http://rajeshkochhar.com CV, career profile, printed articles,lecture texts, blogs,etc. Sat, 02 Jan 2010 09:20:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Presented at Second International Law Conference organized by Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi, 15 Nov. 2004. Rajesh Kochhar Indian nationalist leadership of the late 19th century was in a confused state of mind. It could not decide whether it should challenge the colonial empire’s might and incur ... http://rajeshkochhar.com/2010/01/traditional-knowledge-and-intellectual-property-rights-a-historical-perspective/ There was a Lion who faced a peculiar problem. When he took dinner, pieces of meat stuck in his mien. When he went to sleep , a Rat would come and disturb the sleep.The Lion then hired a Cat whose job was to keep the Rat at bay.In return the Cat ... http://rajeshkochhar.com/2009/12/obamaafghanistan-and-an-ancient-wisdom-tale/ Rajesh Kochhar So far four genetic Indians have won the Nobel science prize: Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (awarded 1930), Hargobind Khorana (1968), Subramanya Chandrasekhar ( 1983), and Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (2009). Of these only the first one, Raman, was an Indian citizen and the work done was in India. All others ... http://rajeshkochhar.com/2009/10/pride-and-peeve-india-and-the-nobel-science-prizes/ Rajesh Kochhar There are two annual exercises associated with Nobel peace prize. While Norway announces the winner in October, India bemoans why Mahatma Gandhi did not win the prize. If Gandhi’s assassination had been delayed by nine months he might have died a Nobel laureate. Would this have elevated ... http://rajeshkochhar.com/2009/10/gandhi-versus-the-nobel-peace-prize/ Rajesh Kochhar The award of 2009 Nobel peace prize to Barack Obama  is a new experiment. It is like advance payment for goods to be delivered. A science Nobel prize  opens up the field for future Nobel prizes. But peace is a goal. If all the Nobel peace prize winners in the ... http://rajeshkochhar.com/2009/10/nobel-peace-prize-for-barack-obama/ Rajesh Kochhar DIMENSIONS of SCIENCE Lecture on 10 June 2003 at India International Centre, New Delhi War and pornography have played a significant role in the development of information and communication technology (ICT). Both war and porn are manifestation of baser instincts in man and therefore demand a certain degree of perseverance from ... http://rajeshkochhar.com/2009/09/information-and-communication-technologyrole-of-war-and-pornography/ Rajesh Kochhar Invited  talk delivered at XXVII General Assembly of International Astronomical Union  Special Session 4: Astronomy Education between Past and Future, Rio de Janeiro 6 August 2009 A man is wise with the wisdom of his age only, and ignorant with its ignorance.    -Henry David Thoreau History ... http://rajeshkochhar.com/2009/08/a-universal-history-of-astronomy-as-an-educational-aid/ Sunday Times of India, 14 July 1991 Rajesh Kochhar [This essay reviews Kameshwar C. Wali’s authorized biography of Subramanya Chandrasekhar, titled Chandra. The review was written when Chandrasekhar was still alive. I sent him a copy. His response makes interesting reading. He wrote in a personal letter dated 5 Aug ... http://rajeshkochhar.com/2009/08/scientist-in-exile-subramanya-chandrasekhar/ The Tribune , Chandigarh, 7 January 1999 Rajesh Kochhar The name Jantar Mantar, sounding like hocus-pocus, would have pained Raja Sawai Jai Singh. The quaintly shaped buildings at Delhi and Jaipur that would have intrigued many a passer-by are in fact scientific instruments improvised and built, at least as wax models, ... http://rajeshkochhar.com/2009/08/was-raja-jai-singh-a-plagiarist/ Economic Times 31May 1994 Rajesh Kochhar The 70th birthday celebration of the noted physicist Satyendra Nath Bose (1894-1974) in Calcutta was witness to an unusual event. One of the invited speakers in the function was Debendra Mohan Bose (1885-1975) the nephew of the famed Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose (1858-1937) and ... http://rajeshkochhar.com/2009/08/the-wrong-bose-at-como/