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  Encyclopedia: Vikram Sarabhai
The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, (VSSC), a research institute specialising in solid and liquid propellants for rockets located in the South Indian city of Trivandrum or (Thiruvananthapuram) is named in his memory.
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (August 12, 1919 — December 31, 1971) was a great (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) Indian (A scientist trained in physics) physicist.
Vikram Sarabhai, was born in (additional info and facts about Ahmedabad) Ahmedabad, (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) India to an affluent, business family.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Vikram-Sarabhai   (374 words)

  
 Vikram's obsession gets its reward   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Vikram was educated at a boarding school in Yercaud, a sylvan hill station in the Shevaroy hills near Salem.
Vikram thought he would be a sensation after the film, but it did not quite work out like that.
Vikram has always been a fighter. After a major motorbike accident while in college, he couldn't walk for three long years. He was on crutches for one more year.
www.rediff.com /movies/2004/aug/17vikram.htm   (1247 words)

  
 rediff.com: The soldier who became a legend
Vikram Batra had led a brilliant operation in one of India's toughest campaigns in mountain warfare.
Vikram with his men had begun a tortuous climb to strengthen the flanks of the Indian troops fighting the invaders at 16,000 feet.
Vikram's parents tried to make her change her mind but it has all been in vain.
specials.rediff.com /news/2004/jun/17batra.htm   (3153 words)

  
 Vikram Chandra -- Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Vikram worked with John Barth at Johns Hopkins and with Donald Barthelme at the University of Houston; he obtained an MA at Johns Hopkins and an MFA at the University of Houston.
Vikram's mother, Kamna Chandra, is the writer of several Hindi films including Prem Rog and 1942: A Love Story; she has also written plays for All India Radio and Doordarshan.
Vikram Chandra currently divides his time between Mumbai and Berkeley, California, where he teaches creative writing at the University of California.
www.vikramchandra.com /vc/pages/biography.aspx   (542 words)

  
 SAJA: Vikram Chandra
In 2000, Vikram served as co-writer, with writer Suketu Mehta, for Mission Kashmir, a Bollywood movie directed by award-winning director Vidhu Vinod Chopra and starring Hrithik Roshan.
Vikram, who was born in New Delhi in 1961, currently divides his time between Bombay and Washington, DC, where he teaches creative writing at George Washington University.
Vikram Chandra has effected a number of miracles in his new book, a collection of interrelated short stories, which I believe stands up as a really fine novel...
www.saja.org /chandra.html   (990 words)

  
 Professor Vikram Dalal's Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Vikram L. Dalal, J. Graves and J. Leib, “ Influence of pressure and ion bombardment on the growth and properties of nanocrystalline Si materials”, Appl.
Vikram Dalal, David Staab, Puneet Sharma, Max Noack and Keqin Han “Defect densities, diffusionlengths and device Physics of nanocrystalline Si:H solar cells”, Proc.
Jarrod McDonald and Vikram Dalal, “Investigation of oxides and nitrides for nanocrystalline Si:H TFT devices”, Proc.of  MRS, 808, 721 (2004).
www.mrc.iastate.edu /NewStaff/dalalpublications.htm   (2151 words)

  
 Meena Alexander
Vikram Seth is the oldest of three--his brother conducts Buddhist meditational tours and his youngest sister serves as an Austrian diplomat (Robinson, Rachlin).
In addition to Vikram Seth's literary and poetic achievements, he was commissioned by the English National Opera to write a libretto based on the Greek legend of Arion and the Dolphin.
Vikram Seth is already the best writer of his generation," and "Three and a half pounds of perfection (in reference to A Suitable Boy)," Eugene Robinson and JonathanYardley said respectively.
www.english.emory.edu /Bahri/Seth.html   (1479 words)

  
 Vikram Seth
Born in Calcutta in 1952 to Prem Seth, a shoe company executive, and Laila Seth, a judge, Vikram Seth is the oldest of three children in the Seth family.
In his speech, Vikram confessed "I had a terrible feeling of loneliness and isolation during my six years here………….I was teased and bullied by my classmates and my seniors because of my interest in studies and reading, because of my lack of interest in games, because of my unwillingness to join gangs and groups."
Vikram had been discouraged by many of his friends who felt that the book would never sell,l but he didn't mind their comments, even included them into the text - "Drivelling in rhyme's all very well/The question is does spittle sell?"
www.netfundu.com /amulkids/personalities/vikramseth.htm   (578 words)

  
 Vikram Seth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vikram Seth (pronounced sayt), born June 20, 1952 is an Indian poet, novelist, travel writer, librettist, children's writer, biographer and memoirist.
Vikram Seth was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata); his family lived in a number of cities including Simla and Patna as well as Kolkata and London during his childhood, he himself spending extended periods away at boarding school from the age of five.
His late literary agent Giles Gordon recalled being interviewed by Seth for the position: "Vikram sat at one end of a long table and he began to grill us.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vikram_Seth   (2062 words)

