Maritime Geography of the South China Sea (SCS) & Indo-Pacific Sea-Lanes of Communication (SLOCs)
The South China Sea (SCS) sits astride the world’s busiest maritime super-corridor: every day, energy tankers from the Persian Gulf, raw-material bulkers from Australia and Africa, and container ships linking […]
Linguistic Identity Movements in Post-Independence India: Constitutional Safeguards under the Eighth Schedule & the Case of ‘Bengali Asmita’
India’s long struggle to reconcile linguistic pride with national cohesion began with the demand for linguistic Provinces in the 1940s, crystallised in the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, and continues […]
Extreme orographic rainfall at Mawsynram — causes, patterns & impacts
Mawsynram’s location on the knife-edge escarpment of the Khasi Hills exposes moist south-westerly monsoon winds to a 1.4-km vertical wall only 2–5 km inland from the Bangladesh plains; the forced […]
Megalithic burial practices of peninsular India & archaeological methods – with a focus on recent skeletal finds from coastal Karnataka
Megaliths are among the clearest fingerprints the Iron-Age peoples of peninsular India left on the landscape. This essay unpacks their chronology, geography, architecture, grave goods, economy, beliefs and the scientific […]
When the Pacific Plates Clash: Lessons from the Kuril-Kamchatka Quake
A massive Mw 8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the early hours of 31 July 2025 has re-awakened global concern about the Pacific “Ring of Fire”. The […]
Seeing Earth in All Weather: NISAR, SAR Basics, and the GSLV Launcher
What Exactly is Launching? NISAR (NASA–ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) is a joint Earth-observation satellite developed by NASA and ISRO. It features two SAR instruments on a single platform: NASA’s L-band […]
