As he dissects the varied and unusual themes of his first book ‘Space. Matter.’, journalist-author Hari Pulakkat explains where India stands in the global space of science researchThe science book genre is an extremely busy one, and after a point, it gets tough to distinguish one from the other. The hardest part is getting space for science journalism, not science journalism itself.”“All of these are independent developments,” he says, “but what links them is the situation in which everybody worked. Of research and developmentDespite the encouraging improvement of STEM industries in India, Hari points out we have not invested as much as we should in these fields. “I wanted the reader experience to not just be insightful but fun as well.”Speaking of fun, Hari says interviewing people was the most fun part of collating Space.

Source: The Hindu July 20, 2021 06:22 UTC