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Jayant V Narlikar
About the AuthorJayant V Narlikar
The writer, a renowned astrophysicist, is professor emeritus at Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune University. He was Cambridge University�??s Senior Wrangler in Maths in 1959.
    The highlights of the proposed legislation titled Kerala Exploitation by Superstition (Prevention) Act, were three to seven years imprisonment for causing physical or mental injuries and loss of property to any person by way of supernatural or black magic acts. Representational image.Opinion
    Our society is ridden with superstition

    Indeed one feels that our countrymen have a mindset appropriate for the 18th century rather than the present one.

    8 Dec 2018 7:21 AM IST

    Sir Isaac Newton (Photo: www.anglotopia.net)Opinion
    Chaos, catastrophe and mathematics

    Chaos as a subject, as a part of mathematics tries to probe apparent chaotic conditions so as to find the underlying...

    16 Sept 2018 12:25 AM IST

    Cambridge University (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    Abolishing merit ranking a good idea

    Ranking in a merit list does not always lead to a healthy student atmosphere.

    5 July 2018 7:58 AM IST

    Both Houses of Parliament adjourned without transacting any business on Monday as Members of Parliament of both Telugu states raised slogans, rushed to the well of the House and stalled proceedings. (Photo: Twitter/ANI))Opinion
    No work but full pay' defies all logic

    If a lawmaking body is not allowed to function, how does the nation carry on?

    25 May 2018 7:26 AM IST

    February 28 is celebrated in India as the National Science Day (NSD). The date itself pays tribute to the discovery of Raman Effect which brought a Nobel Prize to C.V. Raman.Opinion
    The many joys of learning science

    Science progressed over the years by admitting new facts and ideas to its fold by demanding their critical appraisal.

    24 April 2018 7:25 AM IST

    To begin with our students must of course master *some* algorithms.Opinion
    Time is money: Why must we waste it?

    Bhaskaracharya has been credited with highly readable texts in mathematics and astronomy.

    31 Jan 2018 12:40 AM IST

    The state syllabus textbooks were reviewed by the textbook review committee, headed by well-known writer Prof. Baraguru Ramachandrappa. After nearly a two-year exercise, the textbooks were introduced from this academic year.(Representational Image)Opinion
    Time and its unidirectional flow

    The central topic for this meeting was the nature of time, including its unidirectional flow.

    12 Dec 2017 12:50 AM IST

    The mystery has gripped the internet as speculation mounts about the potential for a discovery of alien life on the red dwarf star known as Ross 128 -- despite the best attempts of astronomers to put such rumors to rest. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    There's nothing absolute about time

    Clearly, black holes, the havens of bureaucrats, exist in space and can be found given the benefits of technology.

    28 Sept 2017 1:20 AM IST

    Theyre tickboxersOpinion
    When scientists are irrational

    Even God cannot find a way out of such review traps as the following anecdote reminds us.

    20 July 2017 12:46 AM IST

    Students from Tamil Nadu have not found a place in the top 200 ranks of the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test results declared on Friday. (Representational image)Opinion
    Help those in need, but avoid quotas

    Reservations are motivated by the nation's desire to right the wrongs committed earlier against specific communities.

    4 July 2017 12:46 AM IST

    (Photo: Pixabay)Opinion
    TV sets in the cosmos?

    In science the tradition has been to advance physical theories and check their predictions against a suitable test.

    14 April 2017 12:46 AM IST

    E.M. Forster (Photo: www.famousauthors.org)Opinion
    How many cheers for democracy?

    If war is to be avoided, the recourse is generally through the imposition of economic sanctions.

    10 March 2017 12:48 AM IST

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