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An Outlook jury nominates 20 Indian science luminaries for the Nobel. Will one of these Magi deliver us from the tunnel?

Jul 14, 2003

| Debarshi Dasgupta Chinmayee Manjunath Pritam Sengupta Manu Joseph B.R. Srikanth
Interview

"Chimps + Language = Religion"

Goodall now believes that discussing religion minus spirituality in animals has led to an anthropocentric conception of God

Jul 14, 2003

| Abhinav Patil
technovators

Ring O' Stars

There's a little bit of Bell in everything: TVs, DVDs, phones, PCs. And many of the brains behind them are Indian.

Jul 14, 2003

| Chidanand Rajghatta
DNA project

Director's Cut

20th century's greatest discovery also hides a nasty "male conspiracy"

Jul 14, 2003

| Ravi Vyas
Dynamics

Newt Is Old Hat

An Indian researcher challenges the First Law of Motion and unveils a blueprint for perpetual motion machines

Jul 14, 2003

| Arindam Banerjee
- Perpetual Motion Machine: An Artist's Impression
life beyond earth

ET, Give Me A Tinkle!

India is well placed to do some serious cosmic pow-wow—both geographically and, hmm, culturally

Jul 14, 2003

| Soutik Biswas
next big thing

Enter The FrankenZone

Cars you can live in, doctors who can examine you online, soap operas on cellphones. Sit tight, fasten your belts, here we go.

Jul 14, 2003

| Arindam Mukherjee
fake theories

Faux-Fetched

Science has been battling hoaxes down the ages. And some of the good guys too.

Jul 14, 2003

| Alam Srinivas
Anti-Science Bug

Shoonya Sum Game

Science in India has always been religion's errand boy. When the world itself is maya, argue our ancient metaphysicians, why waste time in figuring it out?

Jul 14, 2003

| S. Anand
- They Get My Goat!
the believers

The Deity In The Engine

Technology takes a round of the temple. Indians, still in the thrall of rituals, are yet to come to terms with the 'alien' machine spirit.

Jul 14, 2003

| Sundar Sarukkai
digital divide

Technology, Leeward Ho

The script seems garbled, but a state-corporate-NGO team-up can crack it

Jul 14, 2003

| Harsh Kabra
- Great Indian Mousepad Revolution
- Bridging The World Wide Divide
ig nobel pursuit

Mammoth Math

Or how to measure the total surface area of the Indian elephant, without getting stamped under

Jul 14, 2003

| K.P. Sreekumar
science fiction

RU4 Real?

Magic food machines, mood organs, cyborgs and Weasley-like cars! In this world, imagination is the only limit.

Jul 14, 2003

| Shovon Chowdhury
- Ten Must-Read Sci-Fi Books
70 MM

Neo Realism

Cyberpunk postmodernism, classicism, Judaeo-Christian messianism, Zen, False Consciousness, leather. That's THE MATRICES.

Jul 14, 2003

| Sandipan Deb
- Ten Must-See Sci-Fi Films
Intelligence

What Kind Of Thinker Are You ?

Find out if your mind ticks like Shakespeare, Einstein, Picasso, Mozart, Beckham, Mother Teresa, Gandhi or Darwin. Or as a combination of two or more

Jul 14, 2003

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Ayodhya

Ceding Those Acres

The Shankaracharya scales down, gets RSS backing. Bar the VHP, the ground seems fertile for a legislative route Updates

Jul 14, 2003

| Saba Naqvi
US defence report

Silence, Total Silence

Why are the MoD and the MEA so stoic about the damning US report on our army?

Jul 14, 2003

| Outlook Bureau
gujarat

The Crooked Staff

The post-Godhra accused might get away with murder because of systemic complicity Updates

Jul 14, 2003

| Darshan Desai
- Riot Roster
Congress

End Of Soliloquy?

In a break from Pachmarhi, at Shimla the party mulls over electoral alliances and sharing power at the Centre

Jul 14, 2003

| Bhavdeep Kang
- The Shimla Agenda
opinion

Vote For 'One India'

Reuniting the terms of assemblies and Parliament will end wilful coalition politics

Jul 14, 2003

| Prem Shankar Jha

iraq

This Could Be Us

Hell hath no fury like the US scorned. To duck its wrath, should India send its men? Updates

Jul 14, 2003

| Seema Sirohi
- 'Don't Be A Tool Of The United States'

achievers

The Front-Benchers

They're a study in inspiration. Children who overcome their straitened contexts through sheer grit and desire.

Jul 14, 2003

| Team Outlook
- Shining Examples
impressions

Going On The Drip

Britain wants a medical service minus the social costs. Well, India's cheap.

Jul 14, 2003

| Anita Pratap

Sci-Tech Diary

Synchroncity

Jul 14, 2003

| Your Diarist

Glitterati

The page 3 people, the chatterati and those in the news for being in the news

Letters

Published feedback from our readers: rants, raves, bouquets, brickbats

10 Questions

Ritu Beri

India’s top designer export on the global fashion scene and her much-talked-about show in Paris, titled Indian Midsummer Night’s Dream

Jul 14, 2003

| Ranvir Nayar
Showtime

Main Prem Ki Deewani Hoon

Some things are best left untouched. Sooraj should not have meddled with the whimsical Chitchor humour and the charming characters

Jul 14, 2003

| Namrata Joshi