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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 1:51 AM

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...

15 Sept 2018 6:55 PM

Opinion

Abolishing merit ranking a good idea

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

5 July 2018 2:28 AM

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 1:56 AM

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 1:55 AM

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.

30 Jan 2018 7:10 PM

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.

11 Dec 2017 7:20 PM

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.

27 Sept 2017 7:50 PM

Opinion

When scientists are irrational

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

19 July 2017 7:16 PM

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.

3 July 2017 7:16 PM

Opinion

TV sets in the cosmos?

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

13 April 2017 7:16 PM

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.

9 March 2017 7:18 PM