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07 Feb 2010
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| Give Indians Proper Credit for Algebra |
Give Indians Proper Credit for Algebra
Vir Gupta
During his speech on June 4 in Cairo, Egypt, President Barack Obama gave credit to Muslims for invention of many things, including algebra. I would like to bring out the facts about the history of Algebra.The credit for the first use of algebra probably goes to the Babylonians, who solved some quadratic problems verbally, but recognized only positive roots. During the time of Plato, Greeks used geometry to solve algebraic problems. Later, Diophantus (about 350 A.D.) wrote some rules f...
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| Evaluating Jyoti Basu |
Evaluating Jyoti Basu
Saurabh Jyoti Sharma
Famous English playwright and political activist George Bernard Shaw once observed, "Birth equals all men, death reveals the eminent". As to prove his dictum true, scores of paeans from across political sections, including BJP, have been sung in praise of Comrade Jyoti Basu who passed away recently. These, perhaps, have been done keeping in tune with the traditional Indian culture that nothing critical should be spoken or expressed for the person who is no more so that he c...
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| Editorial: Mumbai Belongs to All Indians, So Does Kashmir |
Editorial: Mumbai Belongs to All Indians, So Does Kashmir
The Editorial Team
There is no gainsaying the fact that Maharashtra politicians, particularly Bal Thackeray, his nephew Raj Thackery of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and, to some extent even Congress and NCP, have squeezed the State politics to the narrow lanes of Mumbai. When Shiv Sena supremo declared that Mumbai belongs to Maharashtra manoos, there was a great furore, rightly so, in the political circles all over the country. A great controversy erupted. Not to be left behind, Maharashtra...
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| In Answer to the Marxists | In Answer to the Marxists
 Jambavan Das
Nearly a century ago in Russia, the oppressed found solace in the words of Karl Marx. These words were not simply the theoretical musings of a philosopher, these were words which heard the cries of the downtrodden-carrying with them the hope of a greater tomorrow, if only the powerless would band together and take hold of their destiny. Moved by this call for action, the weak rose up to topple their oppressors-opening for them a door to a greater tomorrow. Their victory offered th...
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| Islamic Justice and Muslims Brotherhood | Islamic Justice and Muslims Brotherhood
 Lt. Col. (Retd.) Mahendra Mathur
Two names - Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour - need to be remembered to understand Islamic justice. They were two young men who were executed by the Islamic regime of Iran at dawn on January 28, 2010 for the ‘crime' of ‘enmity against god'. Yet another two murdered for protesting medievalism and theocracy. It plans to execute at least another 66 people in the coming weeks because they dared to come out onto the streets of Iran to protes...
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