The Making of Scientific, Industrial and Arrogant Europe
Throughout the 19th century in its encounters with the East Europe was in a learning mode. Cultural superiority and racial arrogance set in in England in the 1830s. See…
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SECONDARY TOOLS OF EMPIRE:Jesuit Men of Science in India (1994)
R.K.KOCHHAR (Source: ‘Discoveries, Missionary Expansion and Asian Cultures’, edited by Teotonio R. de Souza ( New Delhi :Concept Publishing Company) 1994, pp.175-183) The arrival of St.…
THE GROWTH OF MODERN ASTRONOMY IN INDIA, 1651-1960
Vistas in Astronomy, Vol. 34, pp. 69–105, 1991 R. K. Kochhar Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore 560034, India CONTENTS 1. Ancient and medieval times 2. Use…
Slumdog Millionaire
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…
Science and domination: India before and after independence(1999)
Current Science, 76, 596-601 ( 1999) Science and domination: India before and after independence Rajesh Kochhar The colonial overseas British empire was made possible by (modern) science in…
ARDASEER CURSETJEE (1808-1877), THE FIRST INDIAN FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON
Acquaintance with steam technology under colonial auspices led to the introduction, by Cursetjee’s descendents , of steam machinery in textile through the establishment of Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Mills and…
Cultivation of Science in the 19th Century Bengal(2008)
Indian Journal of Physics, 82(7):1003-1082 (2008) Cultivation of Science in the 19th Century Bengal Rajesh Kochhar National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Sector 67, Mohali (Punjab) [email protected] Abstract…