India, July 3 -- It took quite a few failed dreams, says Haroon Siddiqui, before he hit upon the right one. He failed at medical and engineering entrance tests; attempted to build a career in cricket... Read More
India, May 29 -- Goodness leaps out at you in the unlikeliest places, in Ann Patchett's books. Bel Canto (2001), which won the Women's Prize (then called the Orange Prize for Fiction) and the PEN/Fau... Read More
India, April 19 -- These were prodigies, certainly. But given how low life expectancy was until the modern era, researchers now believe that a large share of humanity's most dramatic discoveries-harne... Read More
India, April 18 -- * Joan of Arc was in her teens when she led a platoon into battle. * Galileo was 19 when he made some of his most dramatic discoveries about the density of matter. * Newton was 23... Read More
India, April 4 -- How did the idea of the Future Library project originate? I commissioned Katie Paterson to do an art project to transform a harbour in Oslo on behalf of property developers. She cam... Read More
India, April 4 -- 1How did the idea of the Future Library project originate? I commissioned Katie Paterson to do an art project to transform a harbour in Oslo. Three days later she called me and said,... Read More