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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicAnthropology

Topic: Anthropology

Marathi anthropologist Irawati Karve disproved Nazi eugenics theory

Urmilla Deshpande and Thiago Pinto Barbosa’s 2024 book, ‘Iru’, celebrates India’s first female anthropologist. Beyond Karve’s scholarly work, it highlights her writings in Marathi.

Ancient Maya city discovered in Mexico–likely a crucial center between 250 and 1000 AD

The city, named Ocomtun by anthropology institute, includes large pyramid-like buildings, stone columns, three plazas with ‘imposing buildings’ arranged in almost-concentric circles.

Why old black-and-white wedding photos lack smiling couples

In ‘The Fear of the Visual?’, Sasanka Perera decodes why couples usually didn’t smile in old wedding photos, not just in India but all over the world.

A 4,500-old woman from Rakhigarhi spoke this week, and made Indians ask ‘Who are we?’

New DNA study results from Rakhigarhi remains set off a debate about Indian history, politics, and British colonialism online.

Calls to name this era the anthropocene are only fair given mess humans left behind

Naming this era after humans is the first step toward strategies for minimising its damaging influence on the planet.

Madhumala Chattopadhyay, the woman who made the Sentinelese put their arrows down

Anthropologist to friend – the journey of Madhumala Chattopadhyay who first contacted the Sentinelese and Jarawas in Andamans.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.