Culture & Heritage: India’s Endangered Languages – What We Lose When a Tongue Dies
In 2013, the last known speaker of Bo, one of the Andaman Island’s ancient languages, died. Her name was Boa Sr, and she was approximately 85 years old. With her death ended a language that had survived for an estimated 65,000 years – the longest continuous linguistic lineage on earth,…
India’s Rivers: The Kaveri – A 150-Year Water Dispute Between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
On 5 February 2018, the Supreme Court of India ordered Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of Kaveri water to Tamil Nadu within 24 hours. Within…
Inventions from India: The Zero – Why a Mathematical Concept Changed the World
The number zero is so fundamental to mathematics that it is genuinely difficult to imagine mathematics without it. Yet for most of human history, zero…
Forgotten Heroes: Medha Patkar – The Activist Who Stood Against Every Government
Medha Patkar is among the most consequential social activists India has produced in the decades since independence, and her career illuminates both the possibilities and…