Nothing to offer about Science or experiments. The theme was Calorie, but the theme as you enter became Farmer is a wrestler.
There were good things on how much water is required to grow a particular crop, nutritional values, Glycemic Index funds etc, how has global warming affected aquatic life around Mumbai, varieties of rice that existed earlier and what we grow today based on speed at which they grow, and GM crops and how bad they are. Some very good demonstration and visibility crated by students of NID about how nations have progressed due on Poverty, Obesity and stunting, quality of blood - % of people who are malnourished/Anaemic in different countries, How has food grain accessibility in different countries are really presented well for common people’s understanding.
some of the studies included
1. studies on calorie intake of people in different countries, how does that help??
2. Calories intake of women less than men!! This is more based on scientific social survey but not science
3. Caste based biases.. and cooking by Dalits - why don’t you call them underprivileged instead of calling out castes as if there are no under privileged among Upper castes, Muslims and Minorities.
4. What has a day in Mapusa market to do with Science??
This place is about setting narratives by including caste while trying to show you are improving scientific temper of the youth. Why this place has a corner showing History of Communist party across the world, world war and protests by farmers on farm laws.
The Young Genz kids who are employed here in part time while studying were dressed differently - no dress code, you can’t identify if they are here to help you understand the exhibits, no doubt the people who helped me were hands on, but help them with dress code and discipline, respect the place and not loitering around make noice more than the visitors.
There should be no entry to Kids under the age of 6y as they were there only to man handle the exhibits and parents don’t respect other visitors. This is not a picnic spot please.
Nut shell I feel the place should be used to help people improve scientific temper and not become a place to set political narrative and divide society by speaking about caste.. atleast not the place for it..