Brishti Bandyopadhyay

The Girl who Failed the Citizenship Test

July 22: Twentyfour-year-old Vijai Shree has lived in the US since she was four months old. She holds a “green card” …

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Teachers who Ticked Correct Answers Wrong

August 19: Do you know what a universal truth is? It is a truth that never changes, wherever in the world you might wish to test …

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Still Going Strong!

Still Going Strong! [Illustration by Anup Singh] December 27: Something momentous happened at London’s West End theatre a …

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Child's Play!!

February 26: A new game for children is being touted as the next big thing in America. Called Flip-Itz, the game is a colourful …

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Age 14+

Too Much Information

October 28: Over 1400 years ago, Chinese scholar Hiuan Tsang travelled thousands of miles from his home to reach the city of …

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Children's Theatre of the World

August 5: At this very moment in Japan, a city called Toyama is hosting a very interesting event — the 6th World Festival of …

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The Privileged Moles

April 4: When you take a walk in the streets of Canada’s largest city, Toronto, you will probably come across people who …

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Illiterate Americans

October 6: Last week we had written about Ganga, a teenaged girl who taught the women in her slum how to read and write. These …

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Made to Order

December 9: We’ve heard of gene therapy for humans. But for seeds? And yet, this is exactly what seeds in India will be …

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Destination Mir

Destination Mir [Illustration by Shiju George] August 19: Dennis Tito is a very excited man. This …

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Death Threat

March 19: The Olive Ridleys are olive-green coloured sea-turtles that have existed for more than 200 million years. The Gahirmatha …

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