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Dial hard: This archive holds futuristic Nokia designs that never made it to the factory floor

India, April 25 -- How did a Finnish company manage to design a phone that was so hardy, it could fall into a stairwell, swirl about in a washing machine, spend years in a box, and still keep ticking?... Read More


Landscape view: How the bungalow has shape-shifted

India, April 20 -- Part of the beauty of the bungalow lies in its refusal to be boxed-in. It is a form of housing that has shape-shifted, over about 250 years, accommodating local cultures, climates a... Read More


Pounds and prejudice: Graphic novel Shrink explores what it is like to live in a large body

India, April 19 -- "You're fat because you eat too much." "I'm too fat for this." "You could stand to lose some weight." "Maybe I could be happy if I just lost the weight." . All her life, Rachel... Read More


Landscape view: How the bungalow, born in Bengal, took on new shapes across India

India, April 18 -- Part of the beauty of the bungalow lies in its refusal to be boxed-in. It is a form of housing that has shape-shifted, over about 250 years, accommodating local cultures, climates a... Read More


Tooning in: New avatars in play

India, April 13 -- What happens when fun and games aren't enough? Tennis and even football are proving too long-drawn-out for a generation raised on 30-second Reels, and so a strange crossover is pla... Read More


Tooning in: Avatars are replacing sportstars on tennis courts, football pitches

India, April 11 -- What happens when fun and games aren't enough? Tennis and even football are proving too long-drawn-out for a generation raised on 30-second Reels, and so a strange crossover is pla... Read More


Stalk exchange: The latest from the labs

India, March 30 -- I n cutting-edge labs around the world, scientists are turning petals into power sources, tiny blooms into space snacks, and daffodils into climate warriors. Watermeal, the tinies... Read More


Petal to the metal

India, March 30 -- That ad about ordering a single rose on Blinkit? It tells an intriguing story. It's a tale of a digital India, states awash in lucrative blossoms, growing new markets - and a boomi... Read More


Fleshy, flame-born, voracious: The world's strangest blooms

India, March 28 -- The world's oldest known flower looked nothing like a bloom. It was vine-like, with no petals, and resembled a weed or herb. The Montsechia vidalii thrived deep in Europe's lakes, ... Read More


Fleshy, flame-born, voracious: The world's strangest flowers

India, March 28 -- The world's oldest known flower looked nothing like a bloom. It was vine-like, with no petals, and resembled a weed or herb. The Montsechia vidalii thrived deep in Europe's lakes, ... Read More