God, math, and Ramanujan's fascinating story

December 22 marks the 129th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the greatest Indian mathematician of the 20th century.Just 32 when he died, Ramanujan has fascinated mathematicians, writers......

Aide and abet: From Manthara to Shakuni

'Manthara wants Kaikeyi to make her son Bharat king of Ayodhya, instead of Rama.''She fuels hate and mistrust in her queen, much like what many modern-day viziers are doing, whipping up venom and......

Desperately seeking Ramanujans

The time has come, believes Matthew Schneeberger,whenIndia must dig up geniuses that lie unknown, untapped and languishing in its villages.In 1910, impoverished and sick, Indian mathematician S......

'Why and how did science in India stagnate?'

'The debate between mythology and "rational" science in India is at least as old as Aryabhata and Brahmagupta and, to this day, has not been resolved in the Indian popular thinking on science.'......

Govt to reverse brain drain, bring back NRI scientists

To reverse the brain drain of the past few decades and to bring back scientific talent, the Narendra Modi government has initiated talks with many eminent non-resident Indian scientists, who left......

IIT-GN takes up research on alternate source of gasoline

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar has undertaken a research to develop a commercially viable and cost effective process to produce Syngas, an alternative source for making gasoline, a top......

Why time ran out for HMT

HMT, the iconic watch brand that was a sought-after gift till the nineties, will no longer keep time to the nation. Last week, the Department of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises decided to......

Post offices may sell cars, in talks with Maruti

The department of posts may soon start selling cars. The department has initiated talks with car majors, including Maruti Suzuki, to promote their vehicles in the rural parts of the country. DoP is......

'I am ecstatic to portray Ramanujan on screen'

Twenty-nine-year-old Abhinay Vaddi plays the mathematics genius Srinivasa Ramanujan in National award winning director Gnana Rajasekharan's forthcoming film Ramanujan. As the grandson of legendary......

'Everybody was unfair to Ramanujan'

Gnana Rajasekharan, an IAS officer of the Kerala cadre, took voluntary retirement to concentrate on what he loves the most, and where his heart belongs -- films. His first feature film, Moha Mullu,......

Madhavan as Ramanujan, the Mathematical genius

It is not surprising that Hollywood is planning to make a film on Srinivasa Ramanujan, one of the world's great mathematicians. Though born in Tamil Nadu, Ramanujan spent some of his creative time......

Review: Ramanujan is a must watch

Director Gnana Rajasekaran’s Ramanujan is a well researched, well-written and brilliantly directed film dedicated to India’s mathematical prodigy, Ramanujan, whose genius hung like......

'The broadest bat in the world'

K N Prabhu, the doyen of cricket writers, salutes Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, who appeared for the first time in Test cricket 50 years ago today, March 6, 1971. IMAGE: Sunil Gavskar flicks to leg......

1964 - India's first tyrst with the Olympic flame

As the capital gears to receive the Olympic torch with much fanfare on June 10, some old timers recollect the flame's first journey through India in 1964."There were no TV channels and no live......

Can we please have our cricket back?

'Time was when a giant-economy sized tub of popcorn and an XL-sized bottle of cola was all I needed to enjoy a game of cricket.' 'Today I need popcorn and cola from the 'official' suppliers, plus......