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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.
Nov 534 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.
Nov 541 min read
The School That Has Everything Except Learning — Why India cannot copy its way to Viksit Bharat, and the old Indian test for borrowing well
India cannot copy its way to Viksit Bharat. A copied school or regulator arrives without what made it work. An old Indian rule of debate gives a sharper test for borrowing, and India's own history shows the test both passed and failed.
Nov 538 min read
Why Devotion Needs Logic, and Logic Needs Devotion — What Hanuman Ansh Taught Me on the Way Home
The Hanuman Chalisa a whole theatre sang begins with a confession: I lack understanding, give me a better mind. Why devotion needs logic, why logic needs devotion, and how to tell a living faith from a sealed one.
Nov 422 min read
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