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The Bald and the Beautiful W hat do you think Jeff Bezos, Anupam Kher, Andre Agassi, Rajinikant and me have in common?   “Well done!” for those who got the ‘bald’ answer and “Well tried!” for those who are still scratching their heads, for being on the right spot! Do you know about the newest classification of men: 'those who are bald' and 'those who want to be?' Want to be? You may be surprised, if you are one of those unfortunate ‘Haves’.   Being a ‘Have-not’, I can explain why. David Harrison, a senior research scientist, from the Genome Research Centre in Geneva, too was sceptical, initially, like you are. F ew months ago, I was at a social gathering with my colleague, Ravi Kumar.   There he introduced me to David Harrison. “Tony, meet Mr. Harrison,” Ravi introduced him to me.  My name is Thanikachalam Subramanian, also known as, 'Tony'. I said, “Hai, Mr. Harrison, nice meeting you. I am Tony,” extending my hand. Mr.

Can you predict the future of print media? T he first print newspaper of India, ‘ Hicky's Bengal Gazette ’ , appeared in 1780 in Calcutta. While the first one from Chennai was ‘ The Madras Courier ’,  which was started in 1785. Since then, 100s of newspapers in many languages have appeared and played huge role in keeping their readers abreast of the happenings in politics, government, commerce, society, sports etc. Along with dailies, periodicals too proliferated.  20 th century can be reckoned as the century of the print media, although in the latter part, Television started encroaching the media space, big time. As newer technologies creep in, the print media has started feeling the heat. I n the early  2000 , online and  digital publishing  in  India took roots. Print newspapers and periodicals launched their own digital versions of their print dailies and magazines like The Hindu, Times of India, Indian Express, India Today, Dinamani, Dinamalar, K