Category: Technology in India

On Nano, global warming, India and China

Srinivas Bharadwaj, writing in rediff recently, made some great points about the “trashing” of Nano by some in the western media (“Why some US scribes slammed Tata Nano“, Jan 14 ’08) � Excerpts: “…Tata...

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...

An Unsung Hero…

Thanks to Mohit who first alerted me to this arcticle by Varun Aggarwal on Sir J C Bose – the unsung hero of Indian Science. Varun’s site details Sir J C Bose‘s contribution to...

AIT and a sneak attack

Many of you must be familiar with how the Aryan Invasion Theory (AIT) is now all but dead We probably don’t need another nail in its coffin but here is one that I came...

Does no one remember the Indian contribution to Technology?

I came across this excellent, very powerful and well-researched article by karigar: Karnataki Karbon Nanotube Swords- forget S Indian Wootz! Please read in full and circulate widely. It is a shame that widespread ignorance...