colonialism

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, cosmology, astronomy, colonialism, Mauna Kea, Thirty Meter Telescope, Native Hawaiians, Hawaii, Mauna Kea observatories, Keck telescopes, SpaceX, Starlink mega-constellation, Kitt Peak, colonialism, New York Times, Mauna a Wakea, Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar, Supreme Court of Hawaii, United States of America, imperialism, Arizona,

Astronomers May Not Like It but Astronomy and Colonialism Have a Shared History

Nithyanand Rao 02/02/2020

Casting Native Hawai'ians' opposition to the Thirty Meter Telescope...

tiger

In a Country That Worshipped Tigers, Whence the Idea of ‘Man-Eater’?

Nivedita N. 24/11/2019

The storied trajectory of the 'man-eating tiger' in the...

grasslands, Banni grasslands, UNCCD, COP 14, biodiversity, desertification, afforestation, Green India Mission, Wildlife Protection Act 1972, National Forest Policy 1988, draft National Forest Policy 2018, Forest Conservation Act 1980s, great Indian bustard, lesser florican, colonialism, Rann of Kutch,

Of the Classes of Environmental Regulation, Grasslands Are Poorest of the Poor

Ria Singh Sawhney and Sugandha Yadav 29/09/2019

The Government of India has used the prompt to...

Cyclone-Fani

From False Point to Fani: India’s Cyclones Tracking System Has Come A Long Way

Neera Burra 06/05/2019

In 1885, Ruchi Ram Sahni was instrumental in identifying...

Western medicine, British medicine, Calcutta Medical College, Kolkata, Ayurveda, Unani, Native Medical Institution, colonialism, Western medicine, alternative medicine, human dissection, East India Company, Bhore committee report 1946, William Bentinck,

How the Calcutta Medical College Led to the Rise of Biomedicine in India

Kiran Kumbhar 28/03/2019

The CMC's establishment in 1835 resulted in the British...

Shashi Tharoor, Scientific American, pranayama, yoga, breathing exercises, imperialism, colonialism, scientific paper, passive voice, Samir Chopra, intellectual property, JK Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, pseudoscience, Big Bang Theory, cardiac coherence breathing,

The Good, Bad and the Ugly of Trapping ‘Pranayama’ Within Scientific Speak

Vasudevan Mukunth 31/01/2019

Scientific American's article and the reaction it has prompted...

Ayurveda, Bhartiya Shiksha Board, board exams, CBSE, Harappan civilisation, Hindutva, Maharshi Sandipani Rashtriya Vedavidya Pratishthan, MHRD, Murty Trust, Prakash Javadekar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rewriting history, school textbooks, secondary education, state board education, Ved pathshalas, Vedic schools, Vedic text, Vedic vidyalayas

The British Origins of Gravity-Defying Ancient Indian Achievements

Kiran Kumbhar 13/01/2019

Faced with constant assaults on their traditions, the elite...