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Hartosh Singh Bal

Science-lead
Science
Art of Conversation

Imaging two brains in verbal interaction suggests that a successful conversation is all about reading another person’s mind.

09 August 2010
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Voices
Losing the Idea of India

Sometimes alienation can be addressed the usual way. Sometimes not. In this rather special case, maybe it’s time to begin all over again: by listening

06 August 2010
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Voices
It’s Still about Kamal Nath

The allegations against HS Phoolka, counsel for Delhi’s 1984 riot victims, are another attempt to suppress the truth.

29 July 2010
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Science
Plato the Pythagorean

It seems that the Pythagorean play of numbers, and hence music, is concealed within Plato’s Dialogues.

28 July 2010
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Science
An End to Malaria?

Using genetic modification, researchers have bred a mosquito that cannot transmit the disease.

22 July 2010
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Books
Two Men in a Boat

Christopher Hitchens’ memoir, of life amidst Leftists and literary friends, dazzles only in part.

21 July 2010
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Science
The Proton Shrinks

A new finding indicates the proton’s size is 4 per cent smaller than estimated, raising questions about current theories.

15 July 2010
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Books
A Kick in the Right Direction

For those blowing the vuvuzela for Paul the Oracle, this book on popular maths should make you feel stupid.

14 July 2010
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Science
Why Menopause?

The answer may lie in older females becoming more closely related to males around them.

07 July 2010
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Science
Do You Know Your Mind?

fMRI techniques can predict your response better than what you express.

01 July 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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