Bharat Rakshak

Dear Ramana Sadly no! The reason is obvious. Even if we go and study and propose something, it is usually NOT considered in the right spirit and it is more on paper than anything else. There are more considerations to these type of accidents and if this is fixed, then science can play a role. As I s...

Dear Ramana I am surprised that you did not know the story of saltpetre. Almost the entire world supply of saltpetre, the main ingredient in gunpowder, came from India! It was foolish for us to be trading this to Europeans and it is similary foolish for us to send our brilliant minds outside the cou...

Dear Ramana Nice to receive this reply from you and good to know your interests in metallurgy still persists. In fact, it is with infinite pride I state that Indians were masters of metals. No doubts about that, especially if one views the archaeological samples of the Indian subcontinent and compar...

Dear Ramana

I did not know that you attended my classes. It would be nice to know when.

There is so much in Indian heritage in cannon technology. It is a wonderful story whose imporatance has not been dealt with in detail so far.

With warm regards
R Balasubramaniam
20 oct 08