PRAGOTI

The Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture of Trinity College, Connecticut conducted a survey of the worldviews and opinions of Indian scientists last year. 1130 scientists, all of them holding doctorate degrees, from 130 universities and research institutes were surveyed. The saddening result: those who should have been in the lead of developing and defending scientific temper in our country are themselves in the thrall of superstition and prejudice.