On a quiet evening in Zurich more than a century ago, a young Serbian physicist named Mileva Marić calculated side by side with her fellow student, Albert Einstein. Her name, like those of so many women who shaped modern science, is barely mentioned in schoolbooks. Erase a name, and you weaken the memory of what humanity can achieve. But truth is stubborn; it waits for patient readers to rediscover it. The same pattern repeats across cultures. In India today, Hindutva ideologues loudly claim that Muslim rule brought only darkness, that centuries of shared history were nothing but invasion and oppression. Yet the stones of Delhi’s observatories still record the calculations of Mughal astronomers; the arches of Fatehpur Sikri still whisper of architects who fused Persian precision with Indian artistry; the libraries of medieval Kerala still preserve Arabic treatises on medicine and navigation. You can rename streets, rewrite textbooks, and silence teachers—but you cannot unbuild the monu...
Why does it feel like India lacks scientists and innovation? What real contributions are we making to the nation or the world? More importantly, why do we keep saying "we"? As citizens, we are already contributing through taxes, efforts, and patience. Our tax money is the capital for national development, and every citizen, regardless of income level, pays their share. In a democratic country, we have every right to question the state of development in certain areas. So "we" are doing our first part, next the state, then again we need to revie and question. Yes, still the spine or the fourth pillar to be rational rather than propagandist. There should be decentralization of wealth to ensure fair social and economic progress. No one should be discriminated against, because everyone contributes, just in different proportions. But what do we often see instead? Emotional revenge, not civic sense. Religious vigilantism, not social responsibility. Blind devotion misus...