Quote of the Week…
Lord Curzon, the late Viceroy of India, in an address delivered at the Delhi Durbar in 1901: Powerful Empires existed and flourished here [in India] while Englishmen were still wandering painted in the woods,...
Category: Science & Mathematics in Ancient India
An Unsung Hero – II*
* NOTE: Sadly all the links in this post are broken. I do not think it discredits Brian’s work but I am looking for more robust references and details on Acharya Bose’s work on...
Need Help: Information on ancient Indian scientists
Many of you may have come across this information about “Ancient Indian Scientists” before. I received it in a chain email but I shall be most grateful if any reader(s) have links or references...
Forgetting History: Delhi’s “Iron Pillar”
I recently stumbled on this news-item about the development of a new type of corrosion-resistant iron by Prof Balasubramaniam and one of his colleagues at IIT, Kanpur (emphasis mine): …Indian metallurgists have developed a...
High-Tech Pranayama
Came across an ad for this device in a recent edition of Newsweek. Excerpts from the ad (emphasis mine): “…Now you can enjoy the pleasures of stress-free living and feel younger in just 15...
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