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Lack of scientific temper – indeed, a definite anti-science attitude — might sound funny, even innocuous. But this has disastrous consequences, some of which we are witnessing currently.

Mass protests against the proliferation of CRPF camps have been happening all over Bastar during the last two years, without attracting much media coverage. It is only because of the death of three protestors in police firing on 17 May 2021 that the Silger protest came to light.

Former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated 30 years ago by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) at a place called Sriperumbhudur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu on May 21st 1991. Rajiv Ratna Gandhi who was India’s Prime minister from 31st October 1984 to December 2nd 1989 was not serving as premier at the time of his demise.. An election campaign was underway then to elect a new Lok Sabha or Parliament. The Congress led by Rajiv was the front runner in that race at that time.

In yet another attack on the academic freedom of teachers and students, Dr. Gilbert Sebastian, an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations and Politics ,Central University of Kerala, was suspended for comments made against the Central Government during a lecture.

India’s tragic descent into Covid wave 1 and second surge of Covid was preceded by sheer disregard of pandemic science.