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Films>> Politics • Palestine/Israel

City lost in Amazon

Archaeology>> Geoglyphs • Brazil/Bolivia

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Chinese pride

Script>> Website • Taiwan/China

Advanced ancestry

Fresh research advances the date of human ancestors

For urban joy

Egypt's revered donkeys

Merchant unlimited

Book>> India's New Capitalists by Harish Damodaran Permanent Black Rs 695

Pregnant possibilities

Know your past

Skulls returned

Back from extinction

Push comes to shovel

First barbecues

Dress code on net

Old wine in new bottle

Book>> Civilization: The West And The Rest • by Niall Ferguson • Penguin • Rs 450

The ups and downs of a science city

During the Raj, science flourished in Calcutta. But the city's fortunes changed drastically because of warped policies

A people devoid of "genius and imagination"

The curiosity about exotic lands that gripped scholars in the 17th and 18th centuries resulted in the collation of a lot of information, much of …

The return of Mowgli's mother

Rudyard Kipling gave us unbelievable stories about the humane wolf. Now, a court decision reaffirms the animal's vital role in the ecosystem

Slow born on the atomic fast track

In February this year, the United States government publicly admitted to carrying out nuclear radiation tests on completely innocent human guinea pigs

Chill blast

Did American scientists help Russia acquire its atomic bomb? A new book triggers off a major post-Cold War controversy

Relevance of history

History provides important lessons in the management of the environment for administrators, conservationists and their ideologues. But have we …

Unpacking life

Book>>Packaging Life, Cultures of the Everyday by Pramod K Nayar Sage Publications Rs 595

Evolution of ideas

Book>> Where good ideas come from, a natural history of innovation • by Steven Johnson • Allen Lane • US $25