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Varahamihira: The Ujjain Astronomer Who Predicted Earthquakes, Catalogued 101 Comets and Found Underground Water 1500 Years Before Modern Science Knew How
In the 6th century CE, in the city of Ujjain in what is now Madhya Pradesh, a scientist sat down to write an encyclopaedia. Not an encyclopaedia of abstract philosophy...
Pune Ganesh Festival: The Five Pandals That Helped Birth a Nation and Why Lokmanya Tilak Was the Greatest Political Genius of Colonial India
In 1893 the British colonial administration was watching Pune carefully. Large public gatherings were viewed with suspicion. Political meetings were monitored. Any org...
Sushruta: The Ancient Indian Surgeon Who Pioneered Plastic Surgery
Long before modern hospitals and plastic surgery clinics, an extraordinary tradition of surgical medicine was developing in ancient India. In this episode, we travel b...
Malpe Fishing Community: The Original Fishermen of the Karnataka Coast and Why They Are Being Pushed Out of the Sea They Have Always Fished
The boats leave before you are awake. By the time visitors arrive at Malpe harbour in the morning, the day's work has already been underway for hours. The fishing fami...
Shankarapura Mallige: The Jasmine That Wakes Before Dawn and the Farming Families Who Cannot Afford to Sleep In
The flowers have to come off the plants before the heat of the day. This is not a preference. It is biology. Jasmine blossoms at its most fragrant in the cool hours be...
