Panem et circenses
The genius of Rome’s ‘bread and circus’ was to distract the hoi polloi away from the political process. India has […]
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India: Science, Politics, Geostrategy
India: Science, Politics, Geostrategy-Science and Citizenship Scientists are ordinary men and women who do science, either through teaching, research or
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Future of Pakistan — implications for Bhārat
Reasonable discussion among the educated classes in India seems to be veering around to the inevitability of a break-up of
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Delimitation from a concerned citizen’s viewpoint
Delimitation is, as the name suggests, a limiting process of something, and most often it refers to the drawing of
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Partition’s Unfinished Agenda
The partition of British India ranks among the most cynical and coldly calculated acts inflicted by a European colonial power
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Civilisational State vs Nation State with reference to Bhārat and India
My works “Bhārat: India 2.0” and “Delimitation and States Reorganisation: For Better Democracy in Bhārat” delve into the fundamental differences
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Why science must engage with politics
Science represents a rigorous and systematic pursuit of knowledge that encompasses the observation, analysis, and comprehension of the natural world.
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Weak Interactions – in Science, Politics and Geostrategy (Part 1)
The word “interactions” suggests multiple bodies or entities that “interact” with each other to produce some meaningful result
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Weak Interactions – in Science, Politics and Geostrategy (Part 2)
The world moved from a paradigm of simplicity to one of complexity. Many weak interactions between countries, rather than one strong interaction, have actually conferred huge advantages on the world
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From crystal engineering to civilisational imagination
From crystal engineering to civilisational imagination Gautam R. Desiraju I am a scientist specialising in a new and important field
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