Going back to ether.

"When Prime Minister Narendra Modi barrels around India to support allies running for state government elections his war cry is: 'ab ki bar double engine ki sarkar'," meaning a BJP government at the Center as well as in all 28 states in India. Dawn. The Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, controls 17 state governments and one Union Territory, either by itself or as the largest party in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). wikipedia. However, "double engine" could also be interpreted as - "The first engine pulls India along the road to prosperity and modernity," while "Modi's second engine, fueled by febrile imaginations, pushes India towards emulating some kind of Hindu rashtra from an idyllic past." Like Pakistan's engine #2 has seen "Pakistan's regular schools have now come to resemble madressahs with the difference shrinking by the year." Surely, India and Pakistan cannot be compared? Or can they? "A scientific conference organised by the government of India has drawn sharp criticism from a section of scientists for promoting non-science such as 'Panchmahabhoot as the fundamental blocks of the universe instead of atoms' and the existence of 'ether' that was discarded by modern science 150 years ago." DH. The conference brochure claims "the entire universe is made up of five primal elements or the Panchmahabhoot: Agni (fire), Akash (sky), Vayu (air), Jala (water) and Prithvi (earth)." Previously, Modi has claimed that Lord Ganesha's elephant head is an example of plastic surgery and Karna's birth was through genetic engineering in ancient India. altnews.in. Last month, "Union Home Minister Amit Shah unveiled the Hindi version of three MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery) textbooks in Bhopal." TOI. "With this Madhya Pradesh (MP) would be the first state in the country to start medical education in Hindi." MP has a BJP government. Uttarakhand, also with a BJP government, will offer MBBS education in Hindi from the next academic session. NDTV. Medical science changes constantly. It may be possible to translate 3 textbooks but how will they translate the thousands of research papers? "English is now so prevalent that in some non-English  speaking countries, like Germany, France, and Spain, English-language academic papers outnumber publications in the country's own language several times over." The Atlantic. "There is absolutely no parent in India who does not want to send their children to an English medium school." The Print. Ask politicians where their children study and "The answer will show how English has become the new Sanskrit: the language the elite use to deny knowledge, and thus better opportunities, to those they seek to exclude from the corridors of power." "Modi's deepest damage isn't Hindu-Muslim divide but the PM's mogic dumbing us down," wrote Yogendra Yadav. India is perhaps too diverse to become like Pakistan. But, why try?