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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
A Hearty Meal

A python’s physiological response to a large meal may hold some promise for the human heart

03 November 2011
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India
The Radia of the Tapes

…was no mere lobbyist or loyalist. She was a member of the new ruling class

02 November 2011
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Science
A Long Rope and a Good High

Genome analysis unravels how the hemp plant gave rise to marijuana

28 October 2011
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Art & Culture
The Shape of Intolerance

AK Ramanujan’s essay—Three Hundred Ramayanas, recently removed from Delhi University’s syllabus—must be read, not argued over

28 October 2011
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Voices
Why the Sangh Loves Anna

He endorses the RSS worldview while appealing to people who lie outside its fold

23 October 2011
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Science
Dark Matter Yields No Secrets

A new study contradicts a key assumption about the mysterious matter that may make up much of the universe

21 October 2011
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Science
Fearful Symmetry

Structures once believed to be impossible but used today for non-stick pans have been honoured by this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry

14 October 2011
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India
Nonsense

There is no better word for the claim that Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement is ‘apolitical’

12 October 2011
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Science
Faster than Light?

Precise experimental results questioning Einstein’s work have found very few takers, so far

02 October 2011
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Science
Overconfidence Pays

It seems that a realistic assessment of one’s own abilities can be a disadvantage in situations where the returns are high

25 September 2011

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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