1. Eid-ul-Fitr then and now

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    By M S Hussain   Call it the Tahrir Square effect. When some geriatric mullahs in the port city of Visakhapatnam announced late on Tuesday night that the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr would not be celebrated in Visakhapatnam today, but on Thursday, because they had not sighted the sliver of the...
  2. The moon was a hit

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    Just when I thought the show was over, the magic started. This was the longest and the darkest eclipse of the century and I was told the next such eclipse will take place only in 2141 ! And since there was no way I was getting to watch it in...
  3. Moon is round like a football

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    By V Desikan   In 1997, after deciding to take voluntary retirement from DRDO, where I worked for 28 years, I wondered what to do with my life. I finally decided to don the role of a quality consultant for software companies. This led to my becoming somewhat knowledgeable in...

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