Distinction in travel journalism
Is independent travel journalism important to you?
Click here to keep it independent

29 Oct, 2015

Indian Scientist latest to return Padma Bhushan, protests against ‘attack on rationalism, reasoning’ – The Indian Express

Joining the bandwagon of writers and artists, veteran scientist P M Bhargava will return the awards he received from the government of India to protest against “the government’s attack on rationalism, reasoning and science.” Bhargava, who was the founder-director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), said he would return his Padma Bhushan at a time when “Modi government is giving room for communalists and fringe groups to divide the country based on religion.”

Read the rest: Scientist P M Bhargava latest to return Padma Bhushan, protests against ‘attack on rationalism, reasoning’ | The Indian Express