Scientist Bhargava to return his Padma award

[avi]

Joining the bandwagon of writers and artists, veteran scientist P M Bhargava will return the awards he received from the government of India to protest against “the government’s attack on rationalism, reasoning and science.”

Bhargava, who was the founder-director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), said he would return his Padma Bhushan at a time when “Modi government is giving room for communalists and fringe groups to divide the country based on religion.”


Talking to The Indian Express, he said: “An artist can express his dissent by doing an art work. But I am a scientist. How will I protest through my work? So I had to take the decision to return the award as it is the only way to register my protest.”

http://indianexpress.com/article/in...rotest-govts-attack-on-rationalism-reasoning/

 

[Criminal]

many folks are returning their awards lately. instead, can they legally sell them off?

 

[toocool6600]

Can't they go on fast unto death to protest?

Will be a good way to register protest for these ducks

 

[letmein]

Send all writers, artists, scientists to pakistan. Problem solved.

 

[Criminal]

Can't they go on fast unto death to protest?

as long as they aren't related to you, nobody cares if an indian is going to die. vande mataram.

Send all writers, artists, scientists to pakistan. Problem solved.

whose problem gets solved? govt's? ours (common man) or these noted people's?

 

[Party Monger]

They might move to Pakistan themselves seeing how BJP is making india worse than those idiots. Like even the Congress couldn't achieve that.

 

[toocool6600]

These are same people who didn't want modi as pm

So no surprise they are acting stupid.


I was hoping to see people on this tech Forum to give up their expensive mobiles, computers gadgets and Internet connection as a protest.

I don't see it happening at all. , instead all are buying tons of these in deals

So yeah that's about it.........

 

[letmein]

These are same people who didn't want modi as pm

So no surprise they are acting stupid.


I was hoping to see people on this tech Forum to give up their expensive mobiles, computers gadgets and Internet connection as a protest.

I don't see it happening at all. , instead all are buying tons of these in deals

So yeah that's about it.........

Don't worry bro, I've already given up eating dal.

 

[toocool6600]

Don't worry bro, I've already given up eating dal.

No no

Gadgets and computer and mobile and Internet will do only

I too not to eat dal as i have uric acid issues

 

[Party Monger]

These are same people who didn't want modi as pm

LOL

 

[madhukannan]

Freedom is precious , you will know its value when its snatched from you .

 

[derp]

Manufactured dissent and nothing else...[DOUBLEPOST=1447322425][/DOUBLEPOST]

Some food for thought!

 

[Darth Vader]

 

[derp]

Nothing actually. I think you should read the quote again! (The photo I posted)

 

[letmein]

Nothing actually. I think you should read the quote again! (The photo I posted)

So you want India to be like Saudi Arabia/ Pakistan/ Afghanistan?

 

[Darth Vader]

Nothing actually. I think you should read the quote again! (The photo I posted)

^^ Actually it is. Rational & Logical thinking offends religious people all the time. Get over it.

 

[derp]

What rationality are you talking about? Where was this so called rationality and logical thinking during the tenure(s) of past government(s)?

This manufactured dissent is against the present government and not against extremist ideologies...

 

[asingh]

Why did they take them in the first place...? A refusal is way more cool.

 

[derp]

Why did they take them in the first place...? A refusal is way more cool.

Well, more people know them now! So, returning awards is the new fad!

 

[Superbad]

There are only two types of people moving around in the country with a camera and a mic.
1) to ask all the people in front of the camera if there's rise in intolerance and whether they would return their awards, passport, Aadhaar card, railway ticket.
2) to ask people to use their mobile data to do expensive downloads of movies or videos in order to increase revenue for some 4G network.