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Science
There Is Such a Thing as Too Much of an Incentive

People can become so afraid of losing their potentially lucrative reward that their performance suffers

17 May 2012
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Confessions
Confessions of a Municipal Schoolteacher

“What is the harm in corporal punishment? Children fear no one these days. They know we have to promote them”

17 May 2012
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Air-India Pilots’ Strike

Despite the merger of Air-India and Indian Airlines, there are still different policies for their pilots

17 May 2012
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Confessions
Confessions of a Children’s Dentist

“The trick is to understand that the child is neither a dummy nor a miniature adult. We have to understand the cause of fear”

16 May 2012
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Hollywood’s Top Five

The Avengers picked up $200.3 million at theatres in the US and Canada, according to an estimate by Disney

16 May 2012
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India
Parliament: Six Decades of Decline

India’s Parliament turns 60

11 May 2012
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Science
Assisted Reproduction: the Risks

A study finds that assisted reproduction raises the possibility of birth defects, but these vary with the methods used

08 May 2012
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Rafael Nadal’s Clay Reign

He has won 48 titles in his career so far, and 34 of them have been on clay

07 May 2012
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Science
Why Are Most People Right-handed?

An evolutionary balance between cooperation and competition decides the ratio of the right- to left-handed

04 May 2012
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Living
Where to Go This Summer

Eight destinations to get away

26 April 2012

Authors

Brahma Chellaney

Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground

MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns

Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is president, India Foundation, and is with BJP

Makarand R Paranjape

Makarand R Paranjape is an author and columnist. Views are personal.

TCA Raghavan

TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle

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