Indian filmmaker Satish Kaushik, who in 2003 helped Lal Bihari, founder of the Association of Dead People, accept the Ig Nobel Peace Prize — and who years later produced a feature film about the life and death and life of Lal Bihari — has himself died. This report in Business Standard brings the sad news: […]
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The dead are rising up against their national leaders
Led by Ig Nobel Prize winner Lal Bihari, the dead are rising up against their national leaders. Here’s a look back at notable happenings in 2019. The Times of India reported, on January 19, 2019: In Varanasi, ‘living dead’ to contest against PM Modi If Prime Minister Narendra Modi decides to contest the upcoming Lok […]
Neither a spender nor a buyer be: The Zero-Rupee Note
Is paper money that has no value of no value? The zero-rupee note, issued in India by non-governmental volunteers, is a way to study that question. The organization behind the zero-rupee note sees it as a way to fight corruption. The Wikipedia description boils that down: “The notes are ‘paid’ in protest by angry citizens […]
Analysis of gunpowder in Frankfurt
Last week, in the midst of the Ig Nobel EuroTour, we encounter this item—item #1— on a menu in a restaurant in Frankfurt, Germany: Our colleague Merry (“Corky”) White, a food anthropologist based at Boston University, tracked down an explanation of the most colorful named ingredient—gunpowder. The explanation, written by Priyadarshini Nanda, appeared in the […]
