Plants Know When They’re Being Touched

By and large, most research seeking to attribute a mental life to plants has been discredited over the years. Yet new research coming out of the University of Western Austr...

Retroscope - Meena Kumari

I walked carefully through the film set, encountering black coils of electrical wires, plug points, tripods, pedestal lights, noisy fans at every step of the way that made ...

These Oh-So-Cool-Murals In ShahpurJat

A burst of colours, a dash of creativity and freedom of expression – Delhi’s tiny urban village, ShahpurJat, signifies all this and much more. Often touted as t...

These Oh-So-Cool Wall Murals In Shahpur Jat Are Bound To Make You Stop And Stare

A burst of colours, a dash of creativity and freedom of expression – Delhi’s tiny urban village, Shahpur Jat, signifies all this and much more. Often touted as ...

Setting The Stage For Little Theatre

Children move in a circle to the beats of the chenda. As the rhythm picks up, they change their steps and gait. There is laughter, camaraderie and some fine acts during a r...

Retroscope : The Date

I reached a little after 11 a.m. the hour family courts open in Bandra East. In the lobby stood my husband’s assistant. Seeing me, the man quickly shifted his ga...

NASA Wants To Turn This Asteroid Into An Art Gallery

For emerging artists, finding gallery space to exhibit your art can be tough, especially if your art caters to niche interests (like, say, Sonic erotica). But luckily for a...

Democracy's Dirty Word

- Is politics overtaking India's inherent humanism?

Why have we become so intolerant of the term "intolerance"? Crisscr...

India: Protection Of Traditional Knowledge In India

The coming into force of the Nagoya Protocol in October will have great benefits for the defence of indigenous people's rights over their resources, and strengthen India's ...