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The New York Times has recently allowed free access to its archives dating back to 1850. The closest interesting event that I could think ...

Me : I cleared the loft today Daughter : ( gives disinterested look) Me : I threw out so much stuff. Can’t believe we accumulated all that ...

A subliminal message, says Wikipedia, is a signal or message embedded in another object, designed to pass below the normal limits of percep...

Amit Varma , refers to a ‘remarkable quote’ by a socialite as reported in an article in The New York Times. While linking to that article, ...

In his book, “Pulse”, the author Robert Frenay refers to the study of penguins undertaken by a scientist named Rudolf Bannasch “We have stu...

While human effort to create a shipping link between Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar is mired in controversy, Nature ( with, perhaps, some h...

First, there is a prevalent belief or idea that permeates the whole society. It lasts for years, decades or centuries. Then, something happ...

Rahul Dravid, in an interview with Times of India, replies to criticism that he is not aggressive enough. “For me aggression is not show of...

As Garfield Sobers returned to the pavilion, after his innings in which he smashed six sixes off an over from Malcolm Nash, the latter walk...

Glancing idly at a world map and marveling at the variety of shapes of different countries, I find myself swelling with justifiable pride. C...

A 355 ml can of Coca Cola contains about 10 teaspoons of sugar . About 5 times the amount that an average coffee-drinker in India would use ...

The old story about Alexander the Great, regretting that he had only one world to conquer is, apparently, not the right version. A contempo...

Queen Elizabeth can trace her ancestry back over many centuries and several generations. So many people in the British Isles believe that o...

The NewScientist, has a section called Last Word, where readers ask some interesting questions and other readers, including some experts an...

Can someone tell me why Bombay Jayashri has not changed her name to Mumbai Jayashri, long after the name “Bombay” made way for ‘Mumbai’? O...

Malayalam movie actor Mohanlal makes a statement in some context that “All Malayalees drink” and soon faces the ire of the Kerala associatio...

Sunday afternoon. Switched on the TV. ESPN was telecasting the India-England ODI. The Indians in the crowd were celebrating every run scor...

In his book, Ordinary Man , the historian, Christopher Browning , narrates the gory incident involving German (Order Police) Reserve Unit 10...

Dear Diary, Today, out of the blue, I recalled a story that I had read many years back. It was about a man who had an amazing memory. He cou...

In a post on Kollywood , two years back, I had mentioned how the Indian film industry took advantage of the national obsession with swaying ...