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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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Voices
Art of Living Politically Well

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is the latest phenomenon in Indian politics. His brand of spirituality doesn’t cater to the mass market, as Baba Ramdev’s does

26 June 2009
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Science
Mathematics and the Mob

A new movie on an extraordinary figure from antiquity focuses on a female mathematician

25 June 2009
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Books
A Bible on Hinduism

Hinduism as we know it was a British creation. DN Jha reveals a few home truths

25 June 2009
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World
Those Swine in the West

Anything they breed has had its own global emergency. Could that be why we’ve been spared a goat flu scare?

23 June 2009
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India
Winning War, Losing Peace

Rahul Gandhi’s first ever full-fledged press conference reveals something about his leadership that’s worrying

23 June 2009
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India
An Illiterate Civilisation?

Rarely do academic quarrels enter popular discourse. But the latest battle has thrown up a gripping controversy. Could the people of Indus Valley read and write?

22 June 2009
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Science
The Sound of Laughter

New research traces how laughter would have first sounded among primates

17 June 2009
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Science
Science of Hype

Three great stories come together in the find of a fossil primate. Of these the media spin is the most extraordinary

16 June 2009
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Science
Polls are Child’s Play

Research on polling choices suggests appearance counts far more than substance

15 June 2009
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Science
Learning Language

Scientists studying bird songs have come up with observations that suggest there is no separating nurture from nature

15 June 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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