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The phrase “Vedic Mathematics” suggests that modern calculation techniques were recovered from India’s ancient scriptures. This claim is attractive because it…

In parts of southwestern Punjab, farmers face a quiet threat beneath their fields. Water evaporates from the soil surface, leaving behind salts that restrict…

Stories of ghosts, spirits, and haunted places appear in nearly every culture. In India, ideas about bhoots, prets, chudails, yakshinis, jinn, and restless…

Circular marks and flattened designs in Indian fields can look astonishing from above. When crops bend into large rings, arcs, or apparently precise patterns,…

Salim Ali transformed the study of birds in India from a largely museum-based pursuit into a rigorous, field-oriented science. Through patient observation,…

A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and briefly blocks some or all of the sunlight reaching a region of our planet. It is a…

A group of students in Bangalore demonstrated how easily a confident performer can appear to possess supernatural powers. The supposed psychic claimed to read…

Cow dung has long been used in parts of India as fuel, manure, plaster, and a material associated with ritual purity. These uses belong to different contexts,…

“Indian time” is often used to describe delays in meetings, ceremonies, appointments, trains, and social gatherings. The phrase may sound like a harmless…

Homi Jehangir Bhabha occupies a central place in the history of modern Indian science. A theoretical physicist, institution-builder, and influential science…