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Seventeen Confounding Questions About India
Why do we resign ourselves to being subjects of a dysfunctional state, instead of assertive citizens of a vibrant democracy?
04 Nov 2019, 11:42 PM IST
There is an old saying that the key to understanding is asking the right questions. I came across a book recently, via the Marginal Revolution blog, that asks some good questions about Jamaica. The Confounding Island, by the American sociologist Orlando Patterson, asks (and attempts to answer) a series of excellent questions about the island where he was born. Examples: Why are Jamaicans the fastest runners in the world? Why has Jama...
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