Sony’s Comedy Circus on Indian television: A comment
The extent to which the new social class of India has got decoupled from India was brought home strikingly a few days ago in the popular Indian TV show called…
Scriptures, science and mythology: An ancient Indian astronomical interplay
Lecture delivered at Institute of Astronomy, University of Vienna, 1 July 2010 Rajesh Kochhar CSIR Emeritus Scientist Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali [email protected] Human beings are born…
William Petrie (d.1816), Madras Civil Servant 1765-1812 and Governor,Penang 1812-1816
Rajesh Kochhar William Petrie (d.1816) was an influential Madras Civil Servant of the English East India Company who remained in India from 1765 till 1812 with some breaks, and later…
Black Fellow’s Ship from Bombay for the British in Baltimore
A rare copy of the first edition of the lyrics and music of what became the US National Anthem has recently been auctioned for a record price of 500,000 dollars.…
Globalization and the de-nationalization of Indian middle class
Rajesh Kochhar CSIR Emeritus Scientist Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Sector 26, Chandigarh 160019, India [email protected] Paper presented at the 39th annual conference of Mid-Atlantic Region Association of…
Quran-burning: A dangerous and mad move
Rajesh Kochhar In the 16th century, the Portuguese were well entrenched on India’s west coast and controlled the Arabian Sea. Combining commercial greed and religious fervor, they looted the returning…
Rahu and Ketu in mythological and “astronomological” contexts
Indian Journal of History of Science, Vol, 45, no.2, June 2010, pp. 287-297 Rajesh Kochhar Abstract Rahu and Katu were deployed as planetary deities in the sixth century CE immediately…