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Nobel laureate decodes science behind ageing and death

Venki Ramakrishan's latest book "Why We Die" tries to explore the 'over-explored' domain of ageing and healthy living. Examining recent scientific breakthroughs, he shows how cutting-edge efforts to extend lifespan by altering our natural biology raise profound questions.

Anthropause: The Healing Period for Wildlife 

This pandemic showed us how one does not require to extensively work towards capturing animals to protect them but give them a chance to live free and give them that environment by not taking over the flora and fauna where they inhibit.

At the top of his craft

The events at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar more than a century ago are a part of the collective memory of Indi- ans and while history has documented what happened that fateful Baisakhi day in considerable detail, Sarna’s pen - and his imagination – take us into the lives of characters who must have existed if only because he has etched them so dexterously.