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(Left) Dr Purnima Sinha. (Right) Paul Dirac in Calcutta with SN Bose and Dr. Purnima Sinha. (Source: ResearchGate & Twitter/Don't Panik)

The Forgotten Scientist Who Broke The Glass Ceiling For Indian Women in Physics

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

JBS Haldane (Source: Facebook/University of Cambridge & jbshaldane.org)

One of the World’s Greatest Geneticists, He Gave Up British Citizenship for India

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

How India’s First Woman HC Judge Championed Gender Equality in Pre-Independence India

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

Homi J Bhabha (left) and Jamshed Bhabha (right). (Source: Wikimedia Commons/NCPA)

Nuclear Science to Performing Arts: How the Legendary Bhabha Brothers Shaped India

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

The Unsung Swadeshi Entrepreneur Whose Record Discs Helped Defeat the British Raj

Sayantani Nath

Way Before Laxmi Bai, This Warrior Queen Fought & Defeated the British

Gopi Karelia

India’s First Talkie Set Off a Riot, And Didn’t Even Have Any Sound Equipment!

Gopi Karelia

‘This is Your Prize, Sir.’ How a Pak Nobel Laureate Paid Tribute to His Indian Guru

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

How 3 Indian Doctors Pioneered the Use of ORS to Treat Diarrhoea & Saved Millions!

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

5 Unsung Indian Scientists Whose Brilliant Innovations Wowed The World!

Sayantani Nath

This Forgotten Assam Freedom Fighter Opened Schools for Dalits, Marched in Dandi!

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

This Unsung Indian Debunked Euler’s Theory, Made Headlines in the New York Times!

Angarika Gogoi

This Maharashtra Village Gave a Safe Home to 5000 Polish Refugees During WW2!

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

Begum Akhtar, The Queen of Ghazals Who Turned Her Pain Into Soul-Stirring Music

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya, The Unsung Hero Who Gave His Life For India

Aishi Roy

Saving Millions With His Work, This Unsung Doctor Almost Won India’s First Nobel in Medicine!

Angarika Gogoi

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VP Menon, Sardar Patel’s Right-Hand Man & Unsung Hero of India’s Unification

Jovita Aranha

RIP Sir: Remembering KP Menon Jr, The IFS Officer Who Made Foreign Policy a Focus in India

Gopi Karelia

Refused a Nobel, This Unsung Indian Scientist’s Research Saved Millions of Lives

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

Meena Narayanan: She Broke Barriers to Become India’s First Woman Sound Engineer!

Sayantani Nath

Ravi Shankar to The Beatles: The Tiny Kolkata Store Where Legends Bought Sitars!

Ananya Barua

An Ode to India’s Forgotten ‘National Doctor’ Who Won Respect Across the World

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

Ashok Parthasarathi: The Man Who Helped Make India Self-Reliant in Science &Tech

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

Tanjore Balasaraswati: How A Gritty Girl From TN Took Bharatnatyam To the World

Angarika Gogoi

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The Forgotten Scientist Who Broke The Glass Ceiling For Indian Women in Physics

One of the World’s Greatest Geneticists, He Gave Up British Citizenship for India

How India’s First Woman HC Judge Championed Gender Equality in Pre-Independence India

Nuclear Science to Performing Arts: How the Legendary Bhabha Brothers Shaped India

The Unsung Swadeshi Entrepreneur Whose Record Discs Helped Defeat the British Raj

Way Before Laxmi Bai, This Warrior Queen Fought & Defeated the British

India’s First Talkie Set Off a Riot, And Didn’t Even Have Any Sound Equipment!

‘This is Your Prize, Sir.’ How a Pak Nobel Laureate Paid Tribute to His Indian Guru

How 3 Indian Doctors Pioneered the Use of ORS to Treat Diarrhoea & Saved Millions!

5 Unsung Indian Scientists Whose Brilliant Innovations Wowed The World!

This Forgotten Assam Freedom Fighter Opened Schools for Dalits, Marched in Dandi!

This Unsung Indian Debunked Euler’s Theory, Made Headlines in the New York Times!

This Maharashtra Village Gave a Safe Home to 5000 Polish Refugees During WW2!

Begum Akhtar, The Queen of Ghazals Who Turned Her Pain Into Soul-Stirring Music

Pradyot Kumar Bhattacharya, The Unsung Hero Who Gave His Life For India

Saving Millions With His Work, This Unsung Doctor Almost Won India’s First Nobel in Medicine!

VP Menon, Sardar Patel’s Right-Hand Man & Unsung Hero of India’s Unification

RIP Sir: Remembering KP Menon Jr, The IFS Officer Who Made Foreign Policy a Focus in India

Refused a Nobel, This Unsung Indian Scientist’s Research Saved Millions of Lives

Meena Narayanan: She Broke Barriers to Become India’s First Woman Sound Engineer!

Ravi Shankar to The Beatles: The Tiny Kolkata Store Where Legends Bought Sitars!

An Ode to India’s Forgotten ‘National Doctor’ Who Won Respect Across the World

Ashok Parthasarathi: The Man Who Helped Make India Self-Reliant in Science &Tech

Tanjore Balasaraswati: How A Gritty Girl From TN Took Bharatnatyam To the World

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