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Feku the fraudster sat on a throne Feku the fraudster pulled a fast one A masterstroke! A masterstroke! Feku the fraudster set everything afire Now, put out the fire, put out the fire Feku the fraudster laughed, yelled and cried A masterstroke! A masterstroke! Feku the fraudster laughed, yelled and cried All the fraudster’s cows and toadies Went around, in circles, in circles Couldn’t put out the engulfing fire Feku the fraudster’s tail was now afire And, all over a burning hell fire. [17-Nov-2016] The Political Economy of Demonetising High Value Notes -  Jayati Ghosh

Linux is Born August 25, 1991 is considered as Linux kernel’s official birthday because Linus Benedict Torvalds, then a student at the University of Helsinki, first made a post on that day (Box-1) about his work on a new operating system, his “hobby”. As per his post, it had “been brewing” for a while. The first version was released to public on September 17, 1991. Linus Torvalds Torvalds had named it “Freax” – a portmanteau of the words “free,” “freak,” and UNIX. The volunteer administrator for the university’s server and a friend of Torvalds, who uploaded the code on the server, did not like the name and changed it to Linux. The new operating system (OS) began to make a notable impact after the release of version 0.02 to the world at large on October 5, 1991. From then on, it went on to become perhaps the most successful software in computing history. The Linux community adopted a penguin nicknamed Tux as the mascot of the Linux kernel. Although created original...