Satyendranath: The Nobel Bose that Bharat forgot

The world has a habit of overlooking Indian geniuses. Correction. Perhaps India has a habit of overlooking its real gems (those with the surname ‘Bose’ in particular). If India was re-awakened to the legacy of Satyendranath Bose after the announcement of the Higgs Boson by CERN then the entire Nobel committee must have been inspired by Indians so as to overlook the contribution of Bose in the world of particle physics.

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http://www.newsyaps.com/satyendranath-the-nobel-bose-that-bharat-forgot/2364/

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Why Mitt Romney could be a better President than Barack Obama

There were mixed reactions to the speech delivered by Mitt Romney at Tampa, Florida, but most of them were good as he stressed on the need to focus on the “family” rather than the “oceans”. Indeed that is what America must look at now given that other nations have stepped up their efforts in becoming a global economic powerhouse. Everyone was excited when Obama spoke and indeed they said “how well he speaks.” President Obama spoke of “change” and indeed he delivered but unfortunately, it was in the negative.

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http://www.newsyaps.com/why-mitt-romney-could-be-a-better-president-than-barack-obama/2335/

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AK Hangal and Unmukt Chand unmask our two-facedness

On a day when the government should have offered condolences on the death of AK Hangal – one of the pioneers of Indian cinema – the Rajya Sabha was thumping the desks congratulating India’s win at the under-19 cricket World Cup. Vice-president Hamid Ansari, who chairs the RS, was quoted as saying: “This victory has added another feather in the crown of Indian cricket”. It appears that Indian cricket is a naked bird which is in dire need of feathers to cover itself up. No one seems to realize that it already has too many feathers which will one day make it too heavy to fly.

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http://www.newsyaps.com/ak-hangal-and-unmukt-chand-unmask-our-two-facedness/2288/

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Is Apple’s victory over Samsung a threat to innovation?

The survival of any business is ensured by innovation. Samsung’s defeat, or should we say Apple’s victory, is a monumental hurdle in the path of innovation itself and therefore threatens the survival of business. The jury in the US court where Apple and Samsung locked horns for one of the biggest legal battles decided in favour of Apple which meant that Samsung had ‘stolen’ certain key-features in both software and hardware from the company founded by the late Steve Jobs. The US jury has ruled that as alleged by Apple, Samsung also copied the designs of iPad and iPhone.


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http://www.newsyaps.com/is-apples-victory-over-samsung-a-threat-to-innovation/2278/

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VVS Lakshman was the Ram of Indian cricket

For a moment imagine what would have happened if Lakshman had never been there in the Ramayana. Would there have been a Ramayana at all? Not at all. But the story of the Indian cricket team is very different from what was written by the great sage Valmiki in the Treta Yuga. The writers of this story never felt the need of a Lakshman but were forced to feature him in some chapters because of his sheer brilliance. To these writers, it makes no difference to the Indian cricket team whether or not VVS Lakshman wields the willow.

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http://www.newsyaps.com/vvs-lakshman-was-the-ram-of-indian-cricket/2250/

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The way to escape greed

We are all driven by aspirations. In this day and age, we want to remain ahead of each and every person we know or we do not know. We want all the pleasures of life – the swanky car, the huge mansion, the glittering accessories and the uber cool lifestyle. We want them all and we will do whatever we can to get them; even adopt unjust, immoral or unethical means. Our desire to remain ahead of everyone in all things material transforms us into machines devoid of the sense of right and wrong. But we are so blinded by our aspirations that to us whatever we do is right. We expect the other person to do the same, don’t we?
But why are we such?

To know the answer, read the complete article here:

http://www.newsyaps.com/the-way-to-escape-greed/2245/

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Why is India silent?

In a democracy (if we still call ourselves that), the power of the people is supreme. We know that the government is at fault, corruption has eaten our country and there are more religious leaders than there are social reformers. But strangely, we are all silent. We treat every incident individually. So if Assam burns, we ignore that as a problem to be handled by the people of the northeast alone. Whether the Biharis are targeted in Maharashtra or the exodus of the northeasterners, the rest of India remains silent. Something has gone very wrong in the last couple of decades that India has come to a stage where a section of the population fears for its life in a part of the country and flees to another part of the country for safety.


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http://www.newsyaps.com/exodus-of-northeasterners-why-is-india-silent/2241/

P.S: The last line of the article written yesterday is especially significant because it is exactly what has happened in the morning newspapers today.

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