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The monkey and Shakespeare, and why the twain won’t meet 

The monkey and Shakespeare, and why the twain won’t meet 

There is a rite of passage in life that has been generally ignored. I was told when I was a child that beating your father at chess was a sign that...

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Suresh Menon

Column | Tales of marriage and murder

Column | Tales of marriage and murder

Stories of the folk goddesses of India are often lost in myriad oral versions. Which ones do we consider authentic? A common thread is some form of...

14.02.2025 10

The Hindu

Devdutt Pattanaik

On playing Afganistan | When sport is politics by other means, self-interest is key

On playing Afganistan | When sport is politics by other means, self-interest is key

The eighteenth century Scottish economist Adam Smith may not have been a cricket fan, but something he said does apply to the sport. In his Wealth...

05.02.2025 7

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Suresh Menon

Home is where the art is, the science too 

Home is where the art is, the science too 

Things happen at home that don’t happen anywhere else. At a physical level, the home provides organization, with different rooms for different...

01.02.2025 2

The Hindu

Suresh Menon

Handling cybercrimes through public-private partnership model

Handling cybercrimes through public-private partnership model

In recent years, cybercrimes have skyrocketed, becoming one of the most pressing challenges for governments, organisations, and individuals...

29.01.2025 1

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M.a. Saleem