Its all Relative

Ram  Janmabhoomi: A tribute to the centuries old struggle Rudra Prasanna Banerjee and Rajarshi Mukherjee Genetics Researcher, University of Alberta, Canada. Introduction Ramayana narrates the story of lord Ram, the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It is believed He had taken birth as a human to restore balance in this world. Ram was a descendent of Ikshvaku, a legendary king of ancient India. The dynasty originates from Shraddhadeva Manu, the seventh of 14 Manus of current aeon. According to Matsya Purana, Shraddhadeva Manu had saved the lives of Saptarishis during the great deluge. He was the son of Vivasvan hence is also called Vaivasvata Manu . One of the ten sons of Shraddhadeva Manu was Ikshvaku , who was the progenitor of the solar dynasty or Suryavansh . The region of Koshala (modern day Awadh in the Indian state of UP), was their kingdom. Koshala had three major cities, Saket, Shravasti (birthplace of Maharaja Suheldev) and Ayodhya.   According to Hindu religiou

COVID-19 augments the necessity to rebuild India’s research infrastructure to become self-reliant     It is very rare to see our politicians discuss about scientific research in public – well, this pandemic period has clearly made them do so. Recently, many eminent politicians rightly said that we have not invested enough in our health infrastructure and medical research in last 70 years and raised a very important question, why India depends on other countries for vaccine instead of being self-reliant? Our Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi Ji focused on five key components- Intent, Inclusion, Investment, Infrastructure, and Innovation to promote self-reliance during his address for Confederation of Indian Industry’s on its 125 th  anniversary. In today’s world, self-reliance can only come through Scientific and technological empowerment. As we have some fundamental problems in our research infrastructure, I would like to address those issues to our Prime Minister. Firstly