Maharashtra’s revised Class 6 books expand references to ancient Indian scholarship. History passages explaining caste inequality and priestly control over knowledge were removed. Science lessons add Anna Mani, Gaura Devi and details of space missions. Vedic accounts of creation now appear…
A new book titled ‘Who are the Kodavas (Coorgs)?’ written by journalist and author P.T. Bopanna has been launched. Updated - October 24, 2026 07:10 pm IST - MYSURU A new book titled ‘Who are the Kodavas (Coorgs)?’ written by journalist and author P.
by Ram Ramaswamy is a vivid biography of one of the most talented intellectuals of the twentieth century. D. D. Kosambi: One Life, Many Worlds Reviewed by Pratap Bhanu Mehta Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi was one of the most talented intellectuals of the…
Rajgir: Nalanda University hosted the concluding lecture of its Nalanda Spirit foundational course on Wednesday, with Professor Ashish Gupta tracing India’s mathematical legacy from ancient scholars to modern scientific developments. Professor Gupta began by explaining how the principles of universalism,…
Who is Mahesh Kakde?
Kamala Sohonie was an Indian biochemist who made history through her journey in higher education. She is widely recognised as the first Indian woman to receive a PhD in a scientific discipline, completing her doctorate at the University of Cambridge…
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You’ve said that if your book were a blueprint, it would be a triangle consisting of the creative arts, mathematics and nature. Please elaborate. In your book you state that mathematicians are storytellers. How is emotion inevitably bound with how…
India's rich mathematical heritage, including its seminal contributions of zero and the decimal system, was showcased at the United Nations Campus in Nairobi on Wednesday through an interactive exhibition tracing how Indian mathematical ideas travelled across cultures and continents and…
Purbita ChowdhuryThe word 'scientist' exists because one extraordinary woman forced the world to rethink what science—and those who practice it—could be.Think about the last time you used the word scientist. Maybe it was in a classroom, a…
Historic mathematicians and their stories: Euler, Gauss, Pascal, Pythagoras, Noether, Turing, Erdős, Kosambi and others, their anniversaries and rediscovered manuscripts.
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