Reported by Vishwam Sankaran
“You cannot be more educated than the groom,” Dr. S. Jayalekshmi, was often told by distant family and relatives. A professor of Civil Engineering at NIT-Trichy, Jayalekshmi was speaking at a conference on Gender and Social …
Reported by Nandita Jayaraj
“Can you name three Indian scientists for me?”
“Abdul Kalam… CV Raman… JC Bose… Kalpana Chawla… Chandrasekharan…”
“OK, OK. Now can you name three Indian female scientists?”
*silence* “Kalpana Chawla!” “Marie… no, no, she said Indian…”…
Reported by Nandita Jayaraj
…You don’t have to be an economist for this to affect you. You’re always thinking you are doing very very little to
Reported by Nandita Jayaraj
What happens when you add salt to liquid water? At first thought, it may not seem as if you need a …
Reported by Nandita Jayaraj
Squeezing past police vans, barricades and scattered groups of demonstrators on the wide roads of Chepauk, I made my way to …
Reported by Nandita Jayaraj
The past few years in particle physics have been exciting both for the scientists who study it as well as for the …
Reported by Nandita Jayaraj
“Which sample is this? Is it sheep?”
“No. It’s Satish’s goat leather. It has some white patches that we’re looking into.”
“Ah, did you check …
