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A Science Rooted in Plurality

Naresh Dadhich 07/04/2019

As modernity is to be anchored in plurality, so...

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In Assam, the Healthcare Apparatus for Women Needs a Complete Overhaul

Tripti Poddar 06/04/2019

For generations of women on Assam’s tea plantations, poor...

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Study Says Winston Churchill’s Policies Caused the 1943 Bengal Famine

The Wire Staff 30/03/2019

Researchers in India and the US used weather data...

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A Journey Through Botanical Art in Colonial India – and Beauty

Usha Raman 29/03/2019

While photography has to some extent displaced painting and...

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How the Calcutta Medical College Led to the Rise of Biomedicine in India

Kiran Kumbhar 28/03/2019

The CMC's establishment in 1835 resulted in the British...

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NASA Nixes All-Women Spacewalk Because It Doesn’t Have Spacesuits That Fit

Jahnavi Sen 27/03/2019

While some say the shortage reflects how women are...

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The Dawn of the Age of Plastics

David A. Taylor 25/03/2019

The 1939 World’s Fair was a testament to cork’s...