The ISRO chairman was following the trend of the times when he asserted that several scientific concepts originated in the Vedas and were later celebrated as discoveries of "Western civilisation". But the notion of “civilisational greatness” is irrational.
Thousands of years before the world saw the aircraft by the Wright brothers and learnt about Isaac Newtons law of gravity and John Daltons atomic theory, India had come out with the invention and scientific concepts, said Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday.Speaking at the 8th India International Science Festival here, he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his scientific temper and leadership, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.