Smriti defends yoga day amid saffronisation charges. Is she right?

India's inherent strength in education, ancient concept and values is hailed and applauded abroad, says the BJP minister. Photograph: Eric Thayer/Reuters Taking a jibe at critics alleging......

A professor who sees common thread in Sanskrit, music and math

‘As a child, I enjoyed studying Sanskrit, Sanskrit poetry and Indian classical music. I saw math in all these things,’ says Manjul Bhargava, the first Indian-origin person to win the......

Youngest to win top maths honour in 50 years

Professor Manjul Bhargava of Princeton University has won the 2008 Frank Nelson Cole Prize in Number Theory, a top award of the American Mathematical Society. The award, given every three years,......

The Star Gazer Stars At TIME Gala

At this year's TIME ball in New York City on Thursday, April 25, you would have run into a Coimbatore-born American scientist, looking lovely in Sabyasachi Mukherjee designer finery, who would most......