If utilities are allowed to charge customers for what they use, there is an incentive to supply them... In the cities, charging the poor for water wo… - Edward Luce

American libertarians should rarely be taken at face value. They generally share two characteristics. The first is that they are rich. It is as rare to find an impoverished libertarian as it is to find a wealthy socialist. The second reason is that their libertarianism rarely stretches beyond their personal freedoms, especially the liberty not to be taxed. Other people's freedom is their own lookout.

In the villages Buddha has become just one more god to be placed alongside the popular Hindu deities in the Mahar household ... When Mahars greet each other, they say "Ram Ram", the traditional Hindu greeting.

The tendency to accept that there are many paths to God derives from India's long-running traditions of tolerance between religions.