I have collected here a few short notes and essays (roughly sorted by date) that have almost nothing to do with my work at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences!

Science Policy

• What is an electronic journal (Letter to Sourendu and Tanmoy)
• Computing in Scientific Institutes in India
• Vision 2020 for School of Mathematics TIFR [Bohdan Zograf (bozograf at gmail dot com) has been kind enough to translate this article into Belorussian and make it available.]
• Talk given at FMC 1999 MSRI Berkeley
• Proof in Mathematics and Physics
• Sharing Library Resources Between DAE Institutes
• How Academics are Evaluated
• On Learning from Arnold's talk on the Teaching of Mathematics

Computers

• How GNU/Linux came to run at various places (Boastful!)
• Why so MS-Centric? (Letter to Resonance)
• Avoiding security on Computer Systems ;-)
• Why Mukta Software may lose...
• Adopting Open Standards
• Freedom Zero (Letter to LWN)
• Duties for a Free Software enthusiast (Letter to LWN)
• Judging new encryption techniques
• GNU/Windows?
• No to Rs. 2000/- Crores?
• Debate over Invariant Sections
• How can we help Mukta Software?

Society

• Young World and Vegetarianism (Letter to Hindu YW)
• Reply to Eric Raymond on Anti-Socialism (Letter to LWN)
• Patriotic Indian Science?
• Why I am opposed to Vedic Mathematics in schools
• Reply to Ashis Nandy on Anti-Secularism

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