WHY are Indians such a bunch of geeks? In Geek Nation, Angela Saini goes in search of the truth behind the stereotype. At first, she finds India’s prestigious technical institutes and high-tech industrial zones to be hives of worker bees, lacking the passion Saini had hoped for. But venturing further afield she finds that the blending of ancient traditions and modern technologies is creating a unique brand of science. That can be good, as vast reserves of brainpower are applied to the problems of the world’s poor; or bad, as unproven remedies are adopted out of desperation to cure…
India: the story of an emerging scientific superpower
2 March 2011
