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Sir Arthur C Clarke - The Visionary.
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Sir Arthur C Clarke - The Visionary
By G V Joshi
April 1 (PTI Feature) -- Whenever you watch news transmitted by Doordarshan Delhi, from wherever you are in India through direct to home service (DTH) or any other cable company, or your son/daughter calls you from the USA or the UK, you should thank Sir. Arthur C. Clarke, the visionary who as early as 1945, thought of putting everybody in instant touch through satellites.
Clarke passed away at the ripe old age of 90 in Colombo, Sri Lanka on March 18, 2008. When neither the transistors were ...
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