Why intelligent people believe things that aren't true, and the Ladder of Misinference: a statement is not a fact, a fact is not data, data is not evidence, and evidence is not proof.
This website · Oct 2026
Bamboo, straw, two kinds of river clay and earth colours. Why a traditional Durga idol is dried in the sun but never fired, and what happens to it after visarjan.
This website · Oct 2026
Gandhi's first satyagraha in India was fought over indigo. The chemistry of the dye, the vats of Champaran, and how a German laboratory made life harder for Bihar's indigo growers.
This website · Oct 2026
Arsenic filters do not destroy arsenic. They concentrate it into a sludge that Indian law treats as hazardous waste, and what becomes of that sludge in Bihar does not appear anywhere in the public record.
Research Matters · Sep 2026 · हिंदी में
Undergraduate research does not always need a laboratory. Computational chemistry needs a laptop, free software and open databases. The real constraint is not equipment but choosing a problem the right size for one semester.
This website · Sep 2026 · हिंदी
Why thekua browns and keeps for weeks, what fire does to a clay diya, why the sun turns red at the time of arghya, and whether the ritual really gives us vitamin D.
This website · Sep 2026