January 2026

Are You Aging Well? Try These Simple Tests to Find Out.  By Dana G. Smith, The New York Times, January 22, 2026 Syria, in Ruins   By Carlott...

  • “Bengali Bridal Diaspora”
    Although I was born in Philadelphia, I spent the first twenty-two years of my life growing up in Calcutta (now Kolkata ), the capital city o...
  • Trevor Swan, Unveiled
    Trevor Swan (1918–1989) is an economist hero of mine. Even today's macroeconomists rely on the Solow-Swan model of 1956 to organize t...
  • Medical Education in India
    Just read a fascinating article on the dysfunctional nature of India's medical education system: India’s private medical colleges and c...