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November 22, 2009
Category: Creative commons
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all the participants. The stories will go online at TheScian.com within a few days. First prize - "Stalker" by Shuchikar (author's penname) Second prize - "On board the Ark" by Ankit Bhardwaj Third...
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November 20, 2009
Category: Creative commons
My father recalled sometime back the terrible drought that happened when he was a child: since the grains were running low, my grandfather would go out and dig tubers from surrounding fields, my grandmother would make something out of it...
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November 18, 2009
Category: Prime Stream
at TEDIndia. Astonishing vision and execution....
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Category: Creative commons
I often go to a small woods near our home in Amersham with my daughter. Recently, I came to know a bit of history about the place that gave me a rude awakening and bought home the evil that pervaded...
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November 15, 2009
Category: Behind Curtains
Folks, the SF contest results will be delayed by a week. Unforeseen travel has intervened. I'll get the results out next Sunday, 22 Nov....
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November 13, 2009
Category: Creative commons
I loathe tech support so I switched my parents to Ubuntu a while ago. But, you may not be so lucky. Your parents may not like Ubuntu. I can't imagine why they wouldn't, but, if they don't and they must...
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November 8, 2009
Category: Prime Stream
Read an interesting interview with Roger Penrose at Discover Magazine. Found this part fascinating: So Schrödinger himself never believed that the cat analogy reflected the nature of reality? Oh yes, I think he was pointing this out. I mean, look...
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November 7, 2009
Category: Prime Stream
As I was stuffing my face today, I wondered if the Universe cared. The short answer is no. The slightly longer and more depressing answer is: my existence is more marginal than a speck of stray DNA on a grain...
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November 2, 2009
Category: Creative commons
So, I am in India for a short trip and was in Coimbatore yesterday. A truck almost collided with the autorickshaw (three-person tincan with an engine strapped on) I was riding in, then a bus gently nudged me as I...
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