Here is a video of the 11th Higher Education Conference at the University of Kwazulu Natal, Durban. https://youtu.be/seEc6V_rJ5I My keynote address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpS6MfzJr2E HEC11 – Keynote by Professor K. Raju, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata www.youtube.com Chair – Professor Kesh Govinder, University of KwaZulu-Natal Title – Decolonising Maths and Science Education The…
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For those colonised minds who superstitiously believe formal math and Western science are universal, there was a panel discussion at the University of Cape Town. Decolonising science panel discussion The key point: anti-empirical formal math is used to slip in church dogmas into science. Of course normal math (imported by…
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As pointed out in the previous post, calculus started not with the Kerala school but with the dalit Aryabhata, of Patna, in the 5th c. The Aryabhata school in Kerala acknowledged him as their master, and Nilakantha somasutvan wrote a commentary (bhashya) on the Aryabhatiya. To repeat, the Indian calculus…
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My article on “Mathematics and censorship” appeared in Kafila on 25 June 2017. The original censored article “To decolonise math stand up to its false history and bad philosophy” was first published in the Conversation (global edition), in October 2016. It went viral and was removed by the South Africa…
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This interview was conducted at the University of South Africa summer school on decoloniality in January. (Click image to play on You-tube.) Decolonising math-Part 1: Decolonising math-Part 2:
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The Black House Kollective initiated a welcome conversation in Soweto on decolonisation in relation to Western superstitions in science. For example, the first lesson in science is typically about Newton’s “laws”. But how do we know there are any eternal laws of nature? That was just a church dogma enunciated…
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4 Nov 2016 Dear Dr Rammanohar Reddy, Thank you for your response. I was under the impression that the Reader’s Editor is not a mere glorified post box, to forward mail to the editor, as you say you have done. In the event of a disagreement with the editor, I…
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False history of the kind that “Much, though certainly not all, mathematics was the creation of dead white men” has been traditionally used to defend racism. My Euclid challenge prize for Rs 2 lakhs is offered to demonstrate that this racist history is based on faith not any facts. Therefore,…
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Synopsis: My article “To decolonise math stand up to its false history and bad philosophy” published in Conversation (Global edition) became very popular, but was then taken down on “editorial grounds”. These “editorial grounds” did NOT relate to a single factual flaw or defect in my argument. The “editorial” ground…
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[This article was first published in the Conversation (Global edition) on 24 October 2016. It quickly reached a readership of 16737, before being taken down, obviously because it represents a dangerous piece of dissent against racism and colonialism. For more details see the next blog post. ] A false history…