Courtesy, The Hindu excerpts regarding an extraordinary find that indicates ‘Brain surgery’ during Harappan civilisation…
…Scientists at the Anthropological Survey of India claim to have found evidence of an ancient brain surgical practice on a Bronze Age Harappan skull. The skull, believed to be around 4,300 years old, bears an incision that indicates an “unequivocal case” of a surgical practice known as trepanation, says a research paper published in the latest edition of Current Science.

Trepanation, a common means of surgery practised in prehistoric societies starting with the Stone Age, involved drilling or cutting …

Or should we instead focus on fewer laws and better implementation? Tavleen Singh writing in the IE:
We do not need another law. We need a justice system that implements our existing laws speedily and effectively. If the Lokpal can have the power to fast track justice, why not our judges?
..echoed what my FTI colleagues, Vijay Mohan and Sanjeev Sabhlok mentioned yesterday:
“…when a journalist is killed (an event everyone must thoroughly condemn), what is needed is good governance and an effective law and order machinery, not more laws.
The more one looks at the …

..and how to go from Rs 77 crores to Rs 365 crores in two years. Read on (emphasis added)..
According to his election affidavit, Jagan Reddy is India’s richest Member of Parliament with declared assets (net of liabilities) valued at Rs 365 crore. Jagan’s wealth would not have been problematic but for the speed with which he acquired it. In 2004, when Jagan’s father YSR Reddy was yet to become the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, he had only Rs 8.19 lakh of assets. Clearly, being the son of a Chief Minister …

OR Lies and more lies…
The following excerpt is from the Prologue to Dr Aich’s painstakingly researched book, “Lies with Long Legs” . These excerpts deal with the dating of the Saraswati-Sindhu civilisation (In this context, pl also read: “Falsification in Chronology in India’s History” by Dr Subramanian Swamy)
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…we would like to know how “modern historians” were able to acquire their knowledge. What were the sources of all these stories which are being ladled out even today? In that exemplary German “standard history book” of 1998 …

Dear Friends, it is my great pleasure to present these slides on Jammu & Kashmir in Hindi. These slides are based on a talk I gave at LSE in London earlier this year. A few weeks back, I had requested readers for help and assistance in translating the slides into other languages..Mohini Puranik kindly volunteered..and this is the fruit of her efforts. She will shortly be translating these slides into Marathi as well..
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J &K Presentation in Hindi
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Needless to add, I need …