Water water everywhere, but not for you
Sewerage pipe in our house in Chandigarh is blocked. A sanitary worker has been called and is still at work . When he came in he asked: Can I get…
Author: Rajesh Kochhar
Astrophysicist by training, Interested in worId history of astronomy, and history of science and education in India in modern period Author of The Vedic People ( Orient BlackSwan, 2000) and various other works and articles. Forthcoming: English Education in India, 1715-1835: Half-Caste, Missionary, and Secular Stages (Routledge). .
Frauds in Indian scientific research
Images are an integral part of experimental biomedical research. Increased sophistication of detection techniques has made it easier than ever before to detect unethical image processing. Many old frauds that…
A learned Brahmin’s Brahminism
Brahmin’s Brahminism can be innovative. There was a very celebrated Pt Umapati Dvivedi (1853-1911) based in Ayodhya. ( His own family name in fact was Mishra). Pt Umapati considered himself…
Hinduisms of India: The harsh religion of today is based on illiteracy of texts, is divisive.
During the Rajasthan assembly elections, a Congress candidate, C P Joshi, was singled out for a casteist public speech. Brahmin by birth, Joshi declared that the likes of Narendra Modi, Uma…
Speech at Panel Against Pseudoscience,Panjab University Chandigarh, 15-Jan-2019
Panel Against Pseudoscience Panjab University Chandigarh 15-Jan-2019 Speech by Rajesh Kochhar During the past five years an extremely disturbing trend has emerged and is gaining ground whereby established…
KUMBH explained
Just at the time UNESCO included Kumbh Mela in its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the Uttar Pradesh government under the leadership of chief minister Yogi Adityanath…
BAKED NEWS: political satire
BAKED NEWS. “Sir, when did you decide to become the Supreme Leader?” As you know, my first love has always been history. But I do not believe in reading books,…