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always preferred 2-3 stories per day. there's so much happening in the world everyday..it only makes sense.

Great research honestly but too much data and stats can't be retained.

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Noted, thanks for sharing the feedback :)

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I prefer routine edition to 1 story per day. Because, it will be just like ET morning brief podcast, where they focus only on one issue. This is bit different and i will prefer multiple stories per day to be honest.

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Got it, thanks for giving us your feedback!

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I prefer 2 to 3 stories compared to to one story in multiple angle. I think 2 -3 stories is at right length and content. I would prefer 2-3 instead of 1

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Got it!

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Today's edition is better than the yesterday's . Some times be critical and argumentative.

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Thanks, we will keep this in mind!

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One thing is for sure -- a lot of countries will shut their doors on India in the next 2-3 years. They'll call it immigration reform, but make no mistake, it would be a policy behind which they're saying we are not longer welcome. Going abroad was an escape route for many in the country. With that route shut, there will be changes in politics within our country too. Anger is much like water. It simmers then it boils over. Question is when?

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That is a plausible theory. What makes you think that? Can you point us at sources and research for the same? Will be happy to dive deeper.

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Will have to research myself to point you to credible sources.

But essentially -- Indians don't assimilate well. Especially now, because they have hit a critical mass where they are able to sustain their culture. Add to that telecommunications. Indians form enclaves wherever they go, and don't really meld into the host culture.

Since, Indians come from a low-trust, free-riding culture, will little appreciation for cleanliness, their not assimilating will become a problem. The recent outburst against Indians in the H1B debate is a symptom of the same. Indians never really migrated abroad in huge numbers but now they have so, this day of reckoning was overdue, because the West is learning what some of its travellers had always known. (Heck, even Taiwan gets more international tourists than India.)

India has liberalised it's economy, and there has been immense innovation in finance, yet growth is slowing down, reverting to a Hindu rate of growth. It was already on its way down to 3-4% just before the Pandemic hit. Once West shuts its door -- US is already hard to get into, Kier Starmer of UK has said immigration policy of West has failed, Conservative Party of Canada is going to win by 20% margin this year. It's a matter of 2-3 years that there will be a moratorium on Immigration.

Once that happens -- talented people who earlier went out will gobble up opportunities here, leaving little for those below them. Discontent will bottle up in a couple of years of time.

I'm little pessimistic about growth -- because growth will be hobbled by our lack of depth in human capital and growing inefficiencies in our economy. Every hour of traffic, every day in polluted air -- eventually it adds up.

It's a theory -- one that is probably easily falsifiable. To establish it beyond doubt would require research that is beyond my skill level.

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