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Chuni Goswami: India’s First Football Superstar, Once hailed as Asia’s Best Striker

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

The Insult to a Mughal Empress That Ended Portuguese Influence in Gujarat

Tanvi Patel

Video: Timelapse: The ‘Tryst’ Behind This Iconic Image!

Sakshi Mehra

Like ‘Devdas’? Did You Know Its Legendary Author Battled The British & Inequality?

Sayantani Nath

Last Living Member of The First Lok Sabha, This 100-YO Helped Draft The Constitution

Sayantani Nath

Bans & Jail: When Kishore Kumar, Dev Anand & Manoj Kumar Battled The Emergency

Rinchen Norbu Wangchuk

Gunjan Saxena to Chhapaak: 2020 Biopics That’ll Tell The Story of Unsung Heroes

Sayantani Nath

77 Years Ago, This Dalit Woman Was Among The First To Advocate For Birth Control

Ananya Barua

The Great Indian Onion Crisis: Not Just Us, Gandhi & Patel Loved The Humble Bulb Too

Sanchari Pal

40 Years Ago, This ‘Striker in Sari’ Smashed Stereotypes of Submissive Indian Women

Sayantani Nath

How 2 Unsung American Women Doctors Helped India Eradicate Smallpox

Sayantani Nath

Ruling for 54 Years, This Little-Known ‘Pepper Queen’ Once Defeated Mighty Portugal

Angarika Gogoi

(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

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Stories

Chuni Goswami: India’s First Football Superstar, Once hailed as Asia’s Best Striker

The Insult to a Mughal Empress That Ended Portuguese Influence in Gujarat

Video: Timelapse: The ‘Tryst’ Behind This Iconic Image!

Last Living Member of The First Lok Sabha, This 100-YO Helped Draft The Constitution

Bans & Jail: When Kishore Kumar, Dev Anand & Manoj Kumar Battled The Emergency

Gunjan Saxena to Chhapaak: 2020 Biopics That’ll Tell The Story of Unsung Heroes

77 Years Ago, This Dalit Woman Was Among The First To Advocate For Birth Control

The Great Indian Onion Crisis: Not Just Us, Gandhi & Patel Loved The Humble Bulb Too

40 Years Ago, This ‘Striker in Sari’ Smashed Stereotypes of Submissive Indian Women

How 2 Unsung American Women Doctors Helped India Eradicate Smallpox

Ruling for 54 Years, This Little-Known ‘Pepper Queen’ Once Defeated Mighty Portugal

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!

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