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As a writer, I'm deeply influenced by two accidental elements of my life: my early wide travels and extended stay in the United Kingdom.

Born Indian, I and the family moved to Edinburgh when I was six years old as my father studied for a sought-after postgraduate

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Entertainment > Music Genres, Trends & Scenes A guide to buying '80s music: 1 of 22
The advent of the Eighties saw the synthesiser (which debuted in Sixties with the Mellotron and the Moog) power its way into ubiquity on the airwaves and on stage. It was also the era when Ultravox, a band that dominated and, arguably, defined Eighties music, rose from obscurity to all-conquering prominence.To begin with, Ult... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Political Issues Why is the phrase "human rights" only thought of as a non-US issue?: 1 of 14
Human Rights & The Media Myopia For the Masses. "Superstar", the song from the hit musical "Jesus Christ Superstar", has Judas singing : "Every time I look at you I don't understand Why you let the things you do get so out of hand You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned. Why'd you choose such a backward time in ... More..
Arts & Humanities > European History An overview of the British Empire: 1 of 12
East India Company - Working To Rule.It's not often you come across a business that has prospered for over 250 years. Still rarer is it to find one that has ruled a subcontinent!The East India Company is such a beast. It grew from a group of intrepid investors and traders to become the guiding hand behind the polished jewel o... More..
Sciences > Mathematics The importance of zero in mathematics: 1 of 9
A Big, Fat Zero.The prodigious power of nothing.A paradox that probably doesn't really occur to people until someone with the warped, twisted mind of, say, ex-Monty Pythoner Terry Jones points it out.Interviewed by the B.B.C. for his 2005 programme, "The Power of One" he said Europeans started using the zero in medieval times... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Asian Culture Indian culture explained: 1 of 6
Diwali - Nights Of Lights.First impressions hint at a magical kind of night. It's a night when flickering flames from countless earthenware oil lamps mingle with the steady glow of electric light bulbs. A night when freshly-whitened houses are awash with this lambent light.It's Diwali or Deepawali night in India: the Hindu Fe... More..
Sciences > Sociology How people become criminals: 5 of 25
Criminals - Design A Delinquent.The sensation-seeking media's identikit of criminals highlight perceived laziness, fecklessness, self-induced poverty and addictons, and vulnerability to violence (as perpetrator and victim) - a cartoon cornucopia of incompetece. After the mass media, need to pander to well-heeled advertising p... More..
Entertainment > Directors & Film Makers Indie filmmakers and their influence on modern culture: 2 of 10
Satyajit Ray - Small StartsIndependent film-making is by no means a recent development. Neither is it an uniquely-Western phenomenon. The Indian director, Satyajit Ray, also proved recognition doesn't always go to the Hollywood studio's toy-boysBorn in the eastern state of West Bengal in 1921, in the Raj capital of Calcuta, R... More..
Sciences > Astronomy Ancient solar astronomy: 1 of 5
Ancient Nations Of The Skies.The cosmology of the ancients were inextricably associated with divinity and godhead and civilisations established their reverence of the heavens in their language.In Greek and Hellenistic (arising from Greek Influence) regions and times,especially after Alexander's conquests, there were a great n... More..
Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Great bands of the eighties: 7 of 34
Although they began life in the Seventies, Split Enz moved into the Eighties to become one of New Zealand's premier rock bands (and the first to garner international success). Neil Finn, who made megabucks with Crowded House, cut his recording and performing teeth with his brother Tim in this band.IN THE BEGINNINGFormed in 19... More..
Arts & Humanities > European History The difference between the European and African slave trades: 1 of 3
Slavery & The Imperial Police.Although it is common, perhaps even chic, to believe the bulk of the African slave trade was directed at the United States, this was simply not the case.Well over ninety percent of African abductees were destined for anywhere but the U.S. Out of approximately eleven million million Africans w... More..