Dialogue

Dialogue with Heritage: Samvaad apni Virasat se..
An initiative by Vijnana Bharati, to promote dialogue on Indian heritage and its relevance in modern sciences.

[Science India Magazine @ScienceIndia_]

"A section of Indian intellectuals continues to suffer from colonial hangover of science & democracy being British gifts to India — a fallacy and affront to India’s ancient glory", writes @jayantss66
Read 'Science and Democracy: Two Engines to Empower India', below -
@IndiaDST

[Anshul Saxena @AskAnshul]

Today, radicals pelted stones during Holi celebrations in Amroha, UP.

People from minority community raised objections on the usage of music systems during Holi celebrations.

[Praveen Ramadas @PraveenRamadas]

कांग्रेस एक भाग्यशाली पार्टी है, इतनी बड़ी हार के बाद भी उनके अध्यक्ष को इस्तीफा नही देना होगा, क्युकि अध्यक्ष है ही नही l #ElectionResults #BJPWinningUP #BJPAgain

[Vijnana Bharati @Vibha_India]

@Vibha_India wishes all a very Happy 75th Independence Day

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#Lecture7 - Expert Lecture Series on the theme Swtantrata Sangram and Vijnana https://t.co/zNTHTCZoLR

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#IndianSciences #Quiz
Can you name the #mechanism involved? Any #modern day #apparatus/ #device based on this mechanism?

#Ancient #India #Krishna
@jayantss66 @IndJourSciCom @SciSoup @UNESCO @Omkar_Raii @drharshvardhan
Copyrght of video is with Unknown ownr. We got it on WatsApp

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Source: Astronomy of the Satapatha Brahmana by Subhash C. Kak, Indian Journal of History of Science, 28(1), 1993

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#Geometry & #Mathematics of #Satapatha #Brahmana and #Sulbhasutras are considered description of the earliest #Science in #India. A philosophy of scientific method is already sketchd in the #RigVeda, nature has immutable laws & it is knowable by mind by @subhash_kak
@jayantss66

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Picture credit: https://t.co/6bCsQwqhWD

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#BiodiversityDay
#Indian #environment awareness has always bn holistic & inspired frm Upanishads “#VasudhaivaKutumbakam" i.e. all beings of the entire universe belong to the same family. Laws like #WaterAct, #ForestConservationAct r amazingly similar to #Chanakya's #Arthasastra.

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@CSIR_NISCAIR and @Vibha_India for the first time, has brought out a Thematic #LuniSolar #Calendar 'Food as a Medicine’.
#IYFV2021 #FruitsVegYear #India #Science
@FAO @jayantss66 @drharshvardhan @Omkar_Raii

[Vijnana Bharati @Vibha_India]

@CSIR_NISCAIR & @Vibha_India organising

Release of Thematic Luni-Solar Calendar 'Food as a Medicine’

On Caitra Śukla Pratipadā i.e Tuesday, 13 April 2021 at 10:00 am

#LIVE on https://t.co/vxuQNAwbPH
and
https://t.co/86cVEWtkPk
@jayantss66 @shekhar_mande @somakrc

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#DidYouKnow?
#Indian #National #Calendar incepted in 1957, is one of the #most #Scientific Calendar on #Earth as it follows the astronomical #cardinal points & the motions of Sun & Moon. It was compiled by #CalendarReformsCommittee led by Meghnad #Saha. @jayantss66 @Vibha_India

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#mistwatch #Indian #Calendar #System #Science

[Vijnana Bharati @Vibha_India]

Join us tomorrow for the webinar on

'From Many to One: Saga of the Indian Calendar'

Day and Date - Monday, 22 March 2021
Time - 3.00 pm (15.00 hrs)

Live on Vijnana Bharati Facebook page https://t.co/xcw8ucV71X

and Vijnana Bharati YouTube Channel https://t.co/vxuQNAwbPH

[Subhash Kak ☀️ सुभाष काक @subhash_kak]

Fascinating coincidence.

Number of yonis in Indian thought is 84 lakh. Number of species on Earth by modern science is about 8.7 million.

https://t.co/BsnHJ6DYmj

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#Didyouknow?
Rajveer Meena from village #Mohcha, #SawaiMadhopur, #Rajasthan, #India, holds the Guinness World Records, @GWR for memorizing most #decimal places of #Pi - 70,000, on 21 March 2015.
@jayantss66 #WorldPiDay

https://t.co/48TM6yvlxO via @GWR;

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On World #Pi Day, we share with you a video of Professor K Ramasubramanian, from Dept. of Humanities & Social Sciences, @iitbombay, who explains the history of calculation & usage of #pi in #India.
Video courtesy: @Shaaledotcom
#WorldPiDay @jayantss66
https://t.co/52df7upiWt

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Today is World #Pi Day. Ancient #Indians #mathematicians first observed & noted that the #Circumference of a circle increases in proportion to its diameter & gave the relation: Perimeter/Diameter = Constant.
However, they never called it Pi.
#worldpiday
@jayantss66 @Omkar_Raii

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Picture credits: https://t.co/EnT9aNe87a

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#Unique: #Baranaja followed in #Uttarakhand is a mixed farming method whr twelve different crops are grown on a piece of land, at difrnt storeys, much like a natural forest. No chemical inputs are usd & pest control is done using leaves of walnut, neem, ash and cow's urine #India