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Every time an astronomer measures the temperature of a distant star, they rely on an idea born in Calcutta. Yet ask most Indians about Meghnad Saha...

Gandhi Jayanti may have passed, but the Mahatma was never meant to be remembered for just one day. The marigolds have been swept from the memorials...

Two Indians. Two flights. Forty years apart. One unbreakable spirit. Some acts of courage last only seconds. Their echo lasts forever. On the morning of 30...

Every year, more than nine lakh Indians sit for one exam knowing that fewer than a thousand will make it. They come from metros and from...

Every evening, somewhere in India, a lamp is lifted, a bell rings, and millions of voices begin the same six words. Few of them know the...

On the night of 28-29 September 2016, the Indian Army carried out targeted strikes against terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control. A decade later,...

There is a photograph of Bhagat Singh that almost every Indian recognises: the tilted hat, the steady gaze, the face of a young man who seems...

The drums are getting louder. A family carries its Ganpati towards the water, stopping for one last photograph. Someone calls out, “Ganpati Bappa Morya, pudhchya varshi...

The first day of a new academic year has its own soundtrack: shoes hurrying down corridors, friends calling out across the courtyard, and someone asking, “Is...