Monumental Mathematics
Exploring the maths that went into creating monuments that have stood the test of time
Pratham Books / April 2021 / Science
Writer. Crossword maker. Teacher. Occasional ghostwriter.
Exploring the maths that went into creating monuments that have stood the test of time
Pratham Books / April 2021 / Science
Science-meets-history
Hachette India / November 2019 / Science
'Women in Science': On Sudipta Sengupta, geologist and mountaineer
Pratham Books / May 2019 / Science
A short history of plastic
The Hindu, Young World / September 2018 / Science
Number one or number two, they are always big jobs! But do you ever wonder what toilets looked like in the olden times? And are they different in other countries? Get ready to take a peek into toilets across space and time!
Pratham Books / June 2017 / Science
An academic paper on teaching English Literature in creative ways
IJREP / February 2019 / Academic / [Pdf , 517 KB]
Introducing the 5th R: Repair. Which is really the first in sequence: Repair, Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Pratham Books / March 2019 / Science
Isaac Hodgson's patent on the roller skate
The Hindu, Young World / April 2018 / Science
The Twin cultures of Bangalore meet at the Bandstand
City Narratives: From Landscapes to Mindscapes / February 2019 / Academic / [Pdf , 817 KB]
A primer on paleontology
Pratham Books / March 2018 / Science
The history of the telephone
Pratham Books / February 2018 / Science
Follow alpha zippy as she travels around the world, buzzing with puzzles for you to solve. Fly across eight countries, finding your way through jumbles, rebus, crosswords, cryptograms, mazes and a host of other interesting puzzles before landing back home
Scholastic India / August 2016 / Education
A year-end piece on gadgets of 2017
The Hindu, Young World / December 2017 / Science
Chapter 3 of the Yoga Jungle Series
The Hindu, Young World / August 2018 / Yoga
Article for National Science Day
The Hindu, Young World / February 2017 / Science
ISRO's multiple orbit launch
The Hindu, Young World / October 2016 / Science
On Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha
The Hindu, Young World / June 2016 / Science
On the Apollo moon landing
The Hindu, Young World / July 2016 / Science
Celebrating the spirit of curiosity on the occasion of National Science day 2016
The Hindu, Young World / February 2016 / Science
James Watt’s aptitude for maths and science spearheaded the Industrial Revolution. This visionary’s birth anniversary falls on January 19
The Hindu, Young World / January 2016 / Science
The story of how a dentist's son hit upon the idea of toothpaste tubes
Pratham Books / November 2015 / Science
Stories of a dozen British gentlemen who made India their home in colonial times, who were not necessarily administrators or "rulers", but ordinary men who did some extraordinary work for India and Indians - work that still speaks for itself today.
Harper Collins India / August 2015 / History
Won the second prize in the Sunday Herald Short Story Competiton
Deccan Herald / August 2012 / Short Story
Song for Malala
Sagrika Rai / October 2015 / Song Lyrics
The story of the first telephone call
The Hindu / February 2015 / Science
So near, yet so far!
The Hindu Young World / August 2015 / Science
A fictional account of how technology spread in the early days
Amar Chitra Katha / December 2014 / Science / [Pdf , 0 Bytes]
Chapter 2 of the Yoga Jungle Series
The Hindu, Young World / July 2018 / Yoga
Not *what* to think, but *how* to think
Deccan Herald / July 2013 / Education
Chapter 1 of the Yoga Jungle Series
The Hindu, Young World / June 2018 / Yoga
A trip is always fun. But what if you are never coming back?
The Hindu Young World / September 2015 / Science
Do you think you can draw the solar system to scale?
Deccan Herald / November 2012 / Education
Civics made civic
Deccan Herald / April 2014 / Education
A call for teaching to be made more meaningful
Deccan Herald / October 2012 / Education
A book of themed crosswords for kids
Scholastic / January 2014 / Education
How did dinos disappear?
Amar Chitra Katha / June 2012 / Science / [Pdf , 935 KB]
Status Update
Reading Hour / September 2012 / Short Story / [Pdf , 1.16 MB]
Review of Douglas Adams' and Mark Carwardine's 'Last Chance To See'
Reading Hour / November 2014 / Book Review / [Pdf , 632 KB]
Review of Dr. V Raghunathan's 'Games Indians Play'
The Hindu / April 2013 / Book Review
The history behind the science
Deccan Herald / January 2013 / Education
Review of Pavan K. Varma's 'Chanakya's New Manifesto'
The Hindu / September 2013 / Book Review
The making of Jantar Mantar
The Hindu / October 2012 / Science
Review of John Ralston Saul's 'Dark Diversions'
The Hindu / July 2013 / Book Review
We are all cousins
Deccan Herald / February 2013 / Essay
A profile
Sampada / February 2010 / People Profiles / [Pdf , 0 Bytes]
Everything is connected
Deccan Herald / December 2012 / Education
Review of Dr. V Raghunathan's 'Locks, Mahabharata and Mathematics'
Reading Hour / September 2013 / Book Review / [Pdf , 740 KB]
In the context of nation building
Sampada / September 2010 / People Profiles
A profile
Sampada / April 2010 / People Profiles / [Pdf , 286 KB]
A profile
Sampada / May 2010 / People Profiles / [Pdf , 69.7 KB]
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