Author of The Vedic People (Orient BlackSwan), English Education in India, Sanskrit & British Empire, Science and the British Empire (Routledge) and Astronomy in India (INSA)
HISTORY AND SOCIOLOGY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY: Publications and texts of (select) invited lectures, etc.
The Tribune Jalandhar edition 1 March 2009 National Science Day ‘Vikrami calendar needs rectification’ Dharmendra Joshi Tribune News Service Kapurthala, February 28 Man-made activities including rapid industrialisation and deforestation pose…
Chief guest’s address delivered at Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala on National Science Day, 28 February 2009 Science behind Indian festivals Rajesh Kochhar CSIR Emeritus Scientist Indian…
There is a delicious irony in the commercial and critical success of Slumdog Millionaire.Upper India has been desperately seeking Oscar recognition for its Hindi movies.Here is a movie with Mumbai-based…
Mahatma Gandhi ( 1869-1948) is far more relevant today than he was in his own time.Leading a simple life, living within your means, buying out of your past savings rather than…
Invited review presented at International Astronomical Union /UNESCO Symposium 260 : The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture, UNESCO Paris, 19-23 January 2009. Rajesh Kochhar CSIR Emeritus…
Recently New York Times ( 1 January 2009) carried a sensitive op-ed essay “My secret life” by Ellen Ullman http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/02/opinion/02ullman.html. Ellen Ullman says “There are adoptive parents and biological parents, surrogates…
ASTRONOMY THE SCIENCE OF DIWALI Divine Stargazing For the devout Hindu, the period from Navratri to Diwali is the most important. Does it have an astronomical significance? Rajesh Kochhar, astrophysicist…