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‘Annihilation of Caste’ and the Struggle for Water Equality

Tirthankar Roy 26/11/2022

Most writings on Dalit political movements touch on the...

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The Scientific Temper and Irrational Beliefs Often Live Together

Subir Nath 13/04/2022

Unscientific or irrational beliefs are not the prerogative of...

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A Vaccination Debate in Sabarmati Ashram, Through Mahadevbhai Desai’s Diaries

Nandini Oza 04/04/2021

While Gandhi said he would not come in the...

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What Mahalanobis Got Right About National Identity – and the BJP Gets Wrong

Abhinav Srinivasan 26/01/2020

Like Mahalanobis, the current government mistakenly believes that a...

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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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Centenary: P.C. Vaidya, a Gandhian Physicist Who Laboured in India’s Shadows

Aparajith Ramnath 27/05/2018

He was a ‘rooted cosmopolitan’, engaging with the world...

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The Muslim, Jewish and Communist Legacy of India’s Pharma Revolutionary

Kenneth X. Robbins and John McLeod 25/01/2016

The fascinating backstory to Cipla, the Indian company that...