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Borrowed Thoughts & Reflections-A Learner's view of Policy Making process (A Personal Opinion)

  Often a policy analyst, as an economic expert, depending ONLY on empirical data (interpreted under tainted lens of "what we know" or "what we believe"; perhaps, better articulation would be- "inclined to believe") can be estranged from REALITY, solving one problem by temporarily shifting it to another sphere- there to create an infinitely bigger problem. Every "PERFECT" policy decision or the "best option" argued by even seasoned policy analyst seems to embody "A WAY OF SEEING", thus "the perfect policy" is not the "finality or exclusive solution". Every time a issue is addressed through a policy rooted in "PERCEPTIONAL ADHERENCE", fellow policy analyst should be aware of that -however slight, "perceptional adherence" of the seasoned analyst in selecting that "perfect policy" from an infinity of other possible policy solutions.  Also, while critically examining a policy, eval
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Indian Railways- Economic or People’s lifeline? (A perspective on the rejigging of coach composition of Indian Trains)

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Indian Railways (IR) with the tagline "LIFELINE TO THE NATION" is on an "FINANCIAL VENTILATOR"! Let it sink in, a much touted "Lifeline" since our Independence is on "Ventilator"! Lifeline to the Nation According to National Rail Plan (NRP) report, IR is the 4th largest railway network in the world by size with 123,542 Km of total tracks over a 67,415 Kms route. In the fiscal year ending March 2019, IR carried 8.4 billion passengers and transported 1.2 billion tons of freight. But then, probably we don't need all this data to understand that IR is truly "Lifeline to the Nation", a mere visit to any of the railway stations of the metropolitan cities of India will make us realize this, beyond doubt. However, to understand the issue of "financial ventilator" we have to dig a little deeper to understand the financial problem of IR. In spite of the huge demand & perennially overcrowded passenger trains,  freight traffic is
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The Capable God's Dilemma: To be OR not to be the "Selective Creator"?

Imagine, the year 3050-The AI age has truly arrived, the Earth & its happenings are optimised, controlled/monitored by data-driven, thinking, collaborating "Efficient" Machines. All the parameters of an ideal living environment- pollution, energy efficiency, self-governance, the population of other species & machines themselves etc has been taken care of by the "top of pyramid-The Machines". Of course there are no “inefficient” Human-beings around, as Machines had learned from their previous masters, in the battle of supremacy & survivals there is no place for competitors who can challenge you frequently. Fast-forward to the year 4000 and a few machines want to bring back Humans by the magic of Genetic Engineering to increase the diversity of amusing life on the planet & its cascading effects on Nature. Lot of things have changed, the Earth's new optimum, optimised by machines, never had to care for Human needs. There is abundance of renewable e
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