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Gujarat's new compulsory reading list for government primary and secondary students doesn't just seek to educate students on "facts" about India's culture, history and geography. It also has its own take on science, particularly landmark inventions. ""¦America wants to take the credit for invention of stem cell research, but the truth is that India's Dr Balkrishna Ganpat Matapurkar has already got a patent for regenerating body parts"¦. You would be surprised to know that this research is not new and that Dr Matapurkar was inspired by the Mahabharata. Kunti had a bright son like the sun itself. When Gandhari, who had not been able to conceive for two years, learnt of this, she underwent an abortion. From her womb a huge mass of flesh came out. (Rishi) Dwaipayan Vyas was called. He observed this hard mass of flesh and then he preserved it in a cold tank with specific medicines. He then divided the mass of flesh into 100 parts and kept them separately in 100 tanks full of ghee for two years. After two years, 100 Kauravas were born of it. On reading this, he (Matapurkar) realised that stem cell was not his invention. This was found in India thousands of years ago." — Page 92-93, Tejomay Bharat "We know that television was invented by a priest from Scotland called John Logie Baird in 1926. But we want to take you to an even older Doordarshan"¦ Indian rishis using their yog vidya would attain divya drishti.
Read more here:
Science lesson from Gujarat: Stem cells in Mahabharata, cars in Veda | The Indian Express | Page 99
Read more here:
Science lesson from Gujarat: Stem cells in Mahabharata, cars in Veda | The Indian Express | Page 99