Yesterday (26 November, Constitution Day) at Constitution club, I received the Nilakantha honor from the Dalit organization “Kabir ke log” from a former Union deputy education minister (and scholar) Dr Sanjay Paswan).
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Earlier I had received the Bharatiya Dharohar Award from the current Union deputy education minister
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Still earlier, this year, I received the MP Ratna award from the MP Chief Minister.
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Sitabhra Sinha’s buffoon public statements on real numbers and “Euclid”
My VIF lecture (pic1) was on “Practical ganita vs religious mathematics”, I explained the difference between √2 in Indian ganita (pic2), and √2 in present-day formal mathematics (pic3). Briefly, early Indian tradition (sulba sutra) saw Read more…