'I never get into controversies'
Actor Prajwal's last film, Super Shastri, might have been a damp squib but he believes that Galaate will make up for that disappointment. Right now, he is busy shuttling between projects and attending...
View ArticleHarvesting hope and happiness
Sankranti, the harvest festival, is an occasion that ushers in happiness and prosperity and is celebrated by people of all parts of the country. This new year celebration has a traditional touch to it....
View ArticleWill Modi's growth model work all over India?
Turning a single state with a long tradition of entrepreneurship and a solid political majority into an investor-friendly economic powerhouse is one thing. Replicating that experience across a diverse...
View Article'World hasn't changed in last 90 days'
Bangalore-based IT behemoth Infosys on Friday did something that made investors and industry analysts go back to their earlier analysis and forecast about the company to see what went wrong with their...
View ArticleClouds seen in regulators' crystal ball for banks
Five years ago, financial regulators of the United States — and more broadly the world — didn't see the storm coming.Would they if a new one were brewing now?The answer to that is...
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Turn your iPad into a digital darkroom
Over the years, I've fallen in love with more cameras than women. In the late 1990s, after college, I was in and out of relationships with dozens of film cameras: Pentax, Canon, Nikon, Minolta. I...
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Online safety: simple tips Many of us have got our email accounts hacked sometime or the other. If you are using a good email program such as Gmail or Yahoo! Mail, use its two-step verification process...
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Free books This web site is a treat for book lovers. It contains over 3,000 legal and freely downloadable books in several text and audio formats such as.epub, .mp3 and .txt. You can access them on...
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CES 2013: What's new in TVs
If you ask anybody, "What's the hottest thing you've seen at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas?," you get a distant look or uncomfortable head-scratching. There are...
View ArticleFacebook on the go
The social networking site has revamped its mobile apps. Paul Boutin explains how the new features work .The only thing constant about Facebook is that it keeps changing. Just when you think you've...
View ArticleMusic and dance reviews
Colourful Sambhrama The 'Sangeetha Sambhrama' conducted annual 'Nirantharam' Festival, last week. This year under the leadership of Vidushi P Rama, conducted music (vocal, veena, jugalbandi, percussion...
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In tune with life's rhythmsThe title of Raghu Rai's latest exhibition at Tasveer (December 13 to 31) was "Divine Moments". On the obvious plane this could be associated with the not too numerous...
View ArticleTrains and trumpets
The Siliguri-Alipurduar railway track in West Bengal is famous for the beautiful landscape it passes through, but it is equally infamous for the number of elephants that get killed by trains. Shreya...
View ArticlePulling carbon dioxide out of thin air
A Canadian company has developed a cleansing technology that may one day capture and remove carbon dioxide directly from the sky. And it is even possible that the gas could then be sold for industrial...
View ArticleWarming forecast revised
The UK Met Office has revised one of its forecasts for how much the world may warm in the next few years. It says that the average temperature is likely to rise by 0.43 C by 2017, as opposed to an...
View ArticleEndless infinities
In the ever-evolving view of scientists, philosophers and other scholars, there really is no single, implacable entity called infinity. Instead, there are infinities, multiplicities of the limit-free...
View ArticleCurious case of aspirin polymorphism
Two IISc scientists have not only demonstrated the existence of polymorphism in aspirin, but have also shown that nanoindentation has successfully been able to ferret out information that is...
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The unexpected altruism of bonobos Bonobos will happily share their food with a stranger, and even give up their own meal - but only if the stranger offers them social interaction, evolutionary...
View ArticleAn evening well spent, at Sadhanakeri
Bhumika Rajan is welcomed to 'Shreematha', the home of poet Da Ra Bendre, with a spoonful of sugar and a fund of anecdotes about the famed poet. 'Baaro Sadhanakerige, marali ninni oorige/ maleyu...
View ArticleBirds of many feathers
In 1990, a dam was built across Tayawwana Halla (water bund) in the village of Attiveri to facilitate the farmers of the village to irrigate lands. Over time, the entire submerged area with shimmering...
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