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Happiness ! More Happiness ! And, do remember to say no to new year resolutions! Have a great 2006, folks!

In its second editorial in as many days on the terrorist attack in the IISc campus, the Hindu argues, rightly, that converting academic ins...

My take on the direction in which our education system should go (partly provoked by this ): Education at the primary level must be un...

... to new year resolutions. It will make you happier. So says Timothy Wilson , a professor of psychology at the University of Charlottesvil...

A while ago, we looked at a New York Times story about the serious damage unleashed on the environment by a violent production method know...

... for dubious distinction . I like them all. But, this one is the best. Hat tip: Shivam Vij .

The best pranks have always blurred the lines between legality and illegality, good and bad taste, right and wrong conduct. Festivals like S...

From the Hindu 's editorial: ...Terrorism may do precision-targeting or it may not. Shock-and-awe serves to demonstrate the softness o...

Let me thank all of you who came by and left a comment on my previous post . It was really touching to see so many messages. In this post, l...

Subir Roy has a nice piece arguing why the shut-down of the Kudremukh Iron Ore Company (scheduled to happen three days from now) is actuall...

Yet another conference. Academics and industry professionals come out of the last session of the day; some of them are on mobile phones, and...

Cross-posted from nanopolitan 2.0 , which is now active. Please visit me at my other home , and (if you feel like it) do tell me what you th...

Dharamsala, like the 36 other settlements that the Indian government allotted to Tibetans fleeing Chinese-occupied Tibet, was meant to be a ...

Via Sean Carroll at Cosmic Variance, we have this link to a Flash animation that shows how to "turn a photo of an (already attractive...

I am going to be glued to my TV, watching the Discovery Channel program describing some recent research on tsunami. The Hindu's R. Prasa...