Articles by Tanisha Saxena
‘I wanted to keep them like my babies’: A Wknd interview with orchid man AN Rao
He started out wanting to discover at least one new species; he found 35 in as many years in the north-east. He has now received a Padma Shri for his efforts.
Updated on Aug 03, 2023 02:09 PM IST
Tanisha Saxena
The joy paradox: Why does happiness seem so elusive?
A global project based in India invites people to see the joy hidden in their photo folders. We’ve made it complicated; need to keep it simple, is its message.
Updated on Aug 04, 2023 04:55 PM IST
Tanisha Saxena
For the record: A Wknd interview with historian Anita Anand of Empire
For too long, colonisers depicted themselves as heroes and Indians were in the backdrop of their own story, says the British historian of Indian origin.
Updated on Aug 18, 2023 01:22 PM IST
Vanessa Viegas and Tanisha Saxena
Clock, stock and a Guinness Record: What makes Robert Kennedy tick?
He has a Guinness world record for person with the most mechanical clocks. Take a peek at how it all began, and some of the stories behind his favourite pieces.
Updated on Aug 18, 2023 02:05 PM IST
Tanisha Saxena
Meet the grandpa creating a tiny library of stories in 3D
Pradip Sengupta has hand-made pop-up versions of a nursery rhyme collection, an alphabet primer, a nonsense novella, for his granddaughter Myra Sarkar, now 7.
Updated on Aug 18, 2023 02:03 PM IST
Tanisha Saxena
Hooda keeps his word, performs last rites of Sarabjit’s sister
The biographical drama revolved around Kaur’s fight to free Sarabjit after he was sentenced to death by a Pakistani court for alleged terrorism and spying
Updated on Jun 28, 2022 12:46 AM IST
Tanisha Saxena
Dyslexic Font: Written with a twist
A new typeface co-created by an Indian creative designer uses colours, inversions and tilted positions to try and make reading easier for dyslexics.
Updated on Jan 21, 2022 09:20 PM IST
Tanisha Saxena
Letter writers in Arunachal Pradesh: Crafting a script for a tribal tongue
Three decades after a Tangsa tribal painstakingly created an alphabet and script for his tribe’s language, it will now be taught in schools.
Updated on Jan 08, 2022 06:36 PM IST
Tanisha Saxena
Open your eyes, and heart, via an app to help those who can’t see
The Be My Eyes app allows visually challenged users to reach out to volunteers, via video calls, for help with small everyday tasks such as picking between colours or reading labels in a store.
Updated on Nov 06, 2021 03:27 PM IST
Tanisha Saxena
This artist is mapping Bengaluru though its unique aromas
Indu Antony began work on Bengaluru Smellscapes in February. Eventually, her project will be represented as a book with a foldout map and perfume pads, so you can take a tour too.
Updated on Sep 04, 2021 03:22 PM IST
Tanisha Saxena
The Irregular Times: A new cultural tabloid where art goes paperview
With most galleries and events online or off limits in the pandemic, artist and curator Tarini Sethi and design entrepreneur Anant Ahuja are reaching out to the community with a ‘handheld’ quarterly print publication.
Updated on Aug 21, 2021 01:54 PM IST
Tanisha Saxena