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The President, Mr Kalam, has, at different times, come out with mind-blowing insights that never fail to amaze the general public. Remember ...

In their book, “The Definitive Book of Body Language”, authors Alan Pease and Barbara Pease cite the studies done, in the 1960s, by America...

Ever wondered why, on world maps, North should always be up? There is no reason why it should be so. Why should maps show Europe at the cen...

Extract from the diary of anthropologist Bjorn Ericsson, written on board the Swedish ship, “ Gotheborg” that docked here for a brief while...

How often have you wished that if only you were more organized with your possessions, time and resources, you could be more successful and e...

As I outlined, to the family, my travel itinerary for the month, I thought I heard a murmur of protest from my younger daughter, something a...

I had the good fortune, this week, to stay in a hotel right next to the PETRONAS Towers in Kuala Lumpur and that offered a glorious view of ...

In his latest book, “The God Delusion ”, the celebrated science writer and evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins presents a hard-hitting ...

Entering the house after a long tour, I immediately sensed that something was wrong. My wife was behaving rather strangely. The furtive glan...

In his book “A writerly life”, a collection of essays, R.K.Narayan talked about his passion for good coffee and how he planned to write an e...

Among the devotional songs that I have listened to, Rajaji’s composition “Kurai Onrum Illai” ( “No Regrets Have I”), so beautifully rendered...

A blogger (alas, I forget who) had linked to this fascinating article , that made me hold the Dalai Lama in high esteem. The Dalai Lama alon...

Satya Sai Baba has been camping in my locality and his devotees have descended here in droves. Thousands of people have been queuing up or s...

As I have confessed in the past, I have always been fascinated by these SMS contests on FM Radio. The one I heard today, sponsored by ING V...

Thomas Alva Edison, prolific inventor, declared pompously in one of his incandescent light bulb moments, “Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% ...

At a dinner, during a recent visit to Manila, our host ordered pigeons, a delicacy that the restaurant was famous for. The cooked pigeons we...

In the midst of my third 3-day weekend in the last four weeks, I have been engaged in the task of re-designing the calendar, with the avowed...

Several prominent people have responded to the annual question asked by Edge Foundation , “What are you optimistic about and why?” These wor...

In an interview yesterday, Kapil Dev remarked that while Indian cricketers had loads of talent, they seemed to lack “cricket intelligence” ...

This post in the Brittanica Blog discusses the controversy surrounding the Italian law laid down by Benito Mussolini in 1924, and still in ...