Yellow-billed babblers (seen here) and jungle babblers are common in southern India, moving around in noisy groups, hopping on the ground and lower branches of trees. They are greyish-brown in colour and scruffy, but what they lack in looks they make up in character.
Illustration: Madhushree Basu
The making of a children's science magazine
We trace the history of Jantar Mantar, an English children's science magazine running for over three decades, and its association with IMSc.
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IMSc celebrates as Quantum Mechanics turns 100
IMSc hosted a conference celebrating 100 years of quantum mechanics, with talks ranging from its foundations to emerging themes.
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A day of fun and discovery at IMSc's Open Day
IMSc welcomed school students and the general public on its Open Day featuring science and maths talks, experiments and demonstrations.
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Pooja Saxena: The curator of signs
We speak to Pooja Saxena, an award-winning typeface designer, lettering artist and typographer, whose upcoming book documents public signs in Indian cities.
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Remembering PPD
Prof PP Divakaran (1936-2025), a physicist and a historian of Indian mathematics, wore his erudition lightly, exuded joy in learning and showed magnanimity in sharing his vast knowledge.
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Following Fish by Samanth Subramanian
Pinaki Swain reviews Following Fish, a travelogue about journeys along the Indian coastline rich in observations about food and culture.
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A mob of babble-rousers
Babblers create a ruckus wherever they go, pecking, poking and turning things over on the ground and constantly chattering amongst themselves. Seen here are a group of yellow-billed babblers (Argya affinis) on the IMSc campus.
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Photo: Aysha Mahira
