Gentle Giants of Gujarat
“My first memory of whale sharks is when I was 10 years old, traveling from Mombasa to Bombay via Porbandar on a ship,” recalls Mike Pandey, an Indian wildlife filmmaker who was born in Kenya.…
The Ramachandran Plot
The double helix is, perhaps, one of the most iconic structures from the world of science. In Chennai, not far from the banks of river Adyar, there’s an auditorium in the heart of a national…
Deciphering History One Coin At a Time
"mere jeb me 5 futti cowdie be nahin hain aur mein 5 lakh ka sauda kar raha hun" Ever wondered about these "futti cowdie" dialogues in the Hindi movies? Apparently, cowrie shells were used as…
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A Numismatist of Note
Here is how a several centuries-old coin may rewrite a key chapter in the history of ancient India: In 1851, a hoard of gold coins issued by kings from the Gupta dynasty was unearthed near…
Closing The Education Divide
In the Arab world, sheer numbers call for leap-frogging into digital learning, said Maysa Jalbout, CEO of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education. Over half the 385 million people who live the region are…
Driving Ms. Desi
Even as we speak, hundreds of women in India are getting ready to enrol in universities across the United States for the fall semester. I was also a graduate student once, but I set out…