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Hartosh Singh Bal

Hartosh Singh Bal turned from the difficulty of doing mathematics to the ease of writing on politics. Unlike mathematics all this requires is being less wrong than most others who dwell on the subject.

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Science
So Grandma Was Right, After All

Research finally backs folk wisdom that meal timings may affect your health

16 June 2011
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India
This Rage will Change Our Politics

Hazare and Ramdev are comic sideshows. The real target is the pervasive greed this Congress regime is happy to condone

09 June 2011
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Science
Eating Dirt Does No Harm

Scientists scan cultural accounts to conclude it’s a habit that may help protect against pathogens

08 June 2011
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Living
The Revolution’s New Leaf

With a little help from the Tata Group, man has managed to replicate photosynthesis in a lab. In the future, you could well have an artificial leaf powering a house in an Indian village

01 June 2011
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Science
Origins of Altruism

Artificial evolution lends support to a formula proposed in 1964 to explain the phenomenon

31 May 2011
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Science
An Empire Built on Llama Dung

The shift from semi-nomadic existence to settled agriculture in the Americas may be the result of llama waste used as a fertiliser

26 May 2011
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Living
The Story of Our Origins

DNA tests on a cross-section of Indians including John Abraham and Baichung Bhutia reveal surprising truths about our origins

26 May 2011
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Voices
Show Us the Evidence, Rahul

For a man who may soon lead the country, he still has to learn to think things through before he speaks

19 May 2011
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Science
Physics of Snake Venom

Its physical properties as a fluid are as perilous as its chemical composition

18 May 2011
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India
Why Politics Matters

Ideas do not count for much. You might hate this but you better lump it. For it really is the will of the people. Of those who count, not the ones we hear in TV studios. Not People Like Us

15 May 2011

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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