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The writer is a senior journalist who writes on media affairs, politics and social trends.

Ranjona Banerji | How gold star journals get their science wrong

Ranjona Banerji | How gold star journals get their science wrong

There is uncertainty about as big as the star on the pronunciation of its name.

25 Jun 2023 12:15 AM IST

Cover photo of Anaximander and the Nature of Science by Carlo Rovelli. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | The pioneering and pivotal thought of Anaximander

Rovelli makes it clear from the beginning that this book is not the history of the discoveries of Anaximander.

18 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Yucky to yummy: Do our tastes change as we age?

Food and eating habits are perennial fun conversations on social media

14 May 2023 12:15 AM IST

A view of the Howrah Bridge from the vessel P S Bhopal. (Photo by arrangement)

Ranjona Banerji | When we are exceptional' but our nostalgia is...

If you bombard me with Bombay/Mumbai nostalgia, I'd be over the moon. I'm lying. I'm not fond of Internet forwards

16 April 2023 12:15 AM IST

Cover photo of At the Feet of Living Things: Twenty-Five Years of Wildlife Research and Conservation in India edited by Aparajita Datta, Rohan Arthur and T.R. Shankar Raman. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Bouquet of surprises bound to change your outlook on...

Review of 'At the Feet of Living Things: Twenty-Five Years of Wildlife Research and Conservation in India'

12 March 2023 12:38 AM IST

Apart from tourists and misfits like us, serious shoppers rush past you to get to queues outside the brands of their choice. (Photo By Arrangement)

Ranjona Banerji | Envy, or schadenfreude? Why I window-shop bling

I know very little about the lives of very rich people and the clothes they wear and accessories they fill their lives...

5 March 2023 12:10 AM IST

Cover photo of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India by Dinesh S Thakur and Prashant Reddy T. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Shocking study on drug regulation leaves us wiser

What Thakur and Reddy have done here is a public service: To carefully lay out the problems we face when it comes to...

26 Feb 2023 1:39 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Alpha, Boomer, Z, Gen X! Which is the coolest one?

This Internet cut off makes almost no sense. I know people born in 1930s the Silents who are addicted to their...

19 Feb 2023 12:11 AM IST

Some tell you the destination is the main thing. Most however will talk about the journey itself being the joy of the experience. (Representational image: Twitter/@airindiain)

Ranjona Banerji | Is flying in India safe for elderly?

The destination is a small lollipop at the end of this massive voyage of discovery that is getting onto a plane or a...

22 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | A 60-yr-old's adventures and snarling aunties

Age is just a number but numbers pile up. In four-and-a-half billion years, the sun will become a red giant and solar...

18 Dec 2022 12:05 AM IST

Ranjona Banerji | Tourist life, real' life and the fate of being...

Helicopter rides to wave at the gods from on high fails both the religious test and the local outlet tests

20 Nov 2022 12:00 AM IST

Cover photo of Dangerous Pursuits by Suniti Namjoshi (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Fables study climate, capital and the flawed beauty of...

Dangerous Pursuits demonstrates the writer's depth of thought and breadth of skill. We float effortlessly from satire...

23 Oct 2022 1:36 AM IST