Friday, December 14, 2018

Quick notes: Tulsi 2020, Loan mela...

  • Tulsi Gabbard For President?: ‘I Am Seriously Considering It’


  • Loan Mela: The new governments will have to spend more than Rs 220 billion in Rajasthan, more than Rs 160 billion in MP, and nearly Rs 30 billion in Chhattisgarh to keep the promise.
  • Modi seen forgiving farm loans as he seeks to win back rural voters.


  • Land of the pure: The TRS will hike reservation for minorities from the current 7% to 12% in education and jobs.


  • Vikas Gando Thayo Che:


  • Mobility: Mahindra Electric is betting big on e-rickshaws


  • “Ancient Modalities”: Meditation is the fastest growing wellness activity in the US


  • David Godman on Papaji, Ramana & Nisargadatta: At the very moment that each thought rises, if one vigilantly enquires ‘To whom did this appear?’ it will be known ‘To me’. If one then enquires ‘Who am I?’ the mind will turn back to its source and the thought that had arisen will also subside. By repeatedly practising in this way, the mind will increasingly acquire the power to abide at its source.



  • Tao Te Ching: “Clay is made into vessels; but it is on their empty hollowness that use depends. The door and windows are cut out to form a house; but it is on empty space, that its use depends. Doors and windows are chisel out to make a room. It is the empty space in the room that gives its function. Everything is shaped by nothing”.


  • Kill switches and data snooping: China could exploit Huawei’s gear to wreak havoc in a crisis.


  • Tax evasion: People who owe $15,000 in taxes won’t be able to leave China


  • Climate action: India's CO2 emissions grew 6% a year over 16 years, faster than China's 3.2% and the world's average 1.3%


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