Reviews

India’s seasonal rainfall is governed by a vast interaction between land, ocean, atmosphere, and mountain ranges. The southwest monsoon is not simply a cloud…

Images of circular and spiral patterns in Maharashtra’s fields have periodically attracted attention on social media. Flattened crops arranged in striking…

Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born on 7 November 1888 in Tiruchirappalli, in present-day Tamil Nadu. His father taught physics and mathematics, so…

For decades, a village in Rajasthan lived with an unreliable water supply. Women and children often travelled long distances to collect water, while hand pumps…

Across India, ritual specialists and participants sometimes enter altered states described as possession, blessing, divine presence, or communication with…

Reports of a “miracle of the sun” at a temple in Kerala often describe an unusual solar appearance witnessed by devotees. The Sun may seem to change colour,…

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…