Modi’s War on Science
2019 was a mixed year for Indian Science and Technology. The bittersweet Chandrayaan-2 Mission was a partial failure in the absolute sense, but a success in the relative terms. The PSLV-C44, Kalam…
Pitamber Kaushik
Why the award of the 2019 Physics Nobel hearkens back to Meghnad Saha
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 was awarded "for contributions to our understanding of the evolution of the universe and Earth's place in the cosmos" with one half to…
How Indian Media reported the Solar Eclipse
The Media is tasked with the responsibility of making people aware. Besides being the watchdog of democracy, it should also conscientiously serve as the watchdog of upholdment of Constitutional values…
A Harmless Anecdote of a Frivolous Quarrel
The Oudh Public School was hosting a modelling clay workshop. The eve of the event found next-door neighbours and best friends Ram Lal and Rahim Babbar embroiled in a particularly…
Did Rama eat meat, and why is it relevant to contemporary India?
What does the Valmiki Ramayana tell us about Non-Vegetarianism of its protagonist and deuteragonists? "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." …
Interview with Sanjukta Basu, feminist writer and polymath
Ms. Sanjukta Basu is a writer, photographer, analyst, blogger, fervent microblogger, freelance journalist, commentator, academic, an avid traveller, a social crusader, and a feminist scholar. She's a TED Fellow and…
What Did Rabindranath Tagore Think About Islam?
Rabindranath Tagore, the preeminent Bard of the Orient was the mercurial mystic and polymath whose repertoire was unprecedented in proliferation. Transcending to a legendary status, whilst living, Tagore created a…
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