Tag Archives: scientific temper
NSD II
That the Modi government has been able to coopt National Science Day as well as it has speaks only to the occasion’s moral vacuity. India’s National Science Day is the day on which physicist C.V. Raman discovered the optical effect … Continue reading
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Tagged C.V. Raman, integrated science, National Science Day, pseudoscience, scientific temper
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On science, religion, Brahmins and a book
I’m partway through Renny Thomas’s new book, Science and Religion in India: Beyond Disenchantment. Its description on the Routledge page reads: This book provides an in-depth ethnographic study of science and religion in the context of South Asia, giving voice to Indian scientists … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, K Sivan, pseudoscience, Raja Ramanna, Renny Thomas, science and religion, scientific temper, scientism
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First temple, then launchpad?
ISRO chairman K. Sivan is free to worship and worship any deity he bloody well wants ∞; that’s his right. But it’s not entirely comforting when you think back about all the chairpersons ISRO has had – all men, all … Continue reading
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Tagged G Madhavan Nair, Indian Space Research Organisation, K Kastirurangan, K Radhakrishnan, K Sivan, public figures, scientific temper
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Caution: This piece contains a lot of mentions of the word ‘jargon’.
When writing one of my first pieces for The Hindu, I remember being called out for using a lot of jargon. While the accusation itself may have been justified, the word my supervisor chose as an example of the problem … Continue reading
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Tagged denial, didactic, jargon, journalism, language, science writing, scientific temper
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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
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Tagged caste system, Chamling, election campaigning, flights, healthcare, hydroelectric power, Pushpa Bhargava, scientific temper, Western Ghats, World Parks Congress
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