This is the second and last part of the interview, where Prof.V S Ramamurthy talks about Indian atomic energy programme, fast reactors and higher education in ...

I met Professor V S Ramamurthy at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi at the end of December 2008. He is a remarkably humble man. The conversation touched Indian nuclear programme, science in India and much else. At the end of it, Prof Ramamurthy invited me to visit Inter-University Accelerator Centre to see India's own particle accelerator. He gamely drew a map and told me how to get there. I hope you would enjoy this conversation with him. This is the first of two parts. The next part will be out next ...

Nostalgia Series. Articles in this series were originally published at Scienceblogs.com/thescian.
Date: 18/09/2006. This is an edited copy (edited on 24 March 2011).

A SHIFTING REEF

The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the ...

Orion Nebula: The Hubble View
In this third and last part of the interview, Prof.Tushar Prabhu talks about his research on extragalactic astronomy, his childhood and his favorite portion of the ...

Hanle Observatory in Ladakh, India
In this part of the interview, Prof.Tushar Prabhu at Indian Institute of Astrophysics talks more about Hanle observatory, Cherenkov radiation and ...

I met Professor Tushar Prabhu at Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bangalore at the end of December 2008. He had just returned from a tour of all the observatories in India. I hope you would enjoy it. This is the first of three parts. The next part will be out next ...

Nostalgia Series. Articles in this series were originally published at Scienceblogs.com/thescian.
Date: 12/01/2006. This is an edited copy (edited on 30 Jan 2011).

Getting Started
There are many ways to die in this dirty clayball of ours. Among the myriad possible ways, the most enticing way for a subcontinental is to have sex in a shady bush or a hut on the highway roadside. The highway is a wonderous thing in our beloved country India. Births, marriages, deaths and unprotected sex happen on the roadside. The highway is truly the sign of all that India ...