Re: [FRIAM] India

2023-06-02 Thread Sarbajit Roy
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Re: [FRIAM] India

2023-06-01 Thread Marcus Daniels
I vaguely remember some official saying that self-driving cars would be outlawed in India, for fear it would take jobs away? From: Friam On Behalf Of Sarbajit Roy Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2023 3:10 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] India Thanks

Re: [FRIAM] India

2023-06-01 Thread Sarbajit Roy
Thanks Steve, for reminding me of the Harrison Bergeron reference, very apt, it's been a while since I read Vonnegut. (I didn't know who George Santos is .. but now I know a bit about him). In the meantime, green shoots emerge with the few remaining educated people in Modi's party beginning to

Re: [FRIAM] India

2023-06-01 Thread Steve Smith
feeling a little like the cross product of (Vonnegut) Harrison Bergeron and George Santos ? On 6/1/23 12:07 PM, Sarbajit Roy wrote: Hi Glen In so far as the report of dropping the periodic table and evolution from the Class 10 syllabus, it is essentially a question of Hindu class and caste

Re: [FRIAM] India

2023-06-01 Thread glen
pplied Complexity Coffee Group *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] India Hi Glen In so far as the report of dropping the periodic table and evolution from the Class 10 syllabus, it is essentially a question of Hindu class and caste dynamics operating inĀ India. Traditionally, education / knowledge in India was th

Re: [FRIAM] India

2023-06-01 Thread Marcus Daniels
: Friam On Behalf Of Sarbajit Roy Sent: Thursday, June 1, 2023 11:08 AM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] India Hi Glen In so far as the report of dropping the periodic table and evolution from the Class 10 syllabus, it is essentially a question of Hindu

Re: [FRIAM] India

2023-06-01 Thread Sarbajit Roy
Hi Glen In so far as the report of dropping the periodic table and evolution from the Class 10 syllabus, it is essentially a question of Hindu class and caste dynamics operating in India. Traditionally, education / knowledge in India was the domain of the Higher castes like Brahmins (Pundits),

[FRIAM] India

2023-06-01 Thread glen
I don't follow Indian politics. But these seem scary: Religion and the decline of freethought in South Asia https://freethinker.co.uk/2022/04/religion-and-the-decline-of-freethought-in-south-asia/ India cuts periodic table and evolution from school textbooks

[FRIAM] India unveils world's cheapest tablet

2011-10-08 Thread Alfredo Covaleda
India unveils world's cheapest tablet computer http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-india-computer-tablet-20111006,0,1592428.story I don't know if OLPC has been a successful program. If my memories don't betray me, OLPC had problems because of some commercial conflicts with

Re: [FRIAM] India unveils world's cheapest tablet

2011-10-08 Thread Sarbajit Roy
This tablet is a complete fraud. Every 6 months the concerned Minister (equivalent to your Secretary) keeps pulling such rabbits out of his (subsidy) hat. On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 11:09 PM, Alfredo Covaleda alfredocoval...@gmail.com wrote: India unveils world's cheapest tablet computer