Subhash Kaushik and Kishore Paknikar

While Homoeopathy should face rigorous scientific scrutiny, neither its critics nor its proponents should decide the answer before the evidence is in. Our previous article, “Homoeopathy, As We Know It,” received both bouquets and brickbats. That was not surprising. Homoeopathy has had a long history of practice and research, yet continues to generate sharply divided opinions. What surprised us was the nature of some of the criticism. Homoeopathy has more than two centuries of clinical...

When NASA searches for life beyond Earth, it speaks of searching for “life, as we know it.” Those five words capture one of the most important principles of science. If life exists elsewhere in the universe, it may not resemble the life we know on Earth. Scientists therefore do not search for the unknown using yesterday’s assumptions. They search with better instruments, better questions, and an open mind. The same principle has guided every major scientific breakthrough. Every generation...

Sanskrit, an ancient language with profound cultural and intellectual significance, is often hailed as the “mother of all languages.” Its...