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Rajesh Kochhar

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

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Genetically modified crops:Fears and excitement (2008)

Rajesh Kochhar 29/11/2008 No Comments

 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 constitutes the second industrial revolution. The first one involved physics and went hand in hand with colonialism. The present ( continue reading… )

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