Figuring Things Out

  Each civilisation had a different way of looking at the stars. They found different patterns and linked them to a wide range of traditions...

I thought I knew a thing or two about Indian epics and classics.  Over the past months, two books and a podcast have undermined this notion,...

It's 5:30AM and there is a nip in the air. You look out from the balcony and your gaze moves up from the empty roads, the streetlights, ...

 Today is the winter equinox - one of the few festivals days linked to the solar calendar India. In the north - especially in Punjab the day...

These days we have heavy rains interspersed with bright, burning sunshine. Tall cumulus clouds opening up into brilliant blue skies. At nig...

. My anchor to the night-sky in Delhi, or for that matter anywhere else in India, has always been the `belt` of Orion the Hunter (aka Mrig...