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Review: ‘Decolonial Keywords’ (2026)

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Analysis Culture Science Anna Tsing Banu Subramaniam COVID-19 pandemic decolonising science Harshana Rambukwella history of science Idu Mishmi jugaad majoritarian nationalism National Science Day Nobel Prizes Pankaj Sekhsaria poromboke Renny Thomas Roshan Praveen Xalxo Sasanka Perera shamanism shunya

Everyone who knows me knows that my intellectual coordinates are defined by scientific ideas, even when they’re about sociology or the humanities. This is why I found a new book, Decolonial Keywords:…

On resource constraints and merit

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Analysis Science Big Science Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Department of Science and Technology India-based Neutrino Observatory ISRO Jadugoda jugaad let teachers teach NASA particle physics R&D funding resource constraint Sabine Hossenfelder Sean Carroll Superconducting Super Collider Swarnajayanti Fellowships transparency Vannevar Bush

In the face of complaints about how so few women have been awarded this year’s Swarnajayanti Fellowships in India, some scientists pushed back asking which of the male laureates who had been selected…