Photograph by Hermes Rivera   Eat, attend classes, study and sleep – it’s the same daily routine for every inmate in IIT Bombay hostels. In this process, students also send …

When you live on a green verdant campus it is almost expected that you would be interested in nature and wildlife. I have been captivated by animals as a whole …

NSS team members, IIT Bombay: Top row (left to right) Jahanvi Akanksha, Tejaswini Narwade and Vaibhavi Agrawal; Middle row (left to right): Shaan Ul Haque, Shubham Varankar, Saieesh Jirwankar, Yatendra …

‘Did you see the video? A leopard was roaming the campus at night!’ ‘How did it even get there?’ ‘Where was security?’ ‘What about our kids who go to school …

During one of my many meaningless browsing sessions through absolutely unconnected and random sites (as one is wont to do in the hostel), I stumbled upon a 2009 WWF report …

The Ficus tree at Kshitij adjoining the IITB Hospital was abuzz with activity. The Coppersmith Barbet, Mumbai’s official City Bird, rang out its tuk tuk tuk tuk call as it …

One of the most beautiful trees in the IIT Bombay campus (and it is hard to pick one!) is the Sita Ashoka (Sarca indica). There aren’t too many of them …

For Ravi Mariwala, life is another great adventure to embark on. He is the Founder, Promoter and CEO of Smaart Water, a company that provides affordable, integrated and holistic water …

January, 2020 In the age of Alternate Facts and Fake News, Fundamatics thought it would be interesting to devote an issue to Folklore and Mythology. This is not an attempt …

When humankind attained wisdom and knew all that is good and bad. There was born the teller of tales; a small tribe of people (men and women), who watched and …

Illustration 1: Nabagunjara Patachitra painting by Shri Kalu Charan Barik. Photo credit: Abhimanyu Barik The Patachitra traditions of Odisha are replete with artistic, cultural, and symbolic connotations. The stories from …

The battle of Karbala was fought in the desert of Karbala in central Iraq in 61 AH (680 AD). During the Karbala battle, the Shia leader and Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, …

Devdutt Pattanaik writes on relevance of mythology in modern times. Trained in medicine, he worked for 15 years in the healthcare and pharma industries before he plunged full time into …

Mythology in the Modern Age Guided by the hands of Reason and Science, one would imagine the modern age has little place for endless epics, speculative reflections and metaphysical meanderings. …

jñānānandamayaṁ devaṁ nirmalasphaṭikākr̥tim ।ādhāraṁ sarvavidyānāṁ hayagrīvam upāsmahe ॥ This is a prayer that children, especially in a vaishnavaite home, are taught to recite before embarking on any learning activity. Knowledge …

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru addresses the crowd in Delhi on the occasion of India’s 14th Independence Day on 17 August 1960. Above him flies the national flag of India. Image source: Link …

Nehru signing the Constitution of India. Image Source: link The Constitution of any country is really a political document. It brings into existence a body politic, a state, and defines what the various …

Eleven out of the fifteen women who helped draft the Indian Constitution. The names of the fifteen women in an alphabetical order: Ammu Swaminathan, Annie Mascarene, Begum Aizaz Rasul, Dakshayani …

Dr. Ambedkar with members of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution. <Image source: Link> When I applied for IIT, I had no notion what IIT was all about.   And I …

First Republic Day parade on 1st October 1950. Image source: Link Why should we abolish the Death Penalty? What is wrong with the Death Penalty? When the United States first …

Babasaheb Ambedkar, Chairman of the Drafting Committee, presenting the final draft of the Indian constitution to Constituent Assembly President Dr. Rajendra Prasad on 25 November 1949. Image Source: link Central to the process of learning …