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Create via The Fall of Shuruppak – the story behind the book..
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Albert Einstein felt nature would not permit such things to exist, despite his theory of general relativity allowed such a possibility. It was unthinkable for him to have an enormous star; hundreds of times bigger than our sun could vanish from the universe. An American journalist first named black holes in 1968 reporting on an…
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Originally posted on Harappa : The Series: I have been fascinated by ancient history of India since I was taught about the ruins of Harappa and Mohenjodaro in school. The literature available at that time was scant and extremely difficult to obtain. Particularly to a school kid! Since then, work on excavations on the Indus…
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Originally posted on Harappa : The Series: It gives me a great pleasure to announce the Book Launch of Harappa:The Lure of Soma on 19th October at India International Centre, New Delhi. Dr Kapila Vatsayan, the noted scholar/historian, author of numerous books and winner of several awards including Sangeeth Natak Academy award and Padma Vibhushan…
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Was he the biblical Adam, the progenitor of all mankind as most ardent Hindus would have us believe? Was he the original sage, a Noah or Utnapishtim of Hinduism, who escaped the great flood and saved the mankind? Was he the first king of kings who ruled the earth? Was he the lawgiver, a Hammurabi…
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Originally posted on Harappa : The Series: Here are the latest releases from Palimpsest India. Riot Widows is also available on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Riot-Widows-M-Basheer/dp/8192226689/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1375861691&sr=1-1&keywords=riot+widows “My Iron Wings” by Subhashini Dinesh “ “Riot Widows” by A M Basheer. Probably a first from a sitting Judge!! Ravaged by successive riots, the terms of life…
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Dear ShankarI have just finished reading your book. Could not put it down once I started. I graduated from BMC in 1969 and was intrigued to see my name sake as your best friend! This ‘fiction’ beats any real event. Congratulations- for your story telling, fortitude and courage of convictions.Best wishesPrasanna Gautam Author of “I’ll need…
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Good News!! Just had two reviews on A Kangaroo Court. One from a professional reviewer on GoodReads and a personal letter from a reader.: Masquerade Crew’s review Mar 23, 13 4 of 5 stars bookshelves: non-fiction ROY’S REVIEW This is an inside story of one man’s unfortunate experience at the hands of the (British) General…
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Originally posted on Harappa : The Series: Experts tell us that we can see around 10,000 stars through naked eye. Ancient civilisations looked up at the stars and thought they were Gods or God’s representatives. Almost all the ancient civilisations studied the stars and linked the movements of the stars to what happened here on…
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Will they or won’t they and what will it mean? Higgs Boson for the Physics-cally Challenged Electrons are made up of extremely tiny particles that you cannot see with the naked eye unless you have been drinking. — Dave Barry The Large Hadron Collider. Image from DVICE Coming July 4: The secrets of the Universe…
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