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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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Art & Culture
An Arrested Adolescence

There’s an entire generation of post-liberalisation readers who can’t seem to get enough of Chetan Bhagat’s fiction. Be puzzled, be very puzzled.

01 April 2010
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Voices
A Media That Looks Away

Narendra Modi deservedly rouses cries for justice, but who will report the truth about Kamal Nath?

31 March 2010
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Science
Dinosaurian Beginnings

Till recently, the events that led to dinosaurs’ dominance of the planet had remained unknown.

30 March 2010
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Books
The Mimic Man

Aatish Taseer’s dilemma is that he writes his best when he is trying to be Naipaul, but he clearly needs to move beyond Naipaul and find his own voice.

26 March 2010
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Voices
Search for Change

Google’s war with China is in reality one between competing ideas of society. And we must be ready to choose the right side.

25 March 2010
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Science
Elephantine Speed

The physics behind the astounding charge of a bull elephant had remained somewhat of a mystery till recently.

24 March 2010
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Science
Einstein Is Right Again

New observations on a scale far beyond our solar system confirm Einstein’s theory of gravity and lend support to the existence of dark matter.

17 March 2010
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Science
Humans Only Mildly Polygamous

New genetic information shows that human societies have tended towards monogamy.

11 March 2010
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Science
Maths of Moviemaking

Hollywood films increasingly use shot lengths of a particular pattern that best holds our attention.

04 March 2010
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Business
You’re Sold!

How does it feel to know that the seller knows your mind better than you know yourself? And this isn’t science fiction either.

04 March 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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