Evolutionary thoughts in Indian scriptures
I don’t want to claim that our ancestors knew modern astrophysics or evolution—but this way of thinking was there
27
Jan
Blog
27
Jan
तर्क एवं जीव विज्ञान, दोनों की उपेक्षा
अगर कुछ देखे जाने का प्रमाण दर्जित नहीं है, तो यह उसके अस्तित्व को नकार देने का पर्याप्त कारण नहीं होता
24
Jan
अवैज्ञानिक आणि अतार्कीकही!
एखादी गोष्ट घडताना कोणीच पहिली नाही हे कारण ती गोष्ट घडलीच नाही असा निष्कर्ष काढण्यास पुरेशी नाही
24
Jan
Do we need Controlled Human Infection Models in India?
As infectious diseases are a moving target, the rigorous effort to discuss CHIM studies in India is urgently needed.
22
Jan
Joint Statement by the Three Science Academies of India
It would be a retrograde step to remove the teaching of the theory of evolution from school and college curricula or to dilute this by offering non-scientific explanations or myths.
22
Jan
Defying both Logic and Biology
If there is no record of someone seeing something, that is no particular reason to believe that it cannot have happened
14
Jan
Opposition To GMOs Is Neither Unscientific Nor Immoral
The pro-and anti-GMO positions will remain polarized until larger questions about the future of food production are addressed.
11
Jan
The Development Agenda and the Progress of Science and Technology in India
The massive dissatisfaction over development outcomes will eventually force us to adopt at least some part of the development agenda. It is better that we do this on our own terms and preserve our autonomy and our notion of rigour.
08
Jan
What is mitochondria in your mother tongue?
A top-down approach of imposing the necessity of polyglot model of scientific communication is likely to be highly unpopular in a multilingual geography such as ours.
08
Jan
The Case for English
If insularity regarding the nation state is already being countenanced in English, how much more is it likely to happen at the level of the native language?
07
Jan
H.G. Wells vs. George Orwell: Their debate whether science is humanity’s best hope continues today
There is much to hope for from science, but a truly reasonable outlook places equal emphasis on science’s limitations.
03
Jan
The ethics of excellence: improving academic research
Improving academic research needs to be a wide-ranging project.
01
Jan
Engaging with Confluence and Studying Vision Documents: A management approach
In all, it appears to involve a good lot of reading, reflection and writing one’s thoughts down for sharing and collaborating in Confluence!