Much of Indian science seems intuitive and not bound by the rigid thinking of classical scientists.
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Indian culture certainly gives the Indian mind, including the mind of the Indian scientist, the ability to think out of the box.
My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character.
There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.
The idea that science is just some luxury that you'll get around to if you can afford it is regressive to any future a country might dream for itself.
I am always fascinated by India.
The process of science is difficult and challenging. It involves always being aware that your ideas might be right or they might be wrong. I think it's that kind of balance that makes science so interesting.
Science shouldn't be just for scientists, and there are encouraging signs that it is becoming more pervasive in culture and the media.
We're living in a time when the world has suddenly discovered India because it's run out of raw material for its imagination. The raw materials for imagination are inexhaustible here.
People wanted to do science outside of classical institutions like universities or big corporations, so we embraced it.
Much of contemporary science is really the length and shadow of the technology we apply.
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