Fun fact: Indigenous and forest-dwelling communities steward lands that hold up to eighty percent of the world’s remaining biodiversity. That stark number underlines why Forest Guardians vs. Bulldozers is not a metaphor but a real struggle of land, rights, and identity. When bulldozers roar through a forest, the very people who have defended those ecosystems …
Fun fact: India just overtook China to become the most populous country in the world, joining a planet now home to over 8 billion human beings. 8 Billion and Counting: Population, Consumption, and the Planet’s Future explores why this milestone matters very much—not just in terms of numbers, but in how those people live, what …
Fun fact: the world’s 74 lowest-income countries account for only about 10% of greenhouse gas emissions, yet they are among those hit hardest by climate disasters. Environmental Justice: Who Bears the Brunt of Climate Change? seeks to dig into why the poorest and most vulnerable often suffer first and worst—and what that says about fairness, …
Fun fact: In 1966, a simple chatbot named ELIZA fooled people into thinking it understood them—just by rephrasing their words into questions. That was nearly 60 years ago, yet here we are in 2025 still asking: Do machines really “understand”? The Turing Test and Its Successors: Can Machines Really ‘Understand’? remains one of the most …
Fun Fact: The Indian monsoon is so powerful that it can actually shift the Earth’s gravitational field during its peak! Every June, we crane our necks toward the sky, looking for a promise in the clouds. The first raindrop isn’t just weather—it’s a relief, a reckoning, and a reminder. “This year again, the sky keeps …
Fun Fact: The Guugu Yimithirr language of Australia has no words for left and right—they use cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) for everything, even to describe where their shoes are! Think language is just a tool for communication? Think again. It turns out that the language you speak may quietly, profoundly influence how you …
Fun Fact: In a famous study, people donated twice as much money to save one child than to save eight—simply because the single child had a name and a photo. Imagine this: You see a photo of a little girl named Aisha, eyes wide and frightened, standing in the rubble of a war zone. You …
Fun Fact: Albert Einstein, who revolutionized physics, is widely believed to have shown traits of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), such as delayed speech and strong visual thinking. We often throw around the word “normal” like it’s a gold standard. A normal student. A normal worker. A normal mind. But what if normal is a myth—and …
Fun Fact: India has the largest child population in the world, with over 400 million children under the age of 18! Ask anyone who grew up in India what their childhood was like, and you’ll get a mix of warm nostalgia and quiet rebellion. On one hand, there are bedtime stories told by grandparents, noisy …
Fun Fact: Starbucks didn’t just sell coffee—it once marketed itself as a “third place” between home and work, where people could simply be. Home is where the heart is. Work is where the paycheck comes from. But where do we go just to be? Welcome to the idea of the “third place.” First introduced by …
