FringeNotes by Shailesh Vickram Singh is a commentary on Indian society, economics, poverty, Pollution & environment, Venture Capital I occasionally take a deep dive in some of these hot and complex issues and present you antithesis to the popular opinion. I intend to publish one or two articles every fortnight or month. Get this antithesis dote by subscribing to my newsletter
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India, the curse of its elites & the need for administrative reforms
Why does India with high growth not look like the fancy, rosy picture of a prosperous civilisation, but rather like the ugly picture of poorly designed houses, equally messy roads and chaotic hospitals? As Covid19 ravaged India during the second
इतिहास गान
बहुत हुआ इतिहास गान, अब तो करो कुछ कार्य संधान कब तक यू गाते रहोगे, अपने को भरमाते रहोगे ये तो इतिहास है इतिहास ही रहेंगे मगर हम आने वाली पीढ़ी को क्या जवाब देंगे written in class 8th, rediscovered
Rules
A rule achieves the exact opposite of what it is supposed to achieve !!!
Chakravyhuh
It is easy to get in a Chakravhyu than to get out. Hence before getting into a war formation, one need to know as when to get out or in other worlds – do not start a war when you
Mercenary as a leader
When a nation has “no skin in the game” policy makers whose reward, long term career and personal life are not aligned with India, these mercenary policy makers will run at drop of a hat. No nation has attained prosperity
Covid19 Curve : Don’t Crush it, just Ride it!
First wave of policy decisions globally were driven by “flatten the curve” crowd and “extreme infection/death model” makers. However as the time passed, neither the curve flattened nor extreme infection deaths happened on predicted timelines (NewYork Officials had estimated that
The Great Indian Tamasha
Imagine for a moment that you just got lucky. You have won some contest to own/manage a house. This house is not yours forever but you get to enjoy it with all perks as long as you remain its owner.
Covid19 & Economy
While there is much noise and lot of mathematical modelling on spread and damage by Covid19, there is hardly any crystal gazing when it comes to general economy. The way things are, I think both side will turn up wrong
Covid19 & Laws of Mathematics / limitations of modelling
What if Naseem Taleb and all experts of gloom & doom turn out to Malthus of our time? While Taleb is a super genius guy, but he is extremely wired towards black swans or extreme events. The important thing to
Income Inequality
Income inequality is caused by low food prices and high real estate costs. Paradoxically, this anomaly of keeping food inflation low is supported by economists and enforced by state.