Shubhanshu Shukla - Fresh Lime Soda

Watch the celebrations, on mute

Jul 15, 2025 2 min read

Right now, Shubhanshu Shukla is on his way back to Earth from the International Space Station. Am I proud he’s been the first Indian up there? I don’t know. It’s not clear. The whole thing seemed to…

Enfeebling the Indian space programme

Jul 3, 2025 6 min read

Analysis Science Axiom Space Axiom-4 Bharatiya Janata Party Board of Control for Cricket in India Chandrayaan 2 Covaxin Department of Space Election Commission of India Falcon 9 HUNOR Indian Space Research Organisation K Sivan NASA political capture Prime Minister Narendra Modi S Somanath Shubhanshu Shukla SpaceX V Narayanan VG Somani Vikram lander

There's no denying that there currently prevails a public culture in India that equates criticism, even well-reasoned, with pooh-poohing. It's especially pronounced in certain geographies wher…

India's next man in space

Jun 10, 2025 2 min read

Op-eds Science Axiom Space Department of Space Gaganyaan Glavcosmos Indian Space Research Organisation Joe Biden NASA Prashant Nair Prime Minister Narendra Modi Shubhanshu Shukla

NASA/SpaceX/Axiom will make their next attempt to launch the Axiom-4 mission to the International Space Station on June 11. Axiom Space's tagline for the mission is "Realizing the Return"…