Recent articles from publications based in India.
Behanboxby Karthik Reddy Panditi13 Jul 2026
How Digital Systems Are Excluding Adivasi Women from Maternity Entitlements in Andhra India’s flagship maternity programme now banks on a robust digital chain, efficient apps and stable internet –...
Sink In - Tech Learningsby Apal Shah12 Jul 2026
Let’s say you join a company as the new CTO. On day one, you open the codebase. And it is bad. 😐 Not “we should improve this slowly” bad. Proper bad. - There are no useful tests.
The Life of Scienceby TLoS Team7 Jul 2026
Is there a story about the Indian science ecosystem that you’ve always wanted to tell – but there was nobody to listen?
The Life of Scienceby Sayantan Datta3 Jul 2026
Two editions of the India Science Festival (ISF) had concluded when science communicator Sarah Hyder Iqbal joined its organising body, the not-for-profit Foundation for Advancing Science and...
Sink In - Tech Learningsby Apal Shah28 Jun 2026
Let me give you a situation. You have 7 engineers and around 11 months of runway. You have a few paying customers, but you are still not sure whether you have product-market fit.
The Life of Scienceby Nandita26 Jun 2026
Though I didn’t study in one myself, women’s colleges were all around me in Chennai where I grew up.
The Life of Scienceby aashima20 Jun 2026
My mother worked the counters at the State Bank of India when she was my age. She counted bills, served customers, and moved between branches before returning to the mess at home.
Economic Timesby SECTIONS16 Jun 2026
Listen to this article in summarized format The most striking shift has been Oman’s emergence as a key trade partner.
ARKives30 May 2026
GeoAI: Making Sense of a New Language Table of contents: This article is intended to explain some buzzwords in the modern AI era of Geospatial.
ARKives7 Apr 2026
KLA Map 2026, An Ai Experiment A long-time dream, finally taking shape. My journey with public mapping began back in 2014 during the Koorachundu mapping exercise.
The Life of Scienceby Nandita2 Apr 2026
In 2023, sociologist Gita Chadha was chosen as the third Obaid Siddiqi Chair in the History and Culture of Science at the Archives at NCBS.
ARKives24 Feb 2026
Understanding Base Maps, Tile Services and Vector Tiles Table of contents: This article explains the Map Tiles and the basic behind it.
ARKives4 Feb 2026
Is AI a Threat or an Opportunity? A small experience story! Back in 2021-‘22, when I was building Sparta Maps - our ground truth data collection platform - I remember the long conversations and...
The Life of Scienceby aashima19 Dec 2025
The Calendar is our annual fundraising ritual. We love to work on it, and we love it so much that you all can’t get enough of it year after year.
ARKives1 Dec 2025
Going Back to Basics Table of contents: This article is intended to explain some basics of Geospatial, which many will get confused about and some smart ways to ensure you won’t get confused again.
The Life of Scienceby Sayantan Datta23 Oct 2025
On April 16, 2025, the United Kingdom (UK) Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of “woman” refers to biological females; the judgment also stated that biological sex is “binary”.
The Life of Scienceby Nandita14 Aug 2025
“Is social darwinism a scientific theory?,” Vetti Giri asked his students at the start of his class.
ARKives9 Aug 2025
From Passion to Habit: Routes to Daily Mapping Posts from "Mapping for Tomorrow: Building Resilience Through OpenStreetMap Contributions" series: Table of contents: In the last two parts of the...
The Life of Scienceby aashima30 Jul 2025
I am often irked by the term “Western science”. This phrase not only overlooks the global and collaborative nature of science but also carries more profound implications.
Economic Timesby Anubhuti Vishnoi30 Jun 2025
Factor the last such instances: In June 2004, ECI ordered 'Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls' in seven northeastern states and J&K.
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