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Tamil Paperbacks in New Orleans

If you want to be fluent in a language, experts say, you should briefly relocate to a place where the language is spoken. It will force you to find the words to interact with locals – this is the immersion method. Perhaps the reverse is...

Give, Eat, and Live

Thanks to the movie Iruvar -- I revisited this verse of Avvaiyar. ஆண்டு ஆண்டு தோறும் அழுது புரண்டாலும் மாண்டார் வருவரோ மாநிலத்தீர் வேண்டா நமக்கும் அது வழியே நாம்போம் அளவும் எமக்கு என் என்று இட்டு உண்டு இரும் . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQ__mqY9RE Here is the book the verses are from.

Technological Indian

In recent years, India sent a space probe to orbit Mars; Indian-born engineers were named chief executives of two top technology firms in the world. For most of the 20th century, when the very idea of a high-tech India seemed improbable, the foundation was actually...

The Cricket Woman

Physical courage is generally not a requirement for studying science, but field biology seems to call for this quality. Swati Diwakar spent many a night in an evergreen forest in South India collecting data for her dissertation on crickets taking the occasional viper bite in...

Waterless urinals: Cheap. Green. But many think ‘gross’

Sanitary fixtures in men’s rooms don’t make for polite conversation. Nor would many people want to read about them over a morning cup of coffee. But it’s Jan Aceti’s job to encourage people to think about them. As principal of consulting firm Aceti Associates, Ms....

Spiderman & Insect Research

Few stop to marvel at the backyard tree-scaler who limbers up palms to pluck coconuts for a living in South India. Considering that the trees reach up to a height of 60 feet and coconut grow at the very top of the tree, the hazards...