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Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base by Annie Jacobsen (Book Review 012)

Vivek — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:23:31 +0000

Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen is a good effort in collating the various pieces of history regarding the ranch (most of which is still classified). Note that I had read this book via the kindle app on my...

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The Gods Themselves by Issac Asimov (Book Review 011)

Vivek — Mon, 30 May 2011 12:35:47 +0000

The Gods Themselves is a very popular novel by the great science fiction writer Issac Asimov. If you are an Asimov fan, chances are that you might have already read it. This novel was regarded by...

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Karna’s Curse -The one I didn’t know about

Vivek — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 18:03:54 +0000

Well I didn’t know about this one. A very impressive story. (source: Wikipedia) Andhra folklore states that once Karna while riding his chariot in his kingdom of Anga, encountered a child who...

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yada yada

Vivek — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:30:07 +0000

Yea I want to put down these great lines from a great epic here in my diary today. Without these lines this diary would have remained incomplete because there exists no parallel to these lines. No...

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Thirst for knowing our past

Vivek — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:04:20 +0000

Since class 8th when I first learnt about our ancient history in our ICSE text books, I have always wanted to learn about the complete history of India. We (with reference to the Hindu religious...

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Interesting Quotations from Media

Vivek — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:32:33 +0000

I had a couple of notes in my phone that I noted while reading newspapers over the last few months. There isn’t any context to them and I have noted them out of random articles that I have been...

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The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill – A Raw Deal for Indians

Vivek — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:47:56 +0000

Those of you who follow the political news keenly must have read about the tabling of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill (will call it the Nuclear Liability Bill or NLB from now on). For the...

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“A Ballad of Sir Pertab Singh” by Sir Henry Newbolt

Vivek — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 16:13:52 +0000

This particular posy is a lengthy one. And it has been pretty difficult for me to take time out of my busy schedule to make this post. However, I have done so only because this piece of poetry also...

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Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (Book Review 010)

Vivek — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:10:47 +0000

ISBN: 9780316010665 Tagline: The Power of Thinking without Thinking Malcolm Gladwell covered business, science and medicine for the Washington Post before becoming the New York City bureau chief....

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Knowing the Indian Maoist Rebels

Vivek — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:11:20 +0000

We all have seen scenes of kids using guns and rocket launchers in Afghanistan during extensive media coverage of America’s war on terrorism. But we actually do not need to go so far to learn...

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