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On India’s southeastern coast, access to fresh water can become difficult when seawater enters shallow wells or when prolonged dry periods reduce local…

An aarti flame can appear to sway in a remarkably ordered way. Held on a lamp or camphor plate, it bends, narrows, brightens, and leans back repeatedly. This…

Stories about a Sufi saint’s tomb that attracts lightning often spread through videos, eyewitness accounts, and devotional narratives. Repeated flashes around…

Homi Jehangir Bhabha was a physicist, institution builder, and influential public figure whose work shaped modern Indian science. He helped establish the…

Yoga has become an important part of health and wellness in India and around the world. Its combination of physical postures, breathing exercises, relaxation,…

Rice supports the daily diet and livelihoods of millions of people in India. Its production, however, is increasingly affected by irregular rainfall,…

Weather across the Indian Ocean is shaped by the movement of heat between ocean and atmosphere. One of the most important patterns in this region is the Indian…

Across the salt flats of Gujarat’s Rann of Kutch, people have reported moving lights that appear after sunset. Known locally as Chir Batti, or ghost lights,…

G.N. Ramachandran was one of India’s great structural biologists, yet his most famous discovery began with a deceptively simple question: how are the long…

A village in Himachal Pradesh used rainwater harvesting to end a drought cycle that had shaped daily life for years. The change did not come from a single…