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

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

A story of the rise of a truly unfathomable intelligent society, their interactions with a Human/Spider hybrid civilization, and their struggles to communicate with each other, while and external danger threatens to annihilate them all.

What do power grids, airplanes, broccoli and mahalaya have in common? Nina and Nana discuss them all right here. Read on.

What is the difference between networking and nepotism? Nina and Nana debate.

A short story about the transformation of an idealist by the cynical real world. Can he ever find his way back?

Nina and Nana discuss exciting new developments in time travel research.

This is a poem I wrote for myself.

Nina and Nana discuss a a newly discovered planet with some very interesting properties.

Inspector Rajan is baffled. Why are two impartial unbiased witnesses giving conflicting testimony? He needs to get to the bottom of this. Read on to find out what he learns.

Nina and Nana discuss the most baffling behavior of a pod of orcas attacking boats and yachts.

Nina and Nana discuss the prevalence of lactose intolerance and the evolution of the lactose persistence gene.

Long distance relationships are a masochist’s dream. Pain is a known part of the deal. But what happens when an unexpected nightmare comes to pass? Can the already taut nerves and strained emotions get through it? Read on to find out.

Nina believes that studying History is as much fun as eating ice cream. Read on to find out why.

A review of Friends Behind Walls by Harshikaa Udasi, where Putti and Inu investigate an age old family feud, and in the process, uncover secrets about their parents' childhood, and the strange people of Shanti Park society, in the small town of Deolali.