In response to Karan Thapar’s article which appeared in The Hindu a few days back, (which also inspired my last blog: From myths toward mathematics ), an ISRO scientist writes in today’s Hindu : “I am a retired scientist/engineer who worked in one of India’s premier scientific organisations, ISRO, for 38 years. I believe in Ganesha, and that Shiva exists in Kailash, often riding on his bull. Can anybody accuse me of having two faces?” I can and I do, dear scientist. The myths to which Ganesha and Shiva belong and the science which you make use of for probing into the outer space far beyond Mount Kailash are not compatible. One destroys the other. Science replaces myths with facts, and myths have always killed scientists literally and metaphorically. Don’t forget the scientists who were subjected to inquisition and incarceration during the medieval period. Don’t ignore the crusade that continues even today against science in other names such as jihad. But I won’t ta
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