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Saturday, 26 September 2020

DEMOLITION DERBY

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 I've never believed in the adage that learning is a continuous process. According to cognitive experts, a human being learns 80% of eve...
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Saturday, 19 September 2020

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           LAW NEEDED TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS OF WRONGFUL ARRESTS.   Dr. Kafeel Khan, of the Gorakhpur tragedy fame a couple of years ago ...
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Saturday, 12 September 2020

ACTS OF GOD AND FOLLIES OF MAN.

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   .  A "legal fiction" is  an idea or a concept, which doesn't actually exist in fact, but is mandated to exist by law or con...
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Saturday, 5 September 2020

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE USED TO BE NEWS

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   I've looked up the figures and they are very impressive. As on 31.3.2018 India had 100,000 publications registered with the Regist...
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Thursday, 27 August 2020

POLYTICKS, DEMOCKRAZY AND MUMBO- JUMBO

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This is the cover of my new book releasing on the 31st of August, 2020. Published  by Pippa Rann Books and Media, UK. It's a collection...
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Tuesday, 25 August 2020

THE SMALL TOWN BOY.

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    Shashipal was a small town boy and proudly remained one till the end. He breathed his last on the 24th of this month, ending- I hope i...
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Saturday, 22 August 2020

DOCTORS SHOULD LEARN TO BE AMBASSADORS OF DEATH.

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         This year approximately 56 million people will die globally, roughly 2/3rds of them in hospitals. More people are dying today o...
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Avay Shukla
The author retired from the IAS in December 2010. A keen environmentalist and trekker he writes for various publications and websites on the environment, governance and social issues. He has published seven books: THE TRAILS LESS TRAVELLED (2015), THE SPECTER OF CHOOR DHAR (2019), POLYTICKS, DEMOCRAZY AND MUMBO-JUMB0 (2020), THE WASTED YEARS (2021), THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER'S DOG AND OTHER COLLEAGUES (2023), DISAPPEARING DEMOCRACY-DISMANTLING OF A NATION (2024) and the most recent one, HOLY COWS AND LOOSE CANNONS (2025).He divides his time between Delhi and his cottage in a small village above Shimla.
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