Reader Rants 'n' Raves

Politicians are trying their level best. Let us wish them sufficient strength, abundant courage, unflinching zeal, good health and limitless spirit of perseverance in their vocation to serve our people and our Motherland.

My friends in BARC, CSIR and DRDO (science research and development organizations) say that they find it most of the times unbearable to do any meaningful work due to managing R&D like govt.departments eg.subregistrar of property or slum development boards. No deadlines, no attractions like rewards, or punishments for bench warming and clock watching.They say the govt.is responsible for this pathos,due to politicians' idiocy visavis science's potential for national development and transofrmation.

My friends in BARC, CSIR and DRDO (science research and development organizations) say that they find it most of the times unbearable to do any meaningful work due to managing R&D like govt.departments eg.subregistrar of property or slum development boards. No deadlines, no attractions like rewards, or punishments for bench warming and clock watching.They say the govt.is responsible for this pathos,due to politicians' idiocy visavis science's potential for national development and transofrmation.

There are far too MANY politicians especially at top and senior levels among scientists, which may largely explain why Indian science does not have even a single Nobel Laureate to show even though we are today an unbelievable one billion plus. So too,there are far too FEW scientific-minded among politicians. That their politics can CHANGE our nation only for the worse, economically,socially and in every sense is known to all politicians to whom their own personal power and wealth matter every bit.

Scientific advances, more precisely technologies based on them, are the main instrument of material welfare of all humanity and ecology. We keep multiplying with inevitable demand for more of everything. For ex. tapping of new energy sources,esply.renewable ones like solar, wind,solar cell,etc.becomes extremely important,andTECHNOLOGY comes to our rescue.But politicians being generally self-seeking forces,impede in this,foolishly. Religion hinders a bit,but Hinduism at least keeps adapting itself to technology without losing its spiritual essence.