Bangalore’s Jahnavi Barua’s novel “Rebirth”  is nominated for the  2012 Commonwealth Book Prize. This is Barua’s first novel.  Other authors nominated for their first novel in the Commonwealth book prize category include Jamil Ahmad, Christopher Currie, and Rahul Bhattacharya. You can check the complete list here. The winner of the Commonwealth book prize will be [...]

  Bangalore special so far in case you missed listening or watching the interviews in our life, people and ideas channel. Our goal is to highlight Bangalore, a city in rapid transition, while remains of an older and gentler times still exist in pockets of the city. Every Thursday, you can expect to see a [...]

Bangalore special.  This month’s  focus is on life, people and ideas from Bangalore, one of the fastest growing cities in India. Often referred as Silicon Valley of India, this once laid-back town known as “pensioners paradise” is fast morphing into vibrant, ever-expanding megapolis in India. Megapolis you ask? Consider this. Whitefield was once considered a [...]

What is India becoming? That is the $64 billion question that pops into our mind every now and then. Now, if you are a Non-Resident Indian (NRI) or a Non-Returning Indian (as some folks gleefully like to point out) then that particular question of “What is India becoming?” pops up during our annual pilgrimage to the [...]

Ravi. Many of us knew him just by his first name. I will hazard a guess that if you watch Hindi films or listen to Hindi songs then you must have heard his music at some point in your life.  Ravi, (86), passed away on March 7, 2012 in Mumbai. He leaves behind a rich [...]

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You have probably had a paan right after you have had a rich, delicious Indian meal. You may have popped that paan into your mouth automatically & may or may not have wondered about the various flavors that ooze out of that betel leaf. Prof. Pushpesh Pant deconstructs what goes into a paan. The ingredients [...]

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I have never done this before, but am doing this since so many of you have asked on the backstory of my interviews. Here is the backstory of how this interview with Prof. Freeman Dyson happened. About 6 years ago there was a lecture on Srinivasan Ramanujan, the brilliant mathematician from Madras at Columbia University. [...]

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