The rocket fuel that is english: After the Moon landing, Isro scientists explained their mission to us in fluent English. This reflected neither elitism nor a colonial hangover but that the language is an excellent scientific tool

Dipankar Gupta Till not too far back in time, it was a near fantasy to suggest that mother-tongue schooled, Indian scientists could ever plant a rocket on the Moon. Voice such a thought and people...

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