Aping the Ape: The Ministerial Guffaw

By Ananya S Guha
Our minister takes an extreme position. His is not a view that some mightn’t believe in the theory of evolution. He wants an outright rejection of Darwin. It is difficult to believe that the concerned minister is a doctoral degree holder. Our ministers seem to have a predilection for making sensational statements. The whole idea is to reject scientific temper, one of the cornerstones of our constitution.