Author: Sankrant Sanu

For years the mystery of how homing pigeons found their way home confounded scientists.  Accurate navigation in adverse weather over long distance flight is a skill that human technology is only now…

‘South Asian studies’ academics in the US would do well to introspect how they wittingly or unwittingly become part of Pakistan’s proxy war in wielding influence over academics and policy, says Sankrant…

There will remain those who will remain in opposition to this massive endeavour for world peace with an aim not to improve, but to scuttle the project.But for the rest of us,…

Dear Prof. Chomsky, I first heard your name when, as a Computer Science student at IIT Kanpur, I studied the Chomsky-Normal Form for specifying formal languages.  Many years later, I came across…

In India we increasingly celebrate the New Year according to the Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory, who instituted it. A Calendar has scientific, social and cultural significance.  Other than synchronizing activity…

EyeStar Seagull gloomily stared at the television as she flipped channels. “What is this country coming to,” she said to her naukarani Rasika, the only one around who listened to her any more, “I…

‘Even if the media is partisan, the BJP, governing at the Centre, has the most to lose if India descends into widespread communal violence.’ ‘Fanning the flames either by vested political interests…

Rather than shaming Indian women (and men) who don’t want to drink, through peer pressure and barbs, let’s consider respecting their, perhaps more sensible, choices instead, says Sankrant Sanu. Shruti, a student…

‘For showing us a shining vision of how even a ceremonial role can be infused with life by a patriot, a scientist and a humble man of the people, representing the best…