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Basab Dasgupta New Delhi

Basab Dasgupta New Delhi

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Awaiting the grand finale

It is interesting for me to observe how conversation topics with my friends have evolved with our age. Before we reached retirement age our...

03.11.2025 10

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Can Indians learn from the South Koreans?

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the India-S. Korea Special Strategic Partnership. I do not know, apart from improved...

24.08.2025 10

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Future of the US student visa

Advertisement Advertisement Earlier this month, US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick expressed optimism about a potential trade pact, saying a...

28.06.2025 10

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he Indian Dream

As I was leaving for Dumdum airport to catch my return flight to the US during my last visit to India, many of my relatives asked me when I was going...

26.05.2025 10

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Blame technology for break-up of families

Over the past several decades, the US and many other countries around the world, even India in recent years, have been undergoing a transformation...

09.05.2025 10

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Paths to healthy eating

The topic of healthy living by avoiding processed food has drawn renewed interest in recent months in the US because of President Donald Trump’s...

26.04.2025 20

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America first, or India

Donald Trump coined the slogan “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) when he first ran for presidency in 2016. He has created a virtual cult through...

07.04.2025 10

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Musk comes visiting

I am very proud of my daughter Leena (her name, school and workplace information have been changed to protect her privacy). She is very smart and has...

14.03.2025 10

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Where do transgenders fit?

US president Donald Trump has brought the discussion about transgenders to the forefront by announcing that there are only two genders, male and...

04.02.2025 8

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The physics of relationships

There are striking similarities between how elementary particles come together to form atoms, molecules and eventually various materials and how a...

24.01.2025 10

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Fanaticism in the name of science

My first industrial job after graduating with a PhD in theoretical physics was that of an R&D engineer at RCA, which at the time was a major...

14.01.2025 20

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My memory and I

Writing has become a wonderful way for me to pass idle time during my retirement years. I write just about everything: short stories, novels,...

03.01.2025 6

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Basab Dasgupta New Delhi