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Moore Murphy Marx 7 Aug 2013 | 11:07 pm
Mr Gordon Moore in 1965 published a paper, where he stated that the number of components that could be incorporated in an integrated circuit would increase exponentially over time. Since then, the num...
Lagaan | Swades 6 Aug 2013 | 12:08 am
There is very little doubt that Ashutosh Gowariker is one of the most interesting, and courageous, film-makers of modern India. He has made unique, daring films on lesser told stories. Unlike the tren...
The scientific poet 1 Aug 2013 | 02:10 pm
Poetry and science have a common connection – philosophy. Some of the earliest philosophers, like Archimedes, Aristotle made way for great poetry and scientific theories. Newton spent the later half o...
The uncrushable stone 29 Jul 2013 | 06:59 pm
On June 13, 2011, the day after Baba Ramdev broke his 9 days fast under media arc lights, another sage, admitted in the same Himalayan hospital in Dehradun, Swami Nigamananda passed away. He was on a ...
Where the sidewalk ends 25 Jul 2013 | 05:57 pm
Life is difficult for pedestrians in Indian cities. It is estimated that around 1.5 lakh people die on the streets of Indian cities every year, and over a crore get hospitalized. In the run for making...
The urban-rural dichotomy 19 Jul 2013 | 08:05 pm
Class divide does exist within cities – between the slum dwellers and the ones living in high rise apartments. However, the divide between the urban and rural classes is growing at a much faster rate,...
Milkha runs 19 Jul 2013 | 04:42 pm
Biopics are different from regular cinema. In biopics, the director is tightly bound by the shackles of the story, facts and narration, and has very little space for experimentation. The only aspects ...
Chotanagpur uprising 3 Jul 2013 | 02:35 pm
The Chotanagpur region is the adivasi dominated plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand as well as adjacent parts of Odisha, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. Almost one hundred ye...
Thrice bitten 21 Jun 2013 | 06:30 pm
The emergence of a non-Congress, non-BJP formation, or the ‘third front’, is not a new concept in the Indian politics. A leftist third front has always existed in the past. In the present situation, t...
The (not so) grand old man of BJP 19 Jun 2013 | 04:16 pm
Although a delayed decision, but unlike the dynastic Congress, BJP did stand by its internal democratic principals and went on to choose its PM candidate after much internal debate. But all its glory ...