  
 FindLaw's Writ - Akhil and Vikram Amar
Vikram David Amar is a professor of law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco.
Though Vikram Amar admits his bias (he is the author's brother), he also offers a number of highly convincing reasons that this book is a must-read for lawyers and non-lawyers alike.
FindLaw columnist and U.C. Hastings law professor Vikram Amar discusses a controversial claim by liberal UCLA law professor Rick Sander: Sander argues that race-based affirmative action, as practiced by American law schools' admissions offices, hurts the very African-American students who are meant to be its beneficiaries.
writ.news.findlaw.com /amar   (6797 words)

  
 Congratulations to Vikram! | Cosmic Variance
This was not an easy one, through no fault of Vikram’s — a certain member of his thesis defense committee got stuck on the East Coast, and had to phone in, after numerous delays.
But Vikram kept his cool throughout all of the tense drama, and made it through the defense itself unscathed.
Vikram’s thesis was an examination of this model and some more complicated variations on the same theme.
cosmicvariance.com /2005/08/18/congratulations-to-vikram   (675 words)

  
 Vikram and Noella in Wonderland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Vikram and Noella in Wonderland and the Tetons
Vikram saw another eruption of Old Faithful while I just missed it because I was using the restroom.
(Vikram did see a wolf along US 191 when he returned to the park in June.) We were concerned that with Dunraven Pass (8859 ft) being closed it would entail a lot of extra driving and cut into other things that we wanted to see.
www.physics.usyd.edu.au /~noella/ynp/park.html   (8184 words)

  
 Captain Vikram Batra
Captain Vikram Batra was very brilliant, diligent, and active from the very beginning of his student life.
Captain Vikram Batra (2nd from right) with some of the weapons captured from the Pakistani-backed terrorists taken at Point 5140.
For his sustained display of the most conspicuous personal bravery and junior leadership of the highest order in the face of the enemy, Captain Vikram Batra was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest medal for gallantry, posthumously.
www.bharat-rakshak.com /LAND-FORCES/Army/Articles/Article20.html   (1096 words)

  
 Vikram and the Vampire - Preface   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
It is an old, and thoroughly Hindu, Legend composed in Sanskrit, and is the germ which culminated in the Arabian Nights, and which inspired the "Golden Ass" of Apuleius, Boccacio's "Decamerone," the "Pentamerone," and all that class of facetious fictitious literature.
The story turns chiefly on a great king named Vikram, the King Arthur of the East, who in pursuance of his promise to a Jogi or Magician, brings to him the Baital (Vampire), who is hanging on a tree.
The difficulties King Vikram and his son have in bringing the Vampire into the presence of the Jogi are truly laughable; and on this thread is strung a series of Hindu fairy stories, which contain much interesting information on Indian customs and manners.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/horror/VikramandtheVampire/chap0.html   (256 words)

  
 Vikram Goyal's Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Vikram Goyal is a serious Java lover with over eight years of experience.
Vikram's book on Jakarta Commons was recently published by Manning.
Vikram is excited about J2ME and is looking to get involved in this industry.
weblogs.java.net /blog/gvix   (2495 words)

  
 Vikram Dendi Helix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Vikram has asked we pole the audience for questions in advance of the segment if there is specific listeners of TLS want to know,or of course you can jump into the IRC.
Vikram Dendi As Program Manager for the Helix Player project, Vikram Dendi relishes the challenge of managing a team of talented open-source contributors across the world.
Vikram has also managed the development of v2 of the well received RealOne player for Mac OSX.
www.thelinuxshow.com /lwe/bios/VikramDendi_real.php   (253 words)

  
 VIKRAM SETH
Vikram Seth was born in India in 1952.
Vikram Seth was paid $430,000 by the British publishers Orion for his second novel A Suitable Boy.
When asked how he wished to die, Vikram Seth said that he wished to die on the 13th line of a sonnet.
www.rigzin.freeservers.com /indoanglianlit2.htm   (304 words)

  
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Vikram, I thought you were only using natural Indian herbal topicals?
Vikram: Do you have a more recent pictures than the original 0 and 1 year photos?
Vikram: What if I used 50-50 natural vegetable glycerine and doubly distilled water (DDW), or rosewater, and added a little menthol from peppermint oil to enhance penetration?
www.hairsite4.com /dcforum/DCForumID3/490.html   (488 words)

  
 Literary Encyclopedia: Seth, Vikram
Vikram Seth's work is characterized by the innovative recuperation of “unfashionable” and “traditional” forms such as the realist roman-fleuve and the novel in verse.
Such recuperation goes against the current of cross-pollination between genres and stylistic experimentalism which characterizes other writers like Salman Rushdie or Amitav Ghosh, to whom he is often compared.
They are a very close family, and the Chatterji family of A Suitable Boy contains many characters similar to the Seths, including Vikram Seth himself, cast as the engagingly cynical poet Amit Chatterji, who is in the process of writing a thousand-page-long novel.
www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4020   (2682 words)

