A one-to-one conversation with the moon helps Piu understand why the celestial object is so important for our planet

Narrating the tale and trajectory of Gobar Times—of how it evolved into a new avatar and gained new characters.

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My association with the Gobar Times will be incomplete without Piu & Pom. We were once working on a comic strip for the magazine.

Piu is the name of my daughter so it was easy to decide the name of one of the characters. But for Pom, there’s an interesting story. 

Do you know where we got the potato from? Or why birds can have chillies but we can't?...

Read some more interesting food-facts like these and know the importance of our food in this comic strip on food items, food wastage, and hunger.

A Freedom Pledge on greenery—a promise to protect the forests and biodiversity of our planet.

Some trace the origin of COVID-19 virus to bats but these creatures of the night are more than virus carriers.

Hailstorms are common in India during the pre-monsoon season but a rise in their frequency is worrisome.

Can a sanitiser kill 99.99 per cent of germs? Read to find out.

Thanks to the trade and imperial ventures of humans, these disease-causing organisms could cross regional boundaries and spread infection.

Humans are really strange. They love giving awkward names to other living beings. For example, I am called a 'virus'. In Latin, it means poison or poisonous liquid. Well, humans do seem to enjoy giving names carrying negative connotations. My other name, 'pathogen', is not encouraging either. So, what is a pathogen? If you Google it, you will get the following explanation: 'Pathos' is the Greek word for disease and genes means 'born of'.

Stop behaving like humans. Set a final deadline for our human eradication programme.