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In a post in August 2010, I had noted how the ancient Chinese had moved a 200-ton block of stone on ice over a great distance, and contr...

The United Service Magazine (Part 3) in its issue of 1835 (Page 311), traces the history of the Indian Army set up by the British.  ...

What is about death of actors that makes people go irrationally sentimental?  People who have never even seen or spoken to Rajesh Khanna ...

Here I am, at 5.15 in the morning, suited, booted and waiting in a line to get inside the airport. The grumpy security guard wants some...

The Chairman of the Committee To Ensure Continued Dissatisfaction of Chennai Citizens (CTECDCC) was a worried man. The situation was alar...

A ‘good samaritan’ in my neighbourhood catches hold of all the stray dogs in the area and manages to tie collars around their necks. Th...

The ‘novel’ in the form we know it now, and defined as an “extended fictional prose narrative with emphasis on character development” c...

Sachin Tendulkar has decided to opt out of the ODI series against Sri Lanka. Fair enough. If he wants to spend time with his family or ...

I have tried dabbling in shares at various times. but I have never been able to crack the system. I always end up losing money. One day, ...

Household Worlds, a weekly journal conducted by Charles Dickens, has in one its editions in the year 1850 an article (page 590-596) th...