  
 Amisha: ‘Vikram is only a friend’ : Bollywood News : ApunKaChoice.Com
Although Amisha does not deny meeting Vikram at “Fireplace” she does clarify that she was not alone and was accompanied by her brother Ashmit and his girlfriend.
She was there to discuss the film career of her brother who is currently assisting Vikram and will be launched by him in a movie next year.
As for Vikram, she says that he is “a good friend” and one shouldn’t read too much in their relationship.
www.apunkachoice.com /scoop/bollywood/20020625-2.html   (151 words)

  
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Vikram Goyal is a serious Java lover with 8+ years of experience.
Vikram loves open source technologies, brain-storming sessions, team leadership and Civilization 3.
Vikram is currently writing a book on Jakarta Commons which is to be published this year
www.oreillynet.com /pub/au/1011   (340 words)

  
 Vikram and the Vampire - The Vampire's First Story.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
The young minister put no more questions, "for," quoth he to himself, "when the prince wants my counsel, he will apply for it." In this point he had borrowed wisdom from his father, who held in peculiar horror the giving of unasked- for advice.
You may imagine, Raja Vikram, that with a few years of this head work, the minister's son became a very crafty young person.
And therefore --excuse the digression, Raja Vikram --he married an old maid, tall, thin, yellow, strictly proper, cold-mannered, a conversationist, and who prided herself upon spirituality.
www.worldwideschool.org /library/books/lit/horror/VikramandtheVampire/chap4.html   (4154 words)

  
 Vikram Chandra -- Home
The book is a rainbow of storytelling, beautifully timed, felt, and observed.
[Vikram Chandra's Red Earth and Pouring Rain is an] ambitious and extraordinary first novel...
The result is a magnificent tour de force, one of the finest Indian novels of the decade...
www.vikramchandra.com   (62 words)

  
 Vikram Chatwal's Coolest Years - Sepia Mutiny
Vikram resided in a 10,000 square foot penthouse apartment and drove Porsche's, Mercedes', and BMW's.
When other kids were hiding porno mags, alcohol, and cigarettes, Vikram like a good little desi-boy, hid gaudy jewelry from his parents.
While Vikram plays his daddy is wheeling and dealing.
www.sepiamutiny.com /sepia/archives/001137.html   (1522 words)

  
 VIKRAM MANIKONDA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Vikram Manikonda, P.S. Krishnaprasad and J. Hendler, Languages, Behaviors, Hybrid Architectures and Motion Control, (Invited paper), Mathematical Control Theory, special volume in honor of the 60
Vikram Manikonda, P. Arambel, M. Gopinathan, R.K. Mehra and F.Y.Hadaegh.
Arambel, R.K. Mehra, J. Amin, Vikram Manikonda and Murali Gopinathan.
www.isr.umd.edu /~vikram   (1243 words)

  
 Poet: Vikram Seth - All poems of Vikram Seth
Poet: Vikram Seth - All poems of Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth is the oldest of three--his brother conducts Buddhist meditational...
Vikram Seth has published eight notable works - six collections of poetry...
www.poemhunter.com /vikram-seth/poet-6741   (199 words)

  
 Vikram Seth: biography and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Vikram Seth (born June 20, 1952) is an India (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) n novelist (Someone who writes novels) and poet (A writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)).
He was born and raised in Calcutta (The largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world; located in eastern India; suffers from poverty and overcrowding).
Arion and the Dolphin (1994 (additional info and facts about 1994)) for the English National Opera (additional info and facts about English National Opera) ; published as an illustrated book.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/vikram_seth.htm   (325 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: From Heaven Lake : Travels Through Sinkiang and Tibet: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
By breaking away from the reliable routes of organised travel, he transformed his journey into an unusual and intriguing exploration of one of the world's least known areas.
Vikram Seth's travels through China and Tibet are a superb vehicle for his storytelling abilities.
These comments are based on a reading of the 5th impression of the book, 1999, that includes Seth's foreword of 1989.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/185799082X   (656 words)

  
 Salon.com Audio | Vikram Seth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Vikram Seth was born in Calcutta in 1952.
The son of a shoe company executive and a judge, Seth left India to study at Oxford where he earned degrees in philosophy, economics, and politics.
The book is not just a tumultuous love story, however; Seth delves into the international music scene and into the souls of musicians.
www.salon.com /audio/2000/10/05/seth   (475 words)

  
 Bold Type: Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth's prose fiction debut, A Suitable Boy, sold over one million copies worldwide despite the fact that, at 1,349 pages long, it holds the distinction of being the longest single volume ever published in the English language.
Seth masterfully conveys the inner life of a musician and deftly articulates the joy and pain of creating music.
In this issue of Bold Type you'll find an interview with Vikram Seth and an excerpt from An Equal Music.
www.randomhouse.com /boldtype/0599/seth   (175 words)

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