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Amol Hatwar’s perspectives on art, culture, business, science and technology

Archive for July, 2009

Grappling with the grid

With the US committing to reduce their carbon footprint, their focus on renewable energy from solar and wind sources is greater. The only problem: their supply and distribution grid is out of tune.

To France – from India with love

As 400 Indian troops march along Champs-Elysees today, Nicholas Sarkozy wants to signal a new era of cooperation between France and India. While India has put more than tens of billions of dollars on the line, one can’t help but wonder if promises from the other end of the line will really be kept.

48 million criminals. Or more?

After an eight-year battle, the Delhi High Court decriminalizes sex in same-sex relationships. How fast can the society change? And, will the other courts pass judgements along the same lines?