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Doctor: A terminally ill patient
April 1, 2018, 8:30 PM IST
If you have a doctor friend, you must be receiving WhatsApp forwarded jokes about patient visiting the doctor after googling the symptoms. While doctors are trying to make fun of this increasingly common phenomenon by…
April 1, 2018, 8:30 PM IST
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Data Armageddon: A real possibility
March 25, 2018, 9:02 PM IST
Starting from the Aadhaar data safety issues to the recent Facebook data-theft news, laypeople like you and me are made to think that personal data is some sort of hidden wealth that we must fight…
March 25, 2018, 9:02 PM IST
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The Fish-Market of Architecture
March 18, 2018, 9:08 PM IST
If you are tired of the traffic, the illegal and unsafe buildings and the sad quality of public spaces and infrastructure, this is a story you must read. Let us imagine that there is a…
March 18, 2018, 9:08 PM IST
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Quantum musing on Stephen Hawking and reality
March 14, 2018, 9:06 PM IST
While Stephen Hawking appears to have decided to further his PhD research of “Properties of Expanding Universe” by leaving the constraints of his body for something bigger, his departure forces me to muse a bit…
March 14, 2018, 9:06 PM IST
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A world in transition
March 11, 2018, 10:10 PM IST
We are living in a world in transition, where radically new technologies that older generation can’t fathom seem to be emerging every second day. As these technologies show huge potential to improve how we live,…
March 11, 2018, 10:10 PM IST
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Four crore murders and a happy Women’s Day
March 7, 2018, 8:52 PM IST
On each Women’s Day, I search for homicide statistics of India with morbid interest. As I look at the measly murder numbers that we report, I always wonder who we are really trying to fool;…
March 7, 2018, 8:52 PM IST
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Metaphoric microcephaly caused by MCQ exams
March 4, 2018, 8:23 PM IST
Zika virus is capturing global attention lately because of microcephaly it appears to be causing in infants. As we have robust populations of aedes aegypti mosquito thriving in our densely populated cities, zika is bound…
March 4, 2018, 8:23 PM IST
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Holi dance in Indian jungle
February 25, 2018, 11:03 PM IST
For those of us living in the urban areas, India is like a cheap hotel with two options for seasons, AC and non-AC. As our grass is now English lawn, Indian romance culminates into wedding…
February 25, 2018, 11:03 PM IST
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Biology of NPA
February 20, 2018, 8:00 PM IST
With Punjab National Bank episode hitting every headline, national attention is drawn to an issue that is not fully understood in terms of its scale and importance. Non-Performing Assets (NPA) that is a massive phenomenon,…
February 20, 2018, 8:00 PM IST
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Systems-formation: Most powerful survival tool evolved by life on Earth
February 12, 2018, 11:47 AM IST
Systems-formation is the most powerful survival tool evolved by life on Earth during its 4 billion year long journey on this planet. In nature, systems go through a process of evolution by interacting with reality….
February 12, 2018, 11:47 AM IST
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