Month: February 2017
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Why We Need To Celebrate ISRO’s Every Success
The article Calling ISRO’s Fluff : Only Higher Achievements Should Merit Widespread Celebration by Pavan Srinath was published in The Wire on 17/02/2017. I would like to argue the exact opposite. We need to celebrate every ISRO success as widely as possible. The launch was celebrated not just by Indian media but well known international…
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In Praise of Dangal and Aamir Khan
Here’s the most remarkable thing about Aamir Khan. What was the last time that his movie didn’t do well at the box office? Do you remember? I think it was Mangal Pandey : The Rising in 2005. For more than a decade, he has consistently chosen off-beat topics and not just made them a success…