India's S&T visions: the missing participants
S&T Vision documents in India: whose vision and for whom? Perspectives on a recent Current Science paper.
04
Dec
Blog
02
Dec
How the Evil Eclipse turns food to poison and other stories
Scientists need to protest against the spread of pseudoscience in the society.
01
Dec
Science Communication: Shaping the Public Perception of Science
https://youtu.be/ZZIFPYq5nmE
Prof Balaram, ex-Di...
30
Nov
30
Nov
Digital Colonizations
the evolution of epistemic colonization through the internet or more generally how the new media is used for its establishment, propagation, and growth.
26
Nov
Should India spend more of its GDP on research and development?
According to the World Bank (2015 data) India sp...
26
Nov
Confluence: What is it all about?
Confluence is an online platform that aims to bring together all stakeholders of science in the society.
26
Nov
Should fire-crackers be banned in India?
The Supreme Court of India recently banned sale ...
26
Nov
Towards an Index of Scientific Temper
What is Scientific Temper? What does it mean to have scientific temper? How do you know whether a citizen of India has it or not? How do you observe/measure scientific temper?
23
Nov
The future of plastics: reusing the bad and encouraging the good
Plastics are environmental hazards. But they are also undoubtedly useful. So where do we go from here in terms of using plastics?
21
Nov
Dialogue and Confluence are born
Excerpts from the event organized at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, to announce the birth of Dialogue and Confluence.
15
Oct
Announcement event for Dialogue: Bangalore, 13 October 2017
"DIALOGUE: Science, Scientists, and Society" was a...