Thy hand, great anarch!
Death at 101 is not an entirely unexpected occurrence. But no one really expected Nirad C. Chaudhuri to die.

Blood on the tracks
The death toll of the collision between the Brahmaputra Mail and the Awadh Assam Express will set a new record, in a country where rail accidents no longer make news unless the casualty list is in three figures.

The structure of scientific debates
The Budapest World Science Conference was clearly a major event. The Indian media was well represented with its science doyen L.K. Sharma.

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