VIEWPOINT...

"India is a curious mixture of scientific advance and traditional superstitions.

Superstitions are deeply ingrained and cannot be eliminated overnight.

They can be countered by rational arguments."

-Jayant V. Narlikar

CHILDRENS DAY...

"It is science alone that can solve the problems of hunger and pverty, of insanitation and illiteracy, of superstition and deadening of custom and tradition, of vast resources running to waste, or a rich country inhabited by starving poor...
Who indeed could afford to ignore science today?
At every turn we have to seek its aid...
The future belongs to science and those who make friends with science."

- Jawaharlal Nehru