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Rajesh Kochhar

Author of The Vedic People ( Orient BlackSwan), English Education in India, 1715-1835 (Routledge), and (jointly with Jayant Narlikar) of Astronomy in India (INSA)

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What the hell is Karka Rog? A question for IBN7

Rajesh Kochhar 15/10/2012 No Comments

The Indian television channel IBN7 carries a message in Devanagari script: Dhoomrapaan se karka rog ho sakta hai: Smoking can cause ‘karka rog’ . Some clever chap, showing off his pseudo-learning , has rendered cancer as karka rog. The term cancer is Latin for Crab. The Sanskrit equivalent is karka, ( continue reading… )

Cancer alarm in the Punjab cotton belt (2006)

Rajesh Kochhar 01/12/2008 No Comments

The Tribune Chandigarh  4 October 2006 Cancer alarm in the Punjab cotton belt Dr Rajesh Kochhar The cotton-growing Malwa region of Punjab, comprising the southwestern districts of Bathinda, Muktsar, Faridkot and Mansa, has been reported to show a high incidence of various cancers. Since the region consumes three-fourths of all ( continue reading… )

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