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29January2012

Mahabharata – A Mathematical Analysis
I recently came across few articles as well as heated discussions with a history teacher who happens to be very religious person. He told me that Mahabharata is a history book and Bhagavad Gita is a divine book. All things mentioned in Mahabharata happened in reality so God (Krishna) existed in real and Lord Krishna [...]
60 reasons to love India
Our ability to adapt other cuisines to our tastes: Hot and Sour Chinese soup has desi tadka. Sandwiches aren’t thinly sliced and lightly buttered slices of bread with slivers of cucumber. We add green chutney and sliced aloo and beetroot. We invented Chicken and Veg Manchurian, developed Udipi pizzas, concocted onion omelettes, created veg kheema, [...]
Indian Democracy (Satire)
Once upon a time, all people of a country thought that they had reached a level of civilization where they needed a self rule. And then, they decided to implement democracy in that country. Immediately a committee was formed and within 3 years, they had adopted a constitution with rules such as all people can [...]
The Man who Knew Infinity – Ramanujan
Srinivasa Aiyangar Ramanujan Born: 22 Dec 1887 in Erode, Tamil Nadu state, India Died: 26 April 1920 in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu state, India Srinivasa Ramanujan was one of India’s greatest mathematical geniuses. He made substantial contributions to the analytical theory of numbers and worked on elliptic functions, continued fractions, and infinite series. G.H. Hardy had [...]

General Sciences
- 8,000 Year Old Civilization on Konkan Coast, India?
  
  240 days ago | 117 comments
  
  Are these man-made structures — walls? Did the coastline of the Konkan, from Shrivardhan in Raigad to Vengurla in Sindhudurg, have human habitation [...]
- Top Ten Myths About the Brain
- 3,500-year mummy is oldest heart disease case
- Fossil from 275 million years ago shows oldest abscess
- Sharp-toothed fossil links old and new dinosaurs
- Of love and longing for India: a French woman’s journey
Life Sciences
- Small Fixes: Poisoned Nectar Is a Double-Edged Delicacy for Mosquitoes
  
  111 days ago | 13 comments
  
  On what food do mosquitoes live? Orgiastic gouts of human blood that distend their abdomens and render them almost unable to move — right? Well, [...]
- A new CNN/ORC poll on evolution
- What’s on your genes?
- A new poll on evolution and climate change
- Old bones ignite fresh debate
- Glow kitties
Technology
- ‘Aakash’ tablet – The world’s cheapest tablet
  
  79 days ago | 0 comment
  
  India’s very own low-cost tablet, named Aakash, was launched amidst much fanfare, in October 2011 in the national capital. This move by the [...]
- Testing for Disease, for Under a Penny, Using Bits of Paper
- Chennai ATC enjoys the navigation of entire South Indian skies
- Wanted: Garbage collectors in space
- Herschel:Herschel reveals how most stars formed in the Universe
- BepiColombo:#02: Mercury Planetary Orbiter wraps up for hot work
Health
- In Thailand, an Innovative Fight Against Cervical Cancer
  
  112 days ago | 11 comments
  
  Maikaew Panomyai did a little dance coming out of the examination room, switching her hips, waving her fists in the air and crowing, in her limited [...]
- Over 50 bitten by stray dogs in city every day
- High cholesterol levels in both men & women: survey
- World Heart Day – September 29, 2011
- 96 Minutes Without a Heartbeat
- Heal Thyself or Die Trying
Other Topics
- The day Buddha smiled at Pokhran
  
  109 days ago | 4 comments
  
  Former Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) chairman and one of the guiding lights behind India’s first nuclear test, Homi Nusserwanji Sethna, helped [...]
- The cutting edge of India’s fast breeder programme
- A greener way to keep flames away
- Only an attractive return can keep the youth in farming
- ‘Exciting’ find: Possible planets without orbits
- Inheritance of loss

Science vs Religion
- A call to ban creationism in British schools
  
  115 days ago | 30 comments
  
  Creationism is the religious belief that humanity, life, the Earth, and the universe are the creation of a supernatural being. As science developed [...]
- Stephen Hawking says afterlife is a fairy story
- Another Baba leaves the Scene
- HC strikes down PIL against astrology
- Is Sabarimala ‘divine flame’ lit by humans?
- 4-Year-Old’s Out-of-Body Experience: Religion or Science?
Resources
- Friedrich Nietzsche composition for piano and violon
  
  115 days ago | 0 comment
  
  Friedrich Nietzsche composition for piano and violonchelo with Pinokio from tokio philosophical video. To Princess Ariadne, My Beloved. It is a mere [...]
- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, the German philosopher and classical philologist
- The winners of NCSE’s bumper sticker contest
- Attention, teachers!
- DragonCon 2011 3
- DragonCon 2011 Part 2
Hall of Fame
- Richard Dawkins: Illness made Hitchens a symbol of the honesty and dignity of atheism
  
  39 days ago | 0 comment
  
  Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011): Christopher Eric Hitchens was an English author and journalist whose books, essays, and journalistic career spanned [...]
- Jamy Ian Swiss – In Pursuit of Psychics | For Good Reason
- The Randi Show – Power Balance
- The Randi Show – Season of Reason
- James Randi – Why Skepticism Matters | For Good Reason
- Sadie Crabtree on Winning Hearts And Minds for Skepticism – at TAM Las Vegas 2011
Hall of Shame
- Sean Faircloth Discusses Children Harmed by “Faith-healing” with Liz Heywood
  
  54 days ago | 0 comment
  
  This video contains graphic descriptions of physical harm. Over 35 states have laws which give some greater leeway to “faith-healing” [...]
- Explaining why belief in pseudoscience is often evidence resistant
- No end to Endosulfan tragedy
- Jam Session
- Some facts and myths of honour killings of India
- Shocking!!! So are we heading back to the Dark Ages?
Culture
- Indian publishers should learn from young authors
  
  96 days ago | 5 comments
  
  The camaraderie is infectious. Their zest and spirit will put the top rugby team to shame. They back one another like there is no tomorrow. The world [...]
- Fairness Products And The Unusual Racism In India
- A tale from Long Long Ago
- Athirathram – The oldest Vedic ritual
- Five life lessons my driver taught me
- Undocumented language found hidden in India

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