Saturday, October 01, 2005

"Indians Embrace Science, But Can't Always Practice It"



says Pallava Bagla*, Indian correspondent for the journal Science
(SCIENCE 309)

What do you opine? Do you think India, now being projected as the next big knowledge superpower would remain a distant dream. What steps would you suggest to practise it?


From the India Science Report
PS: Picture taken from

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I must say that we Indians should change our mentality. We must do what practical experience counts. We must follow the truth For
example many girls are studying science but few are interested to become scientists. We appreciate warmly the scince but hesitate to apply it. We should do all
positive things for betterment of Indian science for prosperous India.

Imtiyaz Quadri
M.Sc. Biotechnolgy

Anonymous said...

even i feel the same.indians embrace science but can't always practice it(in India at least)because of the less availability of research opportunities.the same indians are excelling in science at topmost universities thruout the world.so the fault is with the system not with us indians.another area where we lack is advertisement.we have all the knowledge.for. eg.our dashavatars of Vishnu clearly depict the evolution of life but the credit is with Darwin, not us: the Sun Temple at konark clearly depicts the Sun God on a chariot of seven horses named on the seven colors of the solar spectrum but the credit for their discovery is with Newton who discovered and advertised the same centuries later.hope we do not repeat the mistakes....

prash said...

Whence my schooling, I had an impression that we were in a semi feudal system; Iam afraid now we are in feudal system.

We need to remove equations amongst scientific and academic people. Instead we need to appreciate every iota of thoughts and try to utilise it in science.

Then I would say Indians not only embrace science, but also enhance it.

Thanks
Prash