Pratik Kanjilal
The writer is Associate Editor.
Articles By Pratik Kanjilal
Neil deGrasse Tyson on his new book, Letters from an Astrophysicist, a compilation of this correspondence
Astrophysicist, planetarium director, popular author, television personality and inheritor of the mantle of Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson is the author of 16 books of popular science. He spoke to the Indian Express about his new book, Letters from an Astrophysicist, a compilation of this correspondence
Wonder Year: The seeds of present-day politics were sown in 1989
In 1989, it may have seemed quaint. Three decades later, it is no longer just an anthropological curiosity.
‘Forms of protest our democracy adopted are Gandhian’ says Tamil author Perumal Murugan
The first Indian Express readers’ club session featured Tamil author Perumal Murugan who spoke of his humble beginnings, the politics of his work and the power of silence.
Breaking down news: The Emperor’s New Clothes
The problematic rituals gaining ground in online communications
Quantum Computer: Test done, real-world use a long way away
In classical computing, heat conspires with time to impose constraints on the possible. In the era of vacuum tubes, lengthy computations could not be completed because equipment would burn out.
Breaking down news: Prize Story
On how Abhijit Banerjee’s Nobel Prize united India and divided social media
Remembering Inspector Ganesh Ghote, who solved The Perfect Murder
The appeal of fictional keepers of law who survive corrupt systems
Breaking Down news: To Say or Not to Say
On Trumpian remarks and their power to cause ethical upheavals in news studios
Speakeasy: Speaking in Tongues
Lessons from history on the dangers of language politics
Point Zero
Matt Drudge’s predictions create a buzz in the American media while a Congress spokesperson becomes an internet sensation overnight.
It’ll soon get crowded on the lunar surface. Will the laws of space be able to keep pace?
It is time to ponder the future legal, political, economic implications of the window of opportunity that India is helping to open up.
Say What?
The Brexit silly season is producing a fine harvest, a pleasant change from our own parliamentary television.
Breaking Down News: Unquiet Front
A war on plastic lurks around the corner while talk of conflict dominates airwaves
Speakeasy: Shape of Things
Literary magazines and fiction, have been vital chroniclers of the Emergency.
Telling Numbers
Two books explore how history is shaped by demographic changes
Ninety minutes in Jorbagh
P Chidambaram's appearance at the Congress headquarters and his subsequent arrest at home all played out in front of TV cameras
News on mute
In the absence of information from Kashmir, TV news channels rose to the challenge by dredging up unverifiable rumours from social media.
Speakeasy: At Home on the Moon
The serious and funny fake news stories about the lunar missions
Mission Possible
How the first moon landing created our world
Guns and Roses
The tyranny of the weak, which Mahatma Gandhi had once harnessed to deal a body blow to colonialism, is still alive and well. Interestingly, it is wielded by the young, who are generally perceived to repose more faith in aggression.