Heavens within grasp ( LHC)
Power Politics, New Delhi, October 2008 Heavens within grasp: Recreating the moments after the Creation “Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for.”…
Rise and decline of modern science in India (2008)
National Academy Science Letters (Allahabad), 31 (5&6) , 171-174, 2008 Prof. R.C. Gupta Endowment Award Lecture of National Academy of Sciences India, Allahabad, delivered at Panjab University, Chandigarh, 18 Jan.2008 Friends, It is a matter…
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar: Life and times
R. Kochhar (2004) S.S. Bhatnagar: Life and Times. (Review essay) In New edition, Life & Work of Sir S.S. Bhatnagar (by Norah Richards). (Delhi: NISTADS) first published 1948 Shanti Swarup…
The Rgvedic Soma Plant
From the book ‘Medicine and Life Sciences in India’, published by Centre for Studies in Civilization, 2001, New Delhi Soma is a celebrated plant in the Rgveda as well…
Genetically modified crops:Fears and excitement (2008)
Foundation Day Lecture of the Foundation for Biotechnology Awareness and Education, delivered at Bangalore University 25 Jan. 2008 A shorter version appeared in The Hindu, 24 Feb. 2008 Genetic engineering…
Colonial use of science and the native responses
Lecture delivered at Istanbul University, 20 October 2008 Colonial use of science and the native responses Rajesh Kochhar Org Secy IAU Commission 41 “History of Astronomy” Former Director, NISTADS,…
English, local and global (2008)
The Tribune, Chandigarh 19 Feb. 2008 English, local and global by Rajesh Kochhar At an international scientific gathering some years ago somebody made the obvious remark that English is the…