"While the nation celebrates ISRO's second moon mission, news like, 'Vedic math helped moon mission' and 'Darwin got evolution wrong' are making headlines," said the committee that will lead the 'March for Science' today in city. The objective, they said, is to bust such pseudoscientific ideas and create awareness about the evidence-based theories. Scientists, researchers and students in about 50 cities across the country will take to the streets today for the "peaceful" rally. The march in Mumbai will begin at D G Ruparel College in Matunga around 4.30 pm and conclude at Shivaji Park in Dadar. The participants would appeal to the society to question everything with a scientific approach and not believe anything that the authorities say with a blind eye.

"The pseudoscience spewed at Indian Science Congress has been showing the horrible state of scientific temper in the country. Contributions of the Indian subcontinent to philosophy, art, music, literature, astronomy, mathematics and medicine date back to several millennia and are recognised the world over. However, ignoring these contributions, making unsubstantiated claims about an imaginary past has become a trend," said the organising committee.