Radhika Iyengar

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2021

Radhika Iyengar is an award-winning journalist based in New Delhi, who writes on arts and culture, marginalised communities, history and gender. Her work has been published in Al Jazeera, Christian Science Monitor, Huffington Post, Vogue India and Conde Nast Traveller India, among others. She holds a Master's degree in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York. She’s on Instagram at @radhika_iy and on Twitter at @radhika_iy

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Tarun Nayar started experimenting with connecting a synthesizer to plants and fungi during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

flora

Meet the Man Who Finds Melodies Inside Mushrooms

With his plant-based compositions, biologist-turned-musician Tarun Nayar wants to change how we engage with nature.

One of Kanha Tiger Reserve's revered residents: Conservation scientists are studying how villagers near the Central Indian park coexist with the big cats.

forests

An Ancient 'Tiger God' Helps Communities and Big Cats Coexist in India

Across the central and western parts of the country, reverence for the deity translates to tolerance for predators.

women

Remembering the London Refuge for South Asian Nannies Far From Home

Abandoned by their employers after a months-long sea voyage, countless women found shelter here.

A work in progress: Carved from a single block of wood, the harp-like yazh features a distinctive peacock head.

lost wonders

Meet the Man Recreating Ancient Musical Instruments Lost to Time

Tharun Sekar's creations include the yazh, a harp-like instrument played in India 2,000 years ago.