Omelas

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A Brahmin wedding

Mar 13, 2022 3 min read

I was at a wedding this weekend. It had a distinct Omelas-like quality throughout. For most of the elders present, it was an oru naal koothu — a single-day celebration that has been many weeks in the…

COVID-19, due process and an SNR problem

Mar 21, 2021 8 min read

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At a press conference streamed live on March 18, the head of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that the body – which serves as the European Union’s drug and vaccine regulator – had conclud…