Postcolonial theory has a Hindutva problem
Ideas meant to challenge colonial power are now being used to justify myth and religion in India, with real costs to science and secularism.
July 30, 2025
Vilayati kikar: The making of a supervillain
Encounters with an ‘invasive’ tree prompted an urban ecologist to reflect on the labels of “foreign” and “alien”, and her experiences as a descendant of refugees and a migrant in a new city.
June 5, 2025
Two campuses within one
A glimpse into how space, layout and infrastructure in an engineering institute produces different experiences for its male and female students
March 20, 2025
Seven years later: The IITs’ supernumerary scheme
A recap of the much-acclaimed supernumerary seats scheme which was introduced in the IITs to boost gender ratios, and an examination of its impact.
March 12, 2025
Accidental IITian: The tempered radicalism of Ravinder Kaur
An IIT Delhi-based sociologist shares her evolving views of science and technology, and traces her attempts to study and bring change in her own institute.
March 4, 2025
Science journalism, education and activism: An interview with Sayantan Datta
Lab Hopping editor Sayantan Datta shares their journey as a queer-trans person in STEM highlighting the importance of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in science.
December 27, 2024
Tuning into the radio sky with Shilpa
Shilpa is an observer at the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope near Pune. Her troubleshooting skills have kept India’s eyes into the universe open for many years.
August 13, 2021
How Beena went from handling tech to leading a scientific team
It's not everyday that one hears about gifted technical officers making it into faculty. This is why Beena DB's journey from technical officer to faculty member stands out.
October 15, 2020
Grace Banu: A Dalit-Trans technologist fights for a better world
What is it to be Dalit, trans, and still persist in STEM? Grace Banu, a technologist and a fierce activist, talks about the same as she takes us through her life in this comix.
October 2, 2020
The nuts and bolts of getting science done
A tour across some of India’s most sophisticated research facilities guided by the technologists who run these hi-tech spaces.
August 27, 2020
Postcolonial theory has a Hindutva problem
Ideas meant to challenge colonial power are now being used to justify myth and religion in India, with real costs to science and secularism.
July 30, 2025
Accidental IITian: The tempered radicalism of Ravinder Kaur
An IIT Delhi-based sociologist shares her evolving views of science and technology, and traces her attempts to study and bring change in her own institute.
March 4, 2025
रोहिणी गोडबोले की ‘हाई एनर्जी’ प्रज्ञा
प्रिय फ़ेनोमेनोलॉजिस्ट एक विशाल बौद्धिक विरासत छोड़ गयीं, जिस पर भारतीय विज्ञान समुदाय गर्व कर सकता है।
January 8, 2025
रोहिणी गोडबोले यांची उच्च-ऊर्जापूर्ण विद्वत्ता
भारतीय वैज्ञानिक समुदायाला अभिमान वाटेल असा मोठा बौद्धिक वारसा मागे ठेवणाऱ्या आपल्या लाडक्या कणभौतिकशास्रज्ञ
January 8, 2025
TLoS team member Sayantan Datta is delivering a talk at TISS-Mumbai titled "Interrogating Brahminical Cis-Heteropatriarchy in Indian Science Through Feminist Science Journalism" on 01 February 2022, 4:30 PM.
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The IUBS Working Group on Gender Equality is organising a webinar series on the "Gender Gap and the Biological Sciences".
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Check out Notes on the Academy's powerful piece on students' deaths by suicide over the last year and the institutional response to these unfortunate deaths
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