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Perspectives on Poverty, Parity and Identity in Anees Jung's Lost Spring

The following blog post analyses the methods, motifs and messages within the excerpt from the book Lost Spring, Stories of Stolen Childhood by Indian-American author Anees Jung. The Lost Spring employs personal narratives and interactions from Jung's experiences in rural Indian communities to reflect light upon the grinding poverty and practices which sentence innocent children to a life of persistent exploitation. Through the course of the excerpt, I was inundated by the unassuming but profound, intimate and reflective anecdotes which etched my present perspective on economic unevenness. The excerpt commences with Jung's brush with Saheb, who is described as chafing through a garbage dump without any apparent rationale. She creates this unnerving backdrop to further the implication of her ensuing conversation with Saheb. Jung's modest inquiry "If I start a school, will you come?" is matched by Saheb's vigorous affirmation. However, these are contrasted by the...
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Why online learning needs AI augmentation

With a large portion of schools having moved to online based learning through platforms like Zoom and Microsoft Teams, students are required to grasp concepts in a one-dimensional online medium as opposed to a constructive and collaborative class environment. Being a student during the pandemic, I have first hand experience with the mundane manner of teaching- and why we need to augment this with Artificial Intelligence algorithms. In a classroom, teachers can somehow manage to personalise some parts of learning or pay attention to weak students. However, in an online medium, with all the latency issues and network constraints, also moving in a general pace can be tough. Therefore for online learning,AI can be key, by providing a personalised learning path for the students. Using algorithms like NLP ( Natural Language Processing ), the online class can be transcribed according to the student's intellectual levels. AI, in this case, can make a specific-tailored learning path ...

I'm gonna be gone for a while ...

Hey Everyone, I'm sorry for keeping this blog dry for the 2 past two months, I'm a class 10 student in the CBSE Board here in India, so naturally, all my time is devoted to mundane academic preparation. This blog will not see another post till April, but before I sign off, I wanted to tell everyone my goals and plans for 2020:- Start a podcast ( most probably ), which will mainly revolve around economics, business and tech with some tidbits and updates from my life. Launch my first ever web-product called Nadia. It's already under development. Will share a snapshot of the UI :) I'm hoping to blog a lot more, hopefully, 3 posts a month Read at least 25-30 books Sketch a lot more :P Nadia in its nascent stages Will improve on this surely ...

Tesla's Cybertruck : Ambitious or Appalling ( In about 200 words )

I'm pretty sure that this post breaks the nearly 2 month-long silence on this blog. CBSE in conjunction with me being in grade 10 has chained me in an ecosystem where school academics takes the cake. I'm also experimenting with a new type of writing style ( trying to be more ... me ) with this post. This post is about Elon Musk's latest addition to his "portfolio of the future", Tesla's  Cybertruck . ( PS. This intro is more of a message, not be counted in the word count, ... that's jarring :/) 23rd November was a rather special day for the Automobile Industry. Tesla has sort of been the pioneer of modern-day electrical and autonomous transport, but something so "out-there" ( Cybertruck ) was never anticipated by both enthusiasts and critics. Here's why: Tesla's Cybertruck is their entry into the Pickup Truck sector of the Automobile Industry, a pretty sizeable chunk of automobiles on the road, especially in the US. Franz vo...

The Singularity Simplified ( In about a 100 words )

When Keanu's Reeves character Neo created what was known as the Matrix, a perfect cognitive singularity was formed. A framework of synthetic intelligence capable of expanding one's functionality was surfaced. This is the concept of a  Singularity , in a Nutshell, the ability of an Artificial Intelligence which enables it to program itself to essentially become cognitively superior to its creator. At this point, such Intelligence is impossible to contain as these forms of computational cognition can multiply and decentralise at hilariously fast speeds. Such a scenario seems too far-fetched or science-fictiony ( not a real word ) for now, but with the increase in computational power, data and complexity of neural networks, such a scenario is viable.  For more information check out Ray Kurzweil's book, "The Singularity is Near ".  This is a generic AI picture but hey I needed something for the thumbnail :P

Sluggish Economy needs Revision

In reference to the Edit, 'If It Looks Like a Duck... ' by Omkar Goswami ( Aug 8 ),the government has to take measures to turnaround the stagnating economy. These measures should include the reduction of cash reserve ratios from 4% to 3.5% and statutory liquidity ratios from 18.75% to 17.5%. Also, provision of working capital to businesses cannot be improved if the massive overhang of Non-performing loan Assets is still prevalent. Pragmatic policies from the RBI and the Government have to be earmarked if the economy wants to be revived.  

Sitharaman's New Policy leaned towards industrial input

Apropos the News Report Taking Industry Inputs to Stoke Growth: FM ' ( Aug 6 ) of the Economic Times, the Financial Ministry elucidated that various inputs from leaders in "core" industries such as Auto, MSME's and Real Estate would be taken into consideration when drafting policies to counter economic slowdown. Integrating fiscal policy and industrial opinion is yet another addition to Sitharaman's blueprint. However. These industries have posed numbers which prove to be catastrophic for FPI's looking to expand trade with the Indian sectors. Regaining the trust of significant FPI's would be elemental for FM's new " leaned towards the private sector " outlook. However, the FM must keep in mind the deteriorating domestic investments in these fields considering the current market behaviour. With the Rupee taking the biggest hit in the last 6 years against the dollar, outside nations can take advantage by stabilising their monetary values b...