Surveyors General in British India during 1767-1884

Surveyors General in the  Presidencies 1767-1815 A. Bengal 1767-1777 James Rennell 1777-1786 Thomas Call 1786-1788 Mark Wood !788-1794 Alexander Kyd 1794-1808 Robert Colebrooke 1808-1813 John Garstin 1813-1815 Charles Crawford. B. Bombay…

Has history been unkind to Bose? Not quite

Rajesh Kochhar If we feel aggrieved that the West has not done enough for our heroes of yesteryear, it is because of our present-day inadequacies EXPERIMENTAL identification of a subatomic…

Ayurveda: Origins and evolution

Rajesh Kochhar The article looks at the origins of the ancient Indian health-care system known as Ayurveda.It summarize important information on influential books , their contents , authors and chronology.…

Vicky Donor: A film review

Vicky Donor is a rather low-budget bold and interesting movie that has done well commercially.It deals with the story of a young Punjabi who permits himself to be persuaded to…

Indian science policy in the globalization era

Rajesh Kochhar (Lecture delivered at Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, 29 August 2007) The term science policy does not command immediate recognition the way foreign policy…