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Doyenne of Indian classical dance — Mrinalini Sarabhai bloomed under the tutelage of Tagore

She established the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts in 1949. It was not just a pioneering step in the field of dance, but also for the emancipation of women.

Look out for the women in Rocket Boys — Mrinalini Sarabhai, Pipsy show grit and grace

In the very first episode of the new season, Mrinalini Sarabhai shuts down a journalist more curious about her absence from Vikram’s rocket launch than her dance academy.

Rocket Boys comes back stronger. Jim Sarbh, Ishwak Singh deliver their career best

The second season of SonyLiv's Rocket Boys takes place at the beginning of Indira Gandhi's term as prime minister of India.

Rocketry to Rocket Boys — India has finally entered era of science films and series

How many of us know the name of the current head of ISRO? What do we know about India’s recent space triumphs? OTT and films are trying to fill that gap.

Rocket Boys’ crime on history: Inventing Muslim villain, stealing Meghnad Saha’s identity

Brilliant physicist Meghnad Saha was a ‘Namasudra’, and has mostly been forgotten. This made it convenient to bury his character in a ‘true’ history, give him evil Muslim avatar.

Rocket Boys creates a perfect Muslim ‘foe’ because every good story needs a villain

Rocket Boys is the success story of India's scientists, be it Sarabhai, Bhabha, Kalam, or even Reza. But watch it for its creative liberty.

On Camera

Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.