So 3 of the top 10 males archers in the world are from India, as are 2 of the top 10 female archers. Could someone here point me toward an article that explains how India became so good at this sport? Thanks.

I welcome aspiring doctoral candidates in Dhumeology.

It says a lot about India’s ramshackle opposition parties that the most effective BJP critic today is a 29-year-old YouTuber who got his start 10 years ago with a video of a water park in Germany.

Yes and no. As a Hindi speaker I’ve at times found myself more easily understood on the streets of Lahore and Karachi than in Chennai or Kolkata. But I can’t read a Pakistani newspaper, and someone who only knows Urdu cannot read one in Hindi.

Even the most diehard BJP supporter ought to admit that the party’s “war rukva di papa” ad claiming that Modi got Russia and Ukraine to pause their conflict is cringe. But I’m skeptical of all the hot takes here claiming that this will affect the election’s outcome in any way.

1. Do you think free markets are fundamentally a force for good?
2. Do you seek equality of outcomes among groups even if this is at the cost unfairness to individuals?
3. Should public architecture be beautiful?

For some strange reason, Kristi Noem’s odds of being chosen as Trump’s running mate have taken a hit on PredictIt.

Thanks for all the great responses. Lots of examples of big movie stars who broke into the top ranks of Bollywood with little English (Sridevi, Jackie Shroff, Kangana Ranaut), but on YouTube you’ll find that almost all of them ended up speaking it fairly fluently. So here’s

Question for Bollywood buffs: Who was the last major star (male or female) who could not speak fluent English? Thanks.

A decade ago, public outrage over corruption dominated Indian politics. Today, it's faded out of view. Why? Does the absence of public outrage imply the absence of corruption? Sadanand Dhume in The Wall Street Journal wsj.com/articles/india…

Wait a minute, all these years later Hamid Mir STILL believes in that great Pakistani invention, the water kit car?

BJP supporters tend to credit Modi for making good on his promise to clean up the government. Reality is more complicated, writes Sadanand Dhume
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Chinese-Americans are pushing San Francisco toward the center and away from the pro-crime, anti-merit ideas that have marked the city’s decline. v ⁦Yiatin Chu⁩ wsj.com/politics/elect…

“When protesters surround opposing speakers or otherwise prevent students from freely moving around campus, they cross the line separating protected expression and unprotected misconduct.” [Fine to yell your dumb slogans. Not fine to block fellow students from any part of