The origin of the Indian Foreign Service can be traced back to the British rule when the Foreign Department was created to conduct business with the “Foreign European Powers”. In fact it was on September 13, 1783, when the Board of Directors of the East India Company passed a resolution at Fort William, Calcutta (now …
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It has taken 63 years to give women of India their political rights. I sometime wonder why the constituent assembly that gave us our constitution didn’t make any reservation for women just as they did for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes then? The condition of women was as appalling as that of SC and ST”s …
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According to one survey there are more than 400 TV channels in India. I wonder if there is one channel entirely dedicated to science. That’s too much to expect I think, because even the most famous channels don’t have a single dedicated program towards popularizing science. Doordarshan may be an exception to this. What annoys …
