Category Archives: Innovation

Looking for Gravity’s Fingerprint on the Oldest Light

      Some experiences rearrange the furniture in your head. My recent visit to KIPAC, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford, was one of them. I was invited by Zeeshan Ahmed  (he goes by Zeesh), … Continue reading →

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Andhra’s quiet agricultural revolution: Saving our planet from the scourge of climate change

In 1970 Norman Borlaug, an American agronomist, received the Nobel Peace Prize for his central role in the Green Revolution. His crop lines and intensive agriculture methods spurred an enormous increase in grain production (especially wheat and rice) and saved … Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence and Humanity’s Last Exam

For many in the Field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) the holy grail is the development of human-like Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI. This is postulated to be the level of AI where the machine can show human intelligence, not just … Continue reading →

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The 1947 Partition Archive – Preserving a Crucial Period of Indian History

More than a decade ago Dr. Guneeta Singh Bhalla started a remarkable project. Its mission was to document and preserve eye-witness accounts from people that were affected by the 1947 Partition of India. The partition of India was the most … Continue reading →

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India’s “Tesla” and a CEO to Rival Elon Musk

  Is this really happening? In India of all places? I have to share an unbelievable story with you. (The Western media seldom reports such momentous developments from India, so it’s likely you haven’t heard about this). It is a … Continue reading →

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Amazing Good News from India on the COVID Front!

There is amazing news from India! Good news from India is remarkably scarce of late, particularly in the Western media which is continuously bewildered by the superficial chaos of a very, very messy democracy with rampant, visible poverty, noisy sectarian … Continue reading →

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How Will We Pay for It? Modern Monetary Theory and the Deficit Myth

Modern Monetary Theory and the Deficit Myth There is a fascinating new economic insight emerging that is changing the debate over government spending and “deficits”. It’s called Modern Monetary Theory and one of its vocal proponents is Stephanie Kelton, who … Continue reading →

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Modern Day Physics and the Vedic Hymn of Creation

  I ran into Andrei Linde a couple of weeks ago at the Breakthrough Awards* Symposium at Berkeley and engaged with him in a fascinating debate at dinner afterwards. Andrei Linde is a world renowned Theoretical Physicist and Professor of … Continue reading →

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A Magical Journey into Imagination, Art, Math and Whimsy!

  Last Sunday (November 19, 2017) we entered through the beautiful blue steel gates of the Eames house in Sonoma County and were immediately transformed into the magic of Charles and Ray Eames’ world of art, function, mathematics and whimsy. … Continue reading →

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A Solar Singularity is Here – Expect Extreme Disruption

A solar singularity is in the making and it will cause a giant explosion in the energy world. What is a singularity? In the simplest terms it is a paradigm shift or a phase change. It completely transforms a given … Continue reading →

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