Cover: PARAM, Science Magazine, Volume 5 Issue 10, with painted figures dancing among colourful star motifs.
Masthead: editorial credits in orange on black, surrounded by white star motifs.
Editor's note on celebration, and the contents list, on black with white star motifs.
When Lord Ganesha & Shivaji Maharaj Joined the Freedom Movement: opening page with Ganesh idol, saffron flags and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. By Pramodh R.
Tilak helped awaken the political consciousness among Indians, with a photograph of a Ganesh procession and the Raigad Fort memorial.
Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav Mandal, Belagavi, 1905 (left half of spread): public melas promoted Indian-made goods.
Right half of spread: Shivaji Maharaj's pursuit of Swarajya; Tilak at a music performance for Ganesh Utsav.
Archival photograph of the Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav Mandal, Belagavi, 1905: members seated before an ornate pandal.
Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav Mandal, Belagavi, 1905.
Within a Congress Meeting: Tilak promotes Shivaji Jayanti; illustration of Tilak at his desk with Kesari.
Swarajya was no longer just an idea: 'Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it.' Shivaji statue on horseback.
People buy first, believe later: opening of the sustainability feature on yellow.
The tailored shirt story, a mountain of discarded clothes, and the thesis: people buy first, and believe later.
Consumers rarely buy on high-minded philosophy: a tailor fitting a patterned shirt.
This dynamic is especially relevant to celebrations: friends celebrating under festive lights, on black.
If we want eco-friendly celebrations to become the default: palm-leaf tableware and a reusable bottle.
Festival aftermath with a street sweeper; closing argument and author note on Dr Ashwin Mahesh.
Eureka opener: what does a scientist do after the discovery? Archimedes, Syracuse, c. 250 BCE.

ArchimedesSyracuse, c. 250 BCE

Archimedes runs through the streets shouting Eureka; Humphry Davy, London, 1807.

Humphry DavyLondon, 1807

Davy dances around the lab; William Rowan Hamilton, Dublin, 1843, carves quaternions into Broom Bridge.

William Rowan HamiltonDublin, 1843

Hamilton's plaque; Clyde Tombaugh, Arizona, 1930, spots Pluto.

Enrico FermiChicago, 1942

Tombaugh goes to the cinema; Enrico Fermi and team, Chicago, 1942, toast Chicago Pile-1 with Chianti.

Clyde TombaughArizona, 1930

Madagascar, 2001: palaeontologists name a dinosaur after Mark Knopfler.

Mark KnopflerMadagascar, 2001

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Leiden, 1911: 'Mercury practically zero.'

Heike Kamerlingh OnnesLeiden, 1911

Behind every breakthrough is a person, and people have their own wonderfully odd ways of reacting to big moments.
Param Foundation at ASTC 2026: Forward Together; Project Octopus on the ASTC stage.
Param Foundation at ASTC 2026: Moving forward with NAM; Conversations that matter; What's next.
October at Param: Bali in Bengaluru, a Kecak showcase at Orion Mall.
October at Param: Makeathon.
Back cover: an invitation to an immersive science experience in Whitefield with a QR code, and paramfoundation.org, over painted dancing figures.