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Partha S. Ghosh
Why Nehru’s Ghost Haunts Prime Minister Narendra Modi
18 May 2022
It could be that getting trained as a pracharak embeds hatred for Nehru. Still the buck stops at Modi. If he dismantles what Indians value, history will hold him responsible.
Prabir Purkayastha
Building an India with a Scientific Vision
25 Apr 2022
We must fight the battle for a sovereign, socialist, secular democratic republic, for it is also a battle to re-distribute the benefits of development to all sections of people of the nation.
Sanjay Kumar
On R-Day, Remember the Country is Committed to Scientific Temper
26 Jan 2022
The scientific temper is linked with social, political and ideological trends in any society, but in India, the elite stranglehold still prevails over science and progress.
Subhash Gatade
Why Religion has no Place in Educational Institutes
25 Sep 2021
Before teaching religious texts in schools or colleges, we must remember that religious and scientific consciousness cannot converge.
Prashant Padmanabhan
Duty to Develop ‘Scientific Temper’
22 Aug 2021
Soon after rationalist social activist Narendra Dabholkar’s eighth death anniversary, Prashant Padmanabhan pens a tribute to his legacy by writing about what he understands by ‘scientific temper’,…
Newsclick Report
AIPSN Observes Dr. Dabholkar's Death Anniversary as Scientific Temper Day, Raises Six Demands
21 Aug 2021
The organisation emphasised on the need for honest and transparent data to fight COVID-19 and objected to IGNOU instituting an MA (Jyotish) course from the upcoming academic year.
D. Raghunandan
Idea of Self-reliance in Science and Tech has Lost Focus
20 Aug 2021
Even after 74 years of Independence, India’s future looks grim unless it again embraces self-reliance in S&T, strengthens its PSUs and increases public investment in R&D.
Prabir Purkayastha
The Untold Story of the Left in Indian Science
17 Oct 2020
The story of Indian science generally focuses on the country’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the scientific institutions that were built to help India industrialise.
M.K. Bhadrakumar
Homage to Sree Narayana Guru and Landmark in Kerala’s Social History
06 Sep 2020
Gurudevan created a revolutionary climate in this stagnant part of India with his espousal of equality, justice and the virtues of unity and ‘organisation’.
Abdul Hannan
COVID-19 and Closed Tea Gardens: Issues of Livelihoods in India
26 May 2020
The issue of closed tea gardens is an old phenomenon in Tea Economy.