These are a series of comic strips featuring the banter between cheerful and excitable Nina, and her grumpy, grouchy Nana. Lavanya and I create these together, and post one every weekday morning. They will typically dispense titbits of interesting information through quirky light hearted jabs between Nina and her Nana and are a great way to start your day. Hope you enjoy them.
As the famous saying goes: Laws are like sausages. It's better not to see them being made. But laws and pigs may have more than sausages in common. Possibly even Napoleon! See what Nina and Nana have to say, and if you are a bibliophile, you'll enjoy all the literary references.
Voting is not just a right, it's a duty too. If you take voting rights for granted, you really feel the pinch, when you don't have them, as Nana finds out!
After a tragedy, we need something to give us hope. But what hope did people of Hiroshima have after the entire city was obliterated by an atom bomb explosion? Read on to see what Nina and Nana have to say.
Dooms day scenarios are often dramatic and explosive, but really, all it would take is for the bees to disappear, and we would all quietly perish. See what Nina and Nana have to say.
Harry doesn't have to be the only one with an invisibility cloak. Nina can have one too! Just as soon as the scientists at Rochester have made it for her. See what Nina and Nana have to say.
Plastics aren't the only materials that are not biodegradable. So we must recycle to reduce trash and manage resources. But then, one girl's trash can be another man's treasure. See what Nina and Nana say.
Life on Mars has a great ring to it, doesn't it? It's the stuff of dreams and fantasies. But is it any closer to a reality? Nina and Nana and Curiosity will tell you.
On International Asteroid Day Nina and Nana have an important public service message. They agree about the issue, but not about the best course of action. So, who is going to win this round? Place your bets and read on to find out. But more importantly, we don't want to go kaput the way the dinosaurs did, right? So learn more about Asteroids and how we can stay safe.
Like eating while playing boardgames? What if you could eat the games? Now there's a novel idea! See what Nina and Nana have to share about edible board games.
Football fans are known for their fervor and enthusiasm. Soccer is religion for many. Nina and Nana will tell you why soccer enthusiasts are a force to reckon with. Fan or not, you are not going to escape their influence, not even the mighty earth can. Read all about it.
Did you know that your tiny infant baby has more bones than you do? Whatever happens to all those extra bones? Where are they disappearing to? Nina and Nana will tell you.
Today Argentina plays Croatia in the world cup, and Argentina fans around the world are excited. Nina has caught football fever too. She has something interesting to share. But, Nana isn't listening, so the outcome is hilarious!
We may be destroying the forests, but there is a cute little bushy tailed rodent, that's been running around replanting them, and not becuase they are altruistic or farsighted. Nina and Nana will tell you why they do it.
Ford has some good news for our planet! See what Nina and Nana have to say. Psst! Who could have imagined Nana drove a Mustang? Maybe there is more to him than meets the eye.