Tag Archives: caste system
Scientific fact? Not good enough to be true.
Last week in India: Two scientists who coauthored two papers, along with many others from India as well as abroad, have spoken out against the conclusions of those papers even as they refused to distance themselves from their findings. As … Continue reading
Posted in Op-eds, Science
Tagged Aryan migration, Caspian grasslands, Caspian steppes, caste system, European steppe, genomic analysis, haplogroup R1a1a, Harappan civilisation, Indo-Aryan migration, Indus valley civilisation, mitochondrial DNA, Rakhigarhi, Rig Veda, Saraswati river
Comments Off on Scientific fact? Not good enough to be true.
Curious Bends – Lack of scientific temper, Sikkim’s gamble, disappearing rare fauna and more
1. Will the most advanced Indian state’s gamble payoff? “Sikkim’s own energy needs of 409 megawatts (MW) were met by 2012, and Chamling already sells 175 MW of extra power to India’s power-starved northern grid. If all 26 hydel projects come … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged caste system, Chamling, election campaigning, flights, healthcare, hydroelectric power, Pushpa Bhargava, scientific temper, Western Ghats, World Parks Congress
Comments Off on Curious Bends – Lack of scientific temper, Sikkim’s gamble, disappearing rare fauna and more