An assorted collection of articles that I admired and envied. Enjoy!
To be A Woman In Pakistan, Raniya Hosain, The Dawn
A heartfelt cry of a suppressed young woman in Pakistan. The article laments how women are shielded, dictated to, ogled at, killed for honor, married off, and divested of their identity. As I read this, I could feel the tears and the seething anger of the author. It seems to me that women in India aren’t in a much better position. READ THIS!
Why Companies Squander Good Ideas, Tim Harford, ft.com
“Disruption describes what happens when firms fail because they keep making the kinds of choices that made them successful,” - Joshua Gans.
J F C Fuller, Chief Staff Officer in the British Army invented a maneuver that his employer ignored. The invention was later named blitzkrieg and used effectively by Germany, the opposition in WW2. What stopped the British Army from adapting the idea? The same reason that stopped Kodak from adapting an invention of one of its employees, a digital camera.
A compelling read for anyone interested in how innovation works, and how it is not natural for the incumbent to support radical changes to the status quo.
The Jungle Prince of Delhi, The New York Times
A royal family that came out of nowhere and made demands of the Government of India. A factual story that is stranger than fiction. This story has everthing - intrigue, drama and history.
Basis for an upcoming series by Mira Nair for Amazon.
My Family’s Slave – Alex Tizon, The Atlantic
An American wakes up to the realization that the lady who raised him was an indentured laborer. Remorse and partial redemption follow. Raw, honest and brilliant writing!
(Originally created as a twitter thread. The realization is that Twitter is not a good medium for annotated lists or anything that does not have picture or sensational headline).
