New Delhi, March 29 -- In 1950, the average number of children born to the average Indian woman in her lifetime was 6.18. In 2021, that number had fallen to 1.91. This week, there's news of a study th... Read More
New Delhi, March 21 -- The world of science is full of numbers that mean something, sometimes called "constants". I'm not referring to 1, 2, 3, and so on, though, of course, those certainly mean somet... Read More
New Delhi, March 14 -- Sometimes it takes the State Bank of India. Sometimes the courts. Sometimes a bridge. I'm grateful to all of them, because they offer me numbers to play with. Let's take the br... Read More
New Delhi, March 8 -- Some things in our lives are givens. We grow up with them firmly embedded in our brains and consciousness, not questioned to any degree. The shapes of our continents is one of th... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- On my college campus again after several years, I'm consumed-as you can imagine-with nostalgia. Memories at this corner, that hostel looks so different, where did the warden's ho... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- As we drove to the Ro-ro ferry to cross the Mumbai harbour to Mandwa, our driver looked positively wistful. "Could have taken the MTHL," he said. Given where we were headed, it w... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- There was a time, I feel sure, when India had nobody who played cricket. That was before England brought cricket to India and sparked the craze for the game we now see here. But ... Read More
New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- They've taken to calling it "the little helicopter that could". For nearly three years, it could and did, charming plenty of aviation and other enthusiasts everywhere. As of a few... Read More