Naseeruddin Shah gave controversial statement on ‘India moving away from science towards superstition’

Actor Naseeruddin Shah, who has been in limelight lately, has recently taken the internet by storm with his comments towards ISRO. The 72-year-old thinks the nation is becoming less and less scientific. It is a matter of concern that people are turning away from science and reverting to superstitions.

in an interview with Lallantop, the actor claimed Albert Einstein will be the next person to be dropped from textbooks after Charles Darwin. We are reverting to superstition, he said, not science. “This will make airplanes fly,” “This will cure cancer,” and so on.

The actor also said that misinformation was also being spread by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), whose well-known chairman blamed the West for claiming “undue credit” for all scientific advances and blamed them all for Along with giving credit to the Puranas.

“All these scientific discoveries are in the Puranas,” he continued, “and that the West wrongly takes credit for, considering them European inventions.” How can you combat this now? What kind of discussion can you have with someone who thinks like this?

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Naseeruddin Shah portrays the role of Mughal Emperor Akbar in Taj: Revenge of Revenge on ZEE5. The program discusses the social, political, governmental, religious, military and gastronomic context of nearly four decades of Akbar’s leadership.

Actor Naseeruddin Shah, who has been in limelight lately, has recently taken the internet by storm with his comments towards ISRO. The 72-year-old thinks the nation is becoming less and less scientific. It is a matter of concern that people are turning away from science and reverting to superstitions.

in an interview with Lallantop, the actor claimed Albert Einstein will be the next person to be dropped from textbooks after Charles Darwin. We are reverting to superstition, he said, not science. “This will make airplanes fly,” “This will cure cancer,” and so on.

The actor also said that misinformation was also being spread by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), whose well-known chairman blamed the West for claiming “undue credit” for all scientific advances and blamed them all for Along with giving credit to the Puranas.

“All these scientific discoveries are in the Puranas,” he continued, “and that the West wrongly takes credit for, considering them European inventions.” How can you combat this now? What kind of discussion can you have with someone who thinks like this?

See also: ‘Not as good as an Indian’: Manoj Tiwari criticizes Naseeruddin Shah’s remarks against Kerala story

Naseeruddin Shah portrays the role of Mughal Emperor Akbar in Taj: Revenge of Revenge on ZEE5. The program discusses the social, political, governmental, religious, military and gastronomic context of nearly four decades of Akbar’s leadership.