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Idiotic does not mean calling someone an idiot, says Prof CNR Rao

Bangalore: Bharat Ratna awardee scientist Prof C N R Rao today clarified that what he said on Sunday was no outburst. "I just said, what your are doing is idiotic. Telling something as idiotic