Notes On The Intersection: Neutrinos
Physics works in a strange manner. In order to understand the mysteries and complexities of our vast universe, you often have to enter tiny underground holes to study matter. This is exactly what a...
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How To Tell Family Members About Being Abused As A Child
As part of breaking the silence, you may wish to speak to your family members about your abuse. They may enjoy close ties with your abuser and/or they may not have protected you when you were a child....
View ArticleThe Idea Of Ice Cream
Once upon a time, there lived a demon who stole clouds. He then mixed them up with sugar and gobbled the lot up. When he peed, ice cream fell instead of rain. This is definitely the world's worst...
View ArticleDr Kalam Was A True Indian And His Passing Leaves A Void That Can't Be Filled
It's difficult for me to come to terms with the fact that we are now in a world without Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. I had the privilege of knowing him well over the years and had nothing but the greatest of...
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Why There's A Bright Future For Entrepreneurship in India
The world of business is quickly changing. Multinational corporations are not only dealing with entrepreneurial ventures in India but also investing in them. Nasper's backed ibiboGroup purchased...
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Why We Cannot Let The Government Win Bangalore Club Battle
A walk around the 13 acres is a reminder of how green Bangalore can be. Butterflies playfully dance around the flowerbeds as the sun sneaks through a canopy of branches. Evergreen trees, some nearly a...
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Have We Let Shashi Tharoor Erase Questions About His Past?
Shashi Tharoor was in the news last week for a variety of interesting reasons. First, his speech at the Oxford Union, where he called upon Britain to grant reparations to India to make up for their...
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Why I Don't Need 'Work-Life Balance'
Every Sunday newspaper supplement invariably carries an interview of some CEO or a leader with an opinion on work-life balance and how this is so vital in today's busy world. Then there are advice...
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Why Corporate Surveillance Is More Dangerous Than The State's
The network of computers and connected devices that we call "the Internet" is taking over ever more crucial functions in our daily lives. As a result, our political and civil freedoms come to depend on...
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How Skills Training Could Patch The Holes In India's Garment Industry
Shiva, 38, has only known the life of a garment factory worker. He wakes up at 5 am each morning, and takes the 60 kilometer bus ride from his village in the Ramnagar district of Karnataka to the...
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How To Create The Perfect Start-Up Team
By Vikas Verma Her name was Ratna and she was full of energy, bubbly, cheerful and very friendly with children. Just the kind of person we were looking for to manage the first store of our new retail...
View ArticleYakub Memon's Balance Sheet
The execution of Yakub Memon, which will take place on July 30 if the petition for a stay is rejected by the Supreme Court, has whipped India into a frenzy and more so Mumbai because we are all...
View ArticleKalam Was A Great Leader And Teacher With A Zeal For Technology
Our beloved Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam may not be with us physically. But his immortal spirit will be guiding us as we strive to fulfill his ideals and vision for India and the world. It has been our great...
View Article'Data Led Governance' Is Power In Your Hands
The Socio Economic & Caste Census 2011 released on Friday, July 3rd 2015 showed that only two out of three rural homes in India own a mobile phone, while 28 per cent of rural households are without...
View Article[Book Review] Canned Heat: Ethics and Politics of Global Climate Change
"The occurrence of climate change significantly complicates the debate over environmental aesthetics developed during the last 50 years, and makes all attempts of moving from 'beauty to duty'..." - pg...
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Five Reasons To Go Ape Over Mumbai's Monkey Bar
The Monkey Bar somersaulted its way into Mumbai via its successful branches in Delhi and Bengaluru and has had the chatterati going bananas about it for some time now. If you haven't been there yet...
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Podcast: Vikram Doctor On The Endangered Indigenous Banana Varieties Of India
Bananas - you can eat them plain for a tasty, nutritious snack or use them in dishes such as the Gujarati undhiyu (a dish of vegetables and raw bananas, slow-cooked in an earthen pot) or the South...
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The Sly Seductions Of The Universal Brother
There is a reason why I believe the Indian sense of "morality" is pretty skewed. On one hand, it propagates an almost impossible-to-lead idealistic way of life -- gleaned predominantly from selective...
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Why India's Media Should Focus On Public Health
Sar salamat toh pagdi hazaar is a popular Hindi saying. Translated crudely it means: First get the basics right, embellishments can wait. Several central and state government policies in India (both...
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Brushing Twice Daily Is Not Enough For Your Child's Dental Health
If brushing twice daily were enough, all kids would have great teeth. "Cavities? Even after brushing twice? Oh God! Why my child? I take all the care required for my child's oral health!" I hear...
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