Sunder Kaand

We Indians anyway have EGO in many things, from buying a TV to Car to going for specific schools to calling oneself IITian. Now when we add being a scientist who has contributed n terms of papers under Govt funding, he/she quite often thinks (leaving few exceptions) that he/she is so important that his fellow professionals are lesser souls. So petty thinking on such issues is natural, though you might call irrational; in fact it's being UNREASONABLE. To win a Nobel there has to be lot of other things than Science. I see westerners work in Collaboration from inter-department within a University/Research Institute to across borders. Indian scientists on the other hand might not do it with their neighboring scientist of the same department on the same floor. The only time they come together is during the 4 p.m. tea time, where in the name of scientific reckoning a show off is made of their skills with no absolute base on the discussion; these discussions are more of criticism and ...

Diamond Ring of Solar Eclipse at Varanasi 22nd July, 2009 did create History in India or rather India has become an Iconic Figure(pardon for grammar) in History of Astronomy. It was the moment where Astronomers and others(basically those who do not chase the sky like us) were filled with joy to see the Longest Solar Eclipse of this Century. The last one, which was the longest, in the 20th Century was on 30 June 1973, a whopping 7 minutes and 04 seconds. Eclipse of 22nd July was for 6 minutes & 39 seconds visible in a belt from India to China. There are plenty of details over the net about the same. Eclipse Path in India Eclipse path in China The Eclipse called "Khagraas" meaning Total in Sanskrit , brought the North Eastern & Central cities of India like Varanasi, Patna, Itarsi, Gaya in the domain of Astro-Tourism. I would like to provide some technical details to this spectacular event about which Media had done the same thing which it does easily concealing the tru...