Jawaharlal Nehru's speech at the foundation of the Palaeobotany Institute at Lucknow, 3 April 1949.Science, a scientific approach to problems and a scientific outlook, have to be developed if India has to progress in the modern world. Science is a search for truth. It is a rational method of looking at things in their true perspective. If we cannot march with the march of science we shall be left behind. We may have plans, schemes and so many ‘isms’. We may even accept the motive force of...
