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I Too Had a Dream by Verghese Kurien

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During those eight months, however, I looked around and said to myself that since I found myself placed in this unhappy situation, I must find something to do. This is what anyone with a good education would do; otherwise the so-called good ...more

No Matter the Wreckage

by Sarah Kay

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“Computers run our world and algorithms run computers, which begs the question: Where do algorithms come from? Fear of poetry, that’s where. Fear of the maddening influence of poetry.”
― Peter H. Diamandis, The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives

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“How many of us die before we’re done?”
― Peter H. Diamandis, The Future Is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives

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“However, by the end of 1947, P.C. Joshi found his line challenged by the radical faction of the CPI. They claimed that the freedom that India had obtained was false—‘Ye Azaadi Jhooti Hai’, the slogan went—and asked that the party declare an all-out war against the Government of India.”
― Ramachandra Guha, The Past and Future of the Indian Left

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“While Marx himself was a great champion of modern technology, Indian Marxists are technophobic.”
― Ramachandra Guha, The Past and Future of the Indian Left

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“The European languages have their strengths, but for the purposes of cursing out loud you can’t beat some of the Indian languages for range and originality.”
― Ruskin Bond, Unhurried Tales: My Favourite Novellas

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