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Journalist, puzzle setter, science writer | Puzzles Editor @htTweets | Recreational mathematics | Cinema | অসমীয়া I Assam Engineering College, batch of 1988-89
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Problematics | Cycling to college

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By Kabir Firaque Verified
| Hindustan Times Verified
There was a time when the bicycle was a widespread mode of commutation even in urban centres. I grew up in a city where many students cycled to school, although I was not one of them: I took the school bus. Today, of course, bicycles are rarely used by students in larger cities, especially metros, but there are still places where students ride them to school or college. You may have come across such cyclists when going on a road trip away from busy urban centres. Representational image.
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Problematics | More sticks for the taking

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By Kabir Firaque Verified
| Hindustan Times Verified
The game of nim comes in a surprisingly wide number of varieties. We analysed the basic version years ago, and celebrated the 200th episode of Problematics last month with a very advanced version involving multiple stacks of objects. Now here is yet another version that requires number awareness of an entirely different sort.
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Problematics | The business of school

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By Kabir Firaque Verified
| MSN India Verified
Kabir Firaque If there is one place that can successfully make you buy what you may not need, it is your child's school. Selling uniforms and books is one thing, but many schools also force parents to buy shoes of chosen brands which could be procured elsewhere, not to mention stationery items ranging from fancy pens and novelty erasers to custom packages including the pen, the eraser and sundry other items. Having crossed that stage of parenting years ago, I no longer have any reason to complain.
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