A schizophrenic India cannot advance scientifically
India is subjecting itself to contrary pulls. It wants to be reckoned among powerhouses of modern science and technology. At the same time it is obsessed with its past and…
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)
India is subjecting itself to contrary pulls. It wants to be reckoned among powerhouses of modern science and technology. At the same time it is obsessed with its past and…
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…