Bhopal (Madhya Pardesh): Summer morning breaks – dull and grey – but not for lively 67-year-old Anil Kumar Nagaich ... he hits a shuttlecock with a racket – nonstop. The shuttlecock never ...

Pressure distribution on the surface of the shuttlecock moving at 43 meters per second considering it to be rigid (left) and flexible (right). Note the lower suction on the inner surface of the ...

A traditional shuttlecock has 16 feathers. This number ensures balance, allowing it to fly straight and predictably during a badminton game.

An curved arrow pointing right. In Jadurberia village, the shuttlecock capital of India, workers have been making feathered badminton birdies for generations. But the rise of mechanized assembly ...