India, June 7 -- We prefer not to use the "Did you know" line in Wknd. But did you know that the term scientist was coined for a woman? (We thought this one warranted it.) Here's how it happened: Cam... Read More
India, June 2 -- Much of the poetry published in Sri Lanka has never made it out of the country. This is how it tends to be for poetry; print runs are small, and audiences, local. But here are powerfu... Read More
India, June 1 -- Much of the poetry published in Sri Lanka has never made it out of the country. This is how it tends to be for poetry; print runs are small, and audiences, local. But here are powerf... Read More
India, May 25 -- When Spanish artist Salvador Dali painted his famous surrealist work, The Persistence of Memory (1931; the one with the melting clocks), many thought they represented Albert Einstein'... Read More
India, May 24 -- What does it take to lead like a woman, in a heavily male-dominated field such as public health? It takes a lot of resilience, says Dr Soumya Swaminathan, and it takes confidence. It ... Read More
India, May 18 -- The first time Yajur Madan wrote a song for someone was in 2018. It was a gift for a friend on her birthday, and he spent six hours composing it, recording it and creating a video to ... Read More
India, May 18 -- Quarmy was a week into her new job when she cracked her first case. She raced through the forests of the Kaziranga national park at night, leading her team to a cache of firearms sta... Read More
India, May 3 -- In the 18th century, the seasonal disappearance and reappearance of birds was a phenomenon that stumped naturalists. What could be happening to them? The Greek philosopher Aristotle (... Read More
India, April 28 -- In late 2020, a sales executive in Arizona named Marisa Jo Mayes sparked a trend on TikTok, called #QuitTok. It began with a series of posts in which she explained why she was burnt... Read More
India, April 27 -- In late 2020, a sales executive in Arizona named Marisa Jo Mayes sparked a trend on TikTok, called #QuitTok. It began with a series of posts in which she explained why she was burnt... Read More