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The doubt raised on the accuracy of information in Wikipedia’s content pages (see my previous post) is an interesting case against user-gene...

Every rumour has some truth in it. Which means every rumour also carries an element of doubt. You should not trust everything you hear in a ...

Rumour has it that, in 1816, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, aged 19, along with her soon-to-be husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, had travelled to ...

In some of my previous posts, I’ve written about how the amount of technology in our lives is a matter of concern and anxiety. How, from ema...

We are fascinated with creation. Not only from the point of view of our origin on this planet or the universe, but also from the process of ...

“Can a robot be conscious? Can it be not only intelligent, but aware in the way that we are? So far, no artificially intelligent computer ha...

If machines are able to reason and experience emotions like humans, what would be the difference between the two? Steve Grand, CEO of Cyberl...

No matter how much you rave on about technology, machines still can’t think like human beings. Now, don’t get me wrong. I love machines and ...

Do we have an obsession with technology? From faster cars and computers to mobilephones with more features to Internet connectivity at light...

For most of us, the relationship between man and machine is not yet a direct wiring in syndrome. Although some of us go to sleep with our mo...

While travelling on work, I need to stay connected with my clients, my business associates and my friends. That’s where technology comes in....

The Romantic Movement has been described as an artistic and intellectual response to the strict discipline and philosophy of the Enlightenme...

“We are equally apt to deceive ourselves, not only in our personal lives but also when dealing with abstract ideas. There, too, we often clo...

Violence is a deeply-rooted problem in our society. We need solutions to address this problem and, if not wipe it out altogether (which is a...

Films like 'Gandhi' or 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' may propagate virtues of nonviolence and racial tolerance, but I wonder if t...

Why do filmmakers show violence in their films? Is it to create shock for shock’s sake? Or, is it to communicate an important message that v...

The recent film ‘Blood Diamond’ attempts to influence our ethics, our sense of morality, as consumers while selecting a diamond for purchase...

It’s not everyday that you find a Hollywood film influencing social change. But, with ‘Blood Diamond’, director Edward Zwick may make a diff...

In the past week, while writing about film directors Francois Truffaut and Satyajit Ray, I had brought up the matter of films influencing ou...

“I would like to suggest that the educated audience often uses ‘art’ films in much the same self-indulgent way as the mass audience uses the...