Scientifically Illiterate Thinking behind Diwali Restrictions

“You have more firecrackers than the Indian Army. This can burn the whole country,” observed Justices Madan Lokur and Deepak Gupta of the Supreme Court during the hearing about banning crackers during More...

How old is Indian agriculture?

It is common knowledge now that food production in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent began with the Mehrgarh Neolithic in the early 7th millennium BCE. What is less known is that there were many independent More...

Diwali Cracker Ban: When pseudoscience guided decision-making

[contextly_sidebar id=”v7YT9Pum7rOjhRHY6o8NuGtteNu5FqmJ”] How to build up a negative narrative without any basis? Here is a small illustration. Media reports like this one said Diwali 2015 was responsible More...