Figuring Things Out

How difficult is it for science & technology to thrive in India? Everytime I see a news article or TV reporter gushing about the ach...

One of the most enduring pictures in my mind is that of children splashing about gleefully under the fountains of the Mughal gardens...

* On GMOs - http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/25/opinion/sunday/how-i-got-converted-to-gmo-food.html?_r=1 * Intelligent jokes -- http://ww...

Recently, a small company I admire - Curadev Pharma PL - signed a $555 million deal with Roche , one of the oldest and largest bio-pharma ...

In the aftermath of a natural disaster, is it fair to permit emergency evacuations based on nationality? Five year's ago we faced a s...

Japanese Eel (Image source:Wikipedia) One of the prominent landmarks in Tsukuba Science City is an "Unagi" restaurant on Gak...

* Ram Charan again -- https://in.news.yahoo.com/how-reliable-is-the-world-s-most-influential-business-consultant---r-053927673.html * On...

If you wanted to cover a large flat space with with equal pieces, without leaving any gaps, which shape would you choose? In 300 CE, Papp...

Science may have found a cure for mos evils; but it has no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings." -- Helen Ke...

* On 5G Telephony - http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21646962-5g-mobile-wireless-will-be-faster-fibre-your-phone-ster...

How far will you go to buy a quality product? According to the Economist, Chinese tourists are flying in droves to markets in Tokyo to pu...

In the early 1990's when I visited the Indian Patent Office (IPO) for the first time, it was as gloomy and depressing as any other dysf...

One of the simple pleasures of life is to find an Indian-sounding name in a piece of work that touches excellence. Quite often, I fin...