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Every day is International Ignorance Day. It marks ignorance among the population as well as ignorance among the political, bureaucratic and media classes.

There is a good reason for having a handy phrase like ‘ignorance is bliss’. Because, it is. One needs the security blanket of ignorance to think and do a lot of the things that make the news.

One needs to be ignorant, for example, to take to the streets shouting and displaying slogans like ‘from the river to the sea’. The less you know about the exact river and the sea in question, the more fervent your sloganeering and ignorance of the intent behind the slogan. It’s a prerequisite for protests with a fake cause.

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