Congratulations to the incredible women in blue. Here is a photo from the early days of Indian women's cricket -- the Mumbai team led by Neeta Telang, circa 1973. My sister Mukta is standing third from the left.
Niranjan Rajadhyaksha
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- Hamid Dalwai leading a rally of Muslim women for a uniform civil code way back in 1967. Worth remembering his lonely battle today.
- As the World Bank discontinues the Ease of Doing Business reports, it is worth reiterating the popular version of Goodhart's Law: “When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.”
- The rise of cities such as Gurugram, Hosur, Sri City is interesting because they are leveraging their proximity to larger cities in a neighbouring state -- New Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai. This has implications for economic geography as well as Indian federalism. (1/7)
- "The statistical test used extensively in econometrics, widely known as Lagrange multiplier test, was developed by Professor Rao in 1947. This is not recognised even by most Indian econometricians." thehindu.com/opinion/open-p…
- Dr. Manmohan Singh (1932-2024) 1. His PhD thesis was one of the first to call for a greater export focus 2. Designed the package that brought down inflation from a peak of over 20 percent in 1974 3. Brought much of the eventual reforms team into government
- 1. Today is the 125th death anniversary of Gopal Ganesh Agarkar — liberal, rationalist, social reformer, crusader for individual rights, fearless writer. This bilingual thread is on his battles on behalf of women in 19th century Maharashtra.
- Irrespective of who officially flags off the first Metro 3 train when the project is completed, Mumbaikars like me will always thank @AshwiniBhide for her stellar work for our gridlocked city.
- The best thing happening in Indian political journalism right now is the rise of the data geeks. The other group always worth reading is the beat reporters on the ground. This combination of spreadsheets plus shoe leather can dislodge the old political journalism oligopolies.
- Interesting new dataset from the IMF on the average time it takes for a road journey between two cities within various countries. India: 58 kmph China: 90 kmph US: 107 kmph Brazil: 72 kmph Pakistan surprised me: 86 kmph Interactive chart in the link: imf.org/en/News/Chart-…
- This week marks a pivotal moment in Indian history -- the 350th anniversary of the coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji in 1674. A lot is known of his military genius, but less of his vision for the new state he built (1/14)
- "India will export more software this year than Saudi Arabia will oil." bloombergquint.com/opinion/indias…
- A good introduction to one of India's most brilliant economic theorists ...
- The three economists awarded the Nobel Prize used cross-country evidence to show that the wealth of nations is explained by institutions. What about divergence within countries? A 2005 paper by Abhijit Banerjee and Lakshmi Iyer offers insights in the Indian context(1/5)
