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What Orwell Owes to Motihari
Dhirendra K. Jha
The great novelist was born in Bihar. Who cares to remember? None, if the derelict state of his house is any indication
Battery Bike
It is surely not in the Yamaha YZF R1 category, but the Zero S has more power than most petrol powered bikes on our roads
Riot and Wrong
As the Jarnail Singh incident reminds us, the 1984 anti-Sikh riots still rankle. This essay from Khushwant Singh’s Why I Supported the Emergency explains why
Good Khan, Bad Khan
John Man’s book on the warrior king Genghis Khan tries hard to make a leadership guru out of him. And falls flat
A Working Proposition
Bestselling author Alain de Botton on his latest book, The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work, and why he wrote it.
Net Movies on HDTV
Here’s a new video interface that allows you to watch the best of the Internet on large screens
Cricket Casino
If the BCCI hadn’t played spoilsport, Lalit Modi’s gamble for big money league would have hit the jackpot a decade ago. Excerpts from a new book
5.1 Channel Headphone
The Psyko offers a surround-sound audio environment in a headphone, till now available only with 5.1 theatre systems
Electric Fast
Even though the Tesla Roadster is an electric vehicle, there is no way you will confuse this EV for a Reva or golf cart
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