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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
Are Bigger Brains Better?

A better brain is not about size. Social insects with ‘tiny’ brains can perform complex tasks such as counting

03 December 2009
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Science
Sailing in Space

The Planetary Society is soon hoping to demonstrate the possibility of using sails to propel spacecrafts

24 November 2009
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Voices
Bhopal: The Other Story

Or why the Bhopal Gas victims are better off without the hordes that will descend—yet again—to feast on the 25th anniversary of the tragedy.

24 November 2009
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Science
2012: Doomsday

Conspiracy theorists are running riot, as scientists field questions on the end of the world...

18 November 2009
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Art & Culture
Though This Be Madness, There Is Method In’t

After sixteen years of work, Surjit Hans’ mission of translating all of Shakespeare into Punjabi is nigh an end.

12 November 2009
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Science
A Cry in the Womb

Babies start processing speech patterns in the womb and this is reflected in a newborn’s cry

12 November 2009
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Science
Einstein Still Rules

A race that has taken 7 billion years rules out many theories predicting a graininess to space

04 November 2009
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Voices
Minorities and the Mob

A quarter of a century after 1984, the nature of the State remains a life-and-death matter for some of us.

29 October 2009
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Living
Painting the World with Pixels

Pranav Mistry is the MIT grad behind Sixth Sense, a tool that connects the physical world with the world of data.

28 October 2009
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Science
The Why of Sex

Research is showing that sex confers significant evolutionary advantages on species.

27 October 2009

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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