The writer is Associate Editor.
October 26,2019 02:12:31 AM
The problematic rituals gaining ground in online communications
Sat, Oct 26, 2019October 26,2019 00:49:25 AM
In classical computing, heat conspires with time to impose constraints on the possible. In the era of vacuum tubes, lengthy computations could not be completed because equipment would burn out.
Sat, Oct 26, 2019October 19,2019 00:02:38 AM
On how Abhijit Banerjee’s Nobel Prize united India and divided social media
Sat, Oct 19, 2019October 13,2019 05:32:57 AM
The appeal of fictional keepers of law who survive corrupt systems
Sun, Oct 13, 2019October 12,2019 17:28:59 PM
On Trumpian remarks and their power to cause ethical upheavals in news studios
Sat, Oct 12, 2019September 22,2019 06:01:55 AM
Lessons from history on the dangers of language politics
Sun, Sep 22, 2019September 21,2019 01:24:51 AM
Matt Drudge’s predictions create a buzz in the American media while a Congress spokesperson becomes an internet sensation overnight.
Sat, Sep 21, 2019September 10,2019 02:51:32 AM
It is time to ponder the future legal, political, economic implications of the window of opportunity that India is helping to open up.
Tue, Sep 10, 2019September 07,2019 06:27:58 AM
The Brexit silly season is producing a fine harvest, a pleasant change from our own parliamentary television.
Sat, Sep 07, 2019August 31,2019 12:49:42 PM
A war on plastic lurks around the corner while talk of conflict dominates airwaves
Sat, Aug 31, 2019August 25,2019 06:01:10 AM
Literary magazines and fiction, have been vital chroniclers of the Emergency.
Sun, Aug 25, 2019August 24,2019 17:28:29 PM
Two books explore how history is shaped by demographic changes
Sat, Aug 24, 2019August 24,2019 11:05:18 AM
P Chidambaram's appearance at the Congress headquarters and his subsequent arrest at home all played out in front of TV cameras
Sat, Aug 24, 2019August 10,2019 00:37:16 AM
In the absence of information from Kashmir, TV news channels rose to the challenge by dredging up unverifiable rumours from social media.
Sat, Aug 10, 2019August 04,2019 06:00:55 AM
The serious and funny fake news stories about the lunar missions
Sun, Aug 04, 2019August 03,2019 00:35:07 AM
How the first moon landing created our world
Sat, Aug 03, 2019August 03,2019 00:26:04 AM
The tyranny of the weak, which Mahatma Gandhi had once harnessed to deal a body blow to colonialism, is still alive and well. Interestingly, it is wielded by the young, who are generally perceived to repose more faith in aggression.
Sat, Aug 03, 2019July 27,2019 10:27:07 AM
As the launch of Chandrayaan-2 made headlines, the race to put humans back on the lunar surface is qualitatively different 50 years later.
Sat, Jul 27, 2019July 27,2019 08:35:39 AM
The three novels recently published by Titan Books in collaboration with DC Comics go out on a progressive limb from the family tree of the Batman novels. The authors are carefully chosen, the writing is crisp and the audience is exclusively adult.
Sat, Jul 27, 2019July 21,2019 06:00:49 AM
In a nature reserve in Portugal, giant footprints made by dinosaurs are etched in stone.
Sun, Jul 21, 2019July 14,2019 06:00:12 AM
Lots of reality-altering stuff was afoot in 1969 — besides the Apollo 11 moonshot.
Mon, Jul 22, 2019July 07,2019 05:01:33 AM
Personalisation has changed the world and how we negotiate it.
Sun, Jul 07, 2019July 06,2019 00:50:49 AM
Using the military for politics and allegations of plagiarism point to an imagination on its hinges
Sat, Jul 06, 2019June 29,2019 00:07:12 AM
Two ambitious, engaging anthologies that navigate the best that Indian science fiction has to offer
Sat, Jun 29, 2019June 09,2019 06:00:05 AM
This age will be remembered for turning large-scale gaslighting into the language of politics.
Sun, Jun 09, 2019