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I was always a believer in the socio-economic theory that population growth declines with rising education and rising living standards. The crude version of this theory is that poor and illiterate people have more kids. But facts around me belied this theory. Like many in my generation, I have roughly four to five uncles/aunts on …
मराठीचे पुस्तक सहावे ह्यातील हा एक धडा आहे. विसाव्या शतकाच्या सुरवातीला आपले पूर्वज काय नेमके शिकत होते ते ह्या पुस्तकातून थोडे फार कळते. पारतंत्र्यात असलेल्या आपल्या देशात इंग्रजांनी शाळा पद्धती सुरु केली होती. त्या काळी कदाचित मराठी, हिंदी, भूगोल, गणित, शाश्त्र, इतिहास असे वेगळे विषय नसावेत. एकाच पुस्तकात सगळे समाविष्ट केले दिसून येते. त्या एकच …
Let me begin with a cliched story —> Bharat was bright student, always topped his class, tutored his batch mates, never held pride in it. He was studious to the point others idolised him. Soon he was in his life deciding year of 12th std, the dreadful pitstop of life where the exams decide his …
