Scientific Temper : All

Narendra Dabholkar
“Scientific Thinking Requires Independence of Thought”
22 Aug 2019
"It shall be the duty of every citizen 'to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform" [Article 51A(h) of the Indian Constitution]
Narendra Dabholkar
Scientific Temper is of Fundamental Importance to the Acquisition and Transfer of Knowledge”
03 Aug 2019
Narendra Dabholkar was a crucial part of the rationalist and anti-superstition movement in India. Besides his groundbreaking work with the Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, Dabholkar composed a number…
Jipson John, Jitheesh P.M
If an Artiste Becomes Coward, the Society Becomes Cowardly: Prakash Raj
05 Apr 2019
The multilingual actor, who is contesting the Lok Sabha polls as an Independent candidate, has been a vocal critic of Right-wing politics and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre.
Indian Cultural Forum
The Significance of a Scientific Outlook
19 Oct 2018
This is an extract from 'The Case for Reason' translated by Suman Oak and published by Context, Westland.
Newsclick Report
Mapping India’s March for Science 2018
16 Apr 2018
The protestors wished to highlight how attacks on scientific and rational thought, cuts in funding for education, and rising social injustices in the form of caste based attacks are closely…
Newsclick Team
Delhi Joins Global March for Science 2018
14 Apr 2018
The protestors raised the issue of the modification of textbooks, continuing cuts in research funding, social injustices in the wake of Rohith Vemula’s death and other caste based-attacks, talking…
V. Arun Kumar, The Dawn News
[Photo Essay] People March Globally in Defence of Science
14 Apr 2018
March for Science 2018 was organised in around 230 locations around the world.
Newsclick Team
Why are People All Over the World Marching for Science Again?
10 Apr 2018
In India, the march is expected to take place in multiple cities again. What are these people demanding? What is the need for this march? How does it affect you?
Pranjal
BJP’s Unscientific Ideologies Will Result in Slow Death of Scientific Temper in Education
21 Jan 2018
What can be the future of India’s science and technological development when our government doesn’t want the country’s children to be able to think?
Surangya Kaur
Technological Advancements and a Belief in Basic Science: The Story of the Nobel Chemistry Prize 2017
07 Oct 2017
The Nobel Prize for Chemistry this year has been awarded to scientists who developed, for the first time, a technique to visualise biomolecules in their natural configuration.