Thursday Readings - The Best of Politics, Economics, & Ideas





Evening reads for you!





  • The PIIGS countries - Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and Spain - are facing an unprecedented crisis. Brilliant piece on how these countries are hanging from a precipice. (Project Syndicate)



  • Under its Project Glass, Google unveils reality glasses that places information over the view from the users' right eye. (BBC)



  • Rural India is the next big tourist destination. (Reuters)




Manjul of DNA
brillianty captures the false news involving the Indian Army staging a coup against a civilian government; misplaced priorities of our defence ministry have left the brilliant Indian Army with technically-advanced weaponry but with no basic ammunition.