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  • The Inner Voice

    02 Mar 2021
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    A poem inspired by A Mid Summer’s Equation by Keigo Higashino

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  • Slow And Steady

    24 Feb 2021
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    Nina and Nana reveal intriguing facts about the summit of Everest, and discuss the horrific challenges of getting there. Is it possible without supplemental oxygen? Read on to find out.

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  • The Devotion Of Suspect X

    17 Feb 2021
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    As the two main characters engage in a riveting battle of wits, a rich and complex plot gradually unfolds, ultimately evoking an exquisite synthesis of unexpected emotions.

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  • A Gut Feeling

    02 Feb 2021
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    Nina and Nana discuss startling new discoveries about the impact of gut microbes on mental health.

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  • Doughnuts To Tackle Climate Change

    28 Jan 2021
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    Nina and Nana discuss the doughnut model of economics and how it can help in the fight against climate change.

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  • Happy Meal

    19 Jan 2021
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    Nina and Nana explore some interesting new items that are being approved for human consumption in different countries.

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  • Chocoholics For The Environment

    12 Jan 2021
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    Nina and Nana explain the importance rain-forests in chocolate production.

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  • Tania And The Mystery Smoker

    08 Jan 2021
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    Sonia is burned by a cigarette butt that falls in to the balcony of her home. Tania is determined to find the person who hurt her little sister and put a stop to their barbaric behavior by publicly humiliating them. But how will she catch the culprit? Read on to find out.

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  • Second Innings

    01 Jan 2021
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    A post-retirement romance. The best is yet to be. Read on to find out what adventure this couple embarks on, in the sunset years of their lives.

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  • Forever Young

    29 Dec 2020
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    Science has found the secret to staying forever young but it’s a bitter pill for Nana to swallow. Read on to find out about it.

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  • Miracle Christmas Cards

    22 Dec 2020
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    Christmas cards were used to help allied prisoners of war escape. Talk about a Christmas miracle!! Nina and Nana tell you how it was done. Read on ...

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  • Barbaric Bunnies

    17 Dec 2020
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    Nina and Nana discuss the dark side of bunnies. Read on to find out

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  • A Curious Approach

    09 Dec 2020
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    Join Nina and Nana in a humorous and scintillating discussion as they explore the nature of learning and intelligence in an effort to figure out how research in artificial intelligence may progress.

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  • Couples In Couplets

    02 Dec 2020
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    As December ushers in the Christmas season, Nina, Nana and I discuss famous love stories and couples, in couples of couplets. Confused? Read on.

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  • The IgNobel Prize

    24 Nov 2020
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    Nina is hoping to clinch an Ig Nobel prize. But whatever is that? Read on to find out.

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  • Celebrate Onam With Me

    23 Nov 2020
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    A review of Clelebrate Onam With Me, a book about the rituals of Onam and the intriguing myth behind the story.

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  • Identity Crisis

    12 Nov 2020
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    When a culture is oppressed by alien rule for over two centuries, they struggle to regain their identity and confidence. This is especially true, when the aliens have deliberately rewritten the cultural identities of the oppressed to suit their own purposes. How do we get over this identity crisis?

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  • Mummy Mia!

    09 Nov 2020
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    Nina and Nana explore mummies across time, from all over the world. What a lot of strange things they learn!

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  • Lights, Camera, What's That?

    02 Nov 2020
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    Nina and Nana discuss the feasibility of self driving cars and some baffling ways in which AI embarrasses its makers.

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  • Crazy Times With Uncle Ken

    27 Oct 2020
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    A review of Crazy Times with Uncle Ken by Ruskin Bond, a collection of short stories set in an quaint little house in the idyllic hill town of Dehra in British India.

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  • Citrus Shock

    26 Oct 2020
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    Could grapefruit be both super healthy and dangerous? Let Nina and Nana tell you.

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  • Author Interview: Shoumi Sen

    21 Oct 2020
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    An interview with Shoumi Sen, the author of Celebrate Durga Puja With Me, a beautifully illustrated children's book introducing kids to the rituals and festivities of Durga Puja.

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  • An Era Of Darkness

    16 Oct 2020
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    A well researched and unflinching account of the British Raj and its lasting effects on independent India.

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  • Smieyes

    15 Oct 2020
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    Nina and Nana tell you all about the species that invented smieyes. Aren't you curious? Read on!

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  • Gene Queens

    10 Oct 2020
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    Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna won the Nobel prize in Chemistry this year for their seminal research that has enable precise gene editing. Nina and Nana tell you all about it.

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