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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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Shiva’s Fury

A meteorite 40 km in diameter that struck off the west coast of India may have doomed the dinosaurs.

21 October 2009
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An Excursion into Evil

...or why Indian history is so short on tyrants.

17 October 2009
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Chemical Basis of Life

This year’s Nobel in Chemistry ends a quest that began with the discovery of the DNA Double Helix

14 October 2009
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Science
Last Laugh

Social cooperation may explain why spotted hyenas can even outperform chimps at some complex tasks

07 October 2009
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Water of Life

Chandrayaan’s find has suddenly raised the possibility of life elsewhere that much higher.

30 September 2009
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Searching for ET

Fog on Saturn’s moon Titan strengthens claims that it may hold answers to how life began on earth

23 September 2009
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The Mind of a City

Research shows that cities are organised like mammal brains, since both systems respond to the problem of efficient transport

15 September 2009
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Oh, for a Book to Ban!

‘Satanic Verses’ was banned 20 years ago. In all the navel-gazing contemporary Indian fiction, where’s the book that has the power to offend?

12 September 2009
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Science
Hot Dog

Genetic research suggests dogs were first tamed on the southern shores of the Yangtze River for their meat

09 September 2009
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The Human Superorganism

Science sheds light on how our genes shape our friendships and how these in turn influence our emotions such as happiness and our habits such as smoking

02 September 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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