient wisdom like a laboratory notebook, not obey it like a command
India should not obey its ancient texts or ignore them. They cannot set a carbon price or run a central bank, but they give principles, questions and warnings, and their own teachers told students to keep the good and drop the rest.
Nithin Palal
13 hours ago41 min read
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