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    Cover photo of Sovereigns of the Sea: Omani Ambition in the Age of Empire by Seema Alavi. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | When Oman ruled Indian Ocean and how Dar es Salaam...

    This book is an important contribution for those who want to understand slave trade in the Indian Ocean.

    16 July 2023 12:30 AM IST

    Our strange universeOpinion
    Our strange universe

    It is generally assumed that the subject of astronomy has grown to its present form by a systematic process of...

    21 Oct 2016 12:05 AM IST

    Difficult problems, simple solutionsOpinion
    Difficult problems, simple solutions

    The Akbar-Birbal stories contain some tales of how Birbal solved situational problems by simple methods without breaking...

    15 Sept 2016 12:12 AM IST

    A challenge to ‘smart cities’Opinion
    A challenge to ‘smart cities’

    Imagine two friends residing in the same city but in different suburbs decide to meet. They are some five-six km away...

    20 Aug 2016 12:48 AM IST

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    Are we serious about Clean India

    A verse in the Bhagvad Gita says the common man tries to emulate the actions of leaders of society. If he sees a certain...

    26 July 2016 1:15 AM IST

    When some are more equal than othersOpinion
    When some are more equal than others

    The Air India plane at Heathrow was on time and boarding had begun. As per my boarding pass I had occupied my seat in...

    2 Jun 2016 11:18 PM IST

    Raja Jai Singh and his zijOpinion
    Raja Jai Singh and his zij

    Zij astronomy made its debut in India under the patronage of King Firoz Shah Tughlaq who ruled Delhi from 1351 to 1388.

    4 May 2016 11:04 PM IST

    How science demolishes egoOpinion
    How science demolishes ego

    The history of mankind is full of instances where important sections of society expressed views that we humans on the...

    13 April 2016 12:09 AM IST

    Why science needs journalismOpinion
    Why science needs journalism

    Sage Narada from Hindu mythology may be considered the father of journalism. Always on the move, he took special...

    16 March 2016 7:19 AM IST

    The strange behaviour of gravityOpinion
    The strange behaviour of gravity

    When the falling apple supposedly inspired Isaac Newton to discover the law of gravity, he did not imagine that he had...

    10 Feb 2016 5:33 AM IST

    Cambridge talesOpinion
    Cambridge tales

    My alma mater, the University of Cambridge in England, celebrated its 800th birthday in the year 2009. A university that...

    12 Jan 2016 11:03 PM IST

    A rebel geniusOpinion
    A rebel genius

    The year 2015 also happens to be the birth centenary year of Fred Hoyle, arguably the most imaginative astrophysicist of...

    16 Dec 2015 5:36 AM IST

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