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Tag Archives: jugaad
Review: ‘Decolonial Keywords’ (2026)
Everyone who knows me knows that my intellectual coordinates are defined by scientific ideas, even when they’re about sociology or the humanities. This is why I found a new book, Decolonial Keywords: South Asian Thoughts and Attitudes, edited by anthropologists … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Culture, Science
Tagged Anna Tsing, Banu Subramaniam, COVID-19 pandemic, decolonising science, Harshana Rambukwella, history of science, Idu Mishmi, jugaad, majoritarian nationalism, National Science Day, Nobel Prizes, Pankaj Sekhsaria, poromboke, Renny Thomas, Roshan Praveen Xalxo, Sasanka Perera, shamanism, shunya
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On resource constraints and merit
In the face of complaints about how so few women have been awarded this year’s Swarnajayanti Fellowships in India, some scientists pushed back asking which of the male laureates who had been selected should have been left out instead. This is a … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Science
Tagged Big Science, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Department of Science and Technology, India-based Neutrino Observatory, ISRO, Jadugoda, jugaad, let teachers teach, NASA, particle physics, R&D funding, resource constraint, Sabine Hossenfelder, Sean Carroll, Superconducting Super Collider, Swarnajayanti Fellowships, transparency, Vannevar Bush
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