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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
Media Overkill

A study that expands our knowledge of evolution is being pitched as an overthrow of Darwin even by media outlets such as the BBC.

01 September 2010
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India
Masters of the Universe

The mythical mathematician is a troubled but brilliant mind focused on truths that lie beyond the horizon. This may not be the entire truth, but it’s time to ask what is—as India hosts its first ever Fields Medal ceremony, and that too, without any fanfare.

26 August 2010
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Voices
Messing up Liability

Both the BJP and Left parties are hypocritical in their thrusts as they attack the Government on the Nuclear Bill.

26 August 2010
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Science
God’s Number

Google helps prove the maximum number of moves that a perfect puzzle solver would require to solve any Rubik’s Cube position is 20.

25 August 2010
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Books
A Thug Resurrected

Tabish Khair’s new novel is a well told tale about the Thuggee. Now, if only he’d left his academic interests aside.

20 August 2010
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World
Million Dollar Men

Earlier this year, an eccentric Russian mathematician turned down $1,000,000 for solving one of seven Millennium Prize Problems. Now, an Indian has laid claim to another.

20 August 2010
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India
An Inept PMO

The PM’s silence on Kashmir has been subject to valid scrutiny of late, but the problem lies as much with his official aides.

20 August 2010
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Science
Our Carnivorous Past

Hominids were using stone tools to butcher animals and extract marrow from bones over 3.2 million years ago.

18 August 2010
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Science
Science Games

Scientists have used computer games to improve their ability to decipher the three-dimensional structure of proteins.

13 August 2010
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Art & Culture
The Fraud of Vedic Maths

Those who seriously still think ancient India had devised a parallel mathematical system need to acquaint themselves with an inventive Shankaracharya called Bharti Krishna Tirthaji.

12 August 2010

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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