Figuring Things Out

In ancient China there was only one punishment for reporting late for government work - death. This, and various other interesting fact...

For anybody traveling out of Thiruvananathapuram by road, there are essentially two choices - the national highway ( NH-47 ) or the Main Ce...

. An interesting article in the Economist drew my attention back to Small & Medium Enterprises and to the combination of factors that m...

In Thiruvananthapuram, there is a new way of disposing household garbage - it is called "toss and scoot".  Even in the ...

. The Hindu reports that the National Innovation Council has appointed an Israeli consulting firm, Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT) , ...

 . During the past few weeks, the UPA government has been making a grand display of its incompetence. Faced with mounting public anger over...

. Thanks to the incessant power outages in Kerala, I needed a rechargable battery for my emergency lamp. At the electrical shops lining Tha...

India's food imports from Japan have been relatively insignificant. But on 5 April 2011,  India became the first country to suspended a...

Q - Is an International Driving License (IDL) issued in India, valid in Japan? A - Technically, maybe. Practically, no. For the past on...

While reading Guha's "India After Gandhi", it was interesting to know about the influence wielded by Kashmiri Pandits during I...

Every year, the Budget Session is a grand jamboree played out on Raisina Hill. It is also a time when the security guys go hyper; North Bloc...