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December 28, 2009
Category: Creative commons
First the name. Avatar--if you play computer games, you may know this very well--is a character you use inside an unreal world. The word Avatar has its origins in Indian mythology. An Avatar (ava-tara in Sanskrit) is god's visit...
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December 18, 2009
Category: Behind Curtains
See here for more. In other news: I've gone quiet over the past weeks due to complete absorption in a few personal projects (TheScian SF Book is one of them). Regular blogging should resume next year. Seeing Avatar movie tomorrow...
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December 8, 2009
Category: Prime Stream
A passionate and poetic talk by Brain researcher Jill Bolte Taylor about the nature of our brain and what it entails. She describes her very own perception of a stroke she had. Quite extraordinary. Here's an old post about split...
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December 3, 2009
Category: Creative commons
Suketu Mehta writes of greed and irresponsibility over Bhopal. : Union Carbide and Dow were allowed to get away with it because of the international legal structures that protect multinationals from liability. Union Carbide sold its Indian subsidiary and pulled...
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December 2, 2009
Category: Creative commons
at TheScian.com. Enjoy. The authors would be glad to see your comments and--am sure--would happily respond. The stories are a break from the past. They are uncompromising, and hence, I hope, will give the reader the rare satisfaction of a...
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