Tag Archives: Nambi Narayanan
Violence shuts science? Err…
Dog bites man isn’t news. Man bites dog is news. I’m reminded of this adage of the news industry – and Nambi Narayanan’s comment in August 2022 – when I read reports like ‘Explosion of violence in Ecuador shuts down … Continue reading
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Tagged CONDESAN, Ecuador, Nambi Narayanan, Science journal
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Books – 2022
Even as I whined about losing my reading habit, I managed to read a surprising (to me) number of books through 2022. One reason I think I didn’t notice is because very few of them started out being books I … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Christophe Jaffrelot, David Quammen, Jacques Ellul, monographs, Nambi Narayanan, nonfiction, reading habit, Viriconium
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Immunity for scientists? Err…
On the sidelines of a screening of the semi-fictional biopic of beleaguered ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, the Madhavan-starrer Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, Narayanan told journalists on August 1 that “scientists should” receive immunity against “arbitrary police action” (source). “It is … Continue reading
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Tagged ISRO spy scandal, Nambi Narayanan, scientific community
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