Reviews

Kamala Sohonie’s career began with a question that was both scientific and social: why should a woman with the required education be denied the opportunity to…

A dramatic claim can spread faster than reliable evidence. In Bengaluru, a clinical research team confronted one such claim: a traditional preparation promoted…

Diwali fireworks turn chemical energy into light, sound, heat, and motion within fractions of a second. Their vivid colors are not magical effects. They arise…

The ancient practice of sati, in which a widow was expected or compelled to die on her husband’s funeral pyre, cannot be explained by a single cause. It…

In several drought-prone parts of Tamil Nadu, women have moved from being passive recipients of water policy to becoming investigators, planners and custodians…

Across cultures, the Moon has been linked with mood, madness, childbirth, accidents, and unusual conduct. In India, beliefs surrounding purnima (full moon) and…

Stories of miraculous healing at shrines in Kerala often spread through conversation, local media and social networks. A person arrives with pain, weakness,…

Dattatreya Ramchandra Kaprekar was an Indian mathematician whose most famous discovery can be performed with nothing more than a pencil, paper, and a…

Palmistry presents itself as the interpretation of lines, shapes, mounts, and other features of the human hand. Practitioners often claim that these details…

In a Mumbai school, a weekly skepticism club gives students a structured way to examine claims before accepting them. The club does not ask children to reject…