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The Shrinking Space for Scientific Temper in India Is Worrying

C.P. Rajendran 04/11/2019

We should celebrate India's constitutional provision for the scientific...

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The Scientist as Rebel in the Indian Cultural Milieu

C.P. Rajendran 16/05/2019

The dynastic blood relation as a prop for personal...

(L-R) Meghnad Saha, Mohandas Gandhi and Satyendra Nath Bose. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Why Gandhi, Meghnad Saha and Satyendra Nath Bose Didn’t Win the Nobel Prize

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/10/2018

Though the Nobel Prizes may rank among the most...

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With Ministers Like These, Every Day Must Be Science Day

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/02/2018

The discovery of the Raman effect was a product...

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Infinite in All Directions: Apolitical Scientists, Bose v. Newton, Science That Matters

Vasudevan Mukunth 06/02/2017

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Infinite in All Directions: Nobel’s Women, Meghnad’s Caste, Tantalum’s Decay

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/10/2016

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire‘s science newsletter....

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It’s Time Indian Scientists Answered Their Call to Be Responsible Citizens

Naresh Dadhich 31/08/2016

Plurality and the scientific method have a civilisational context,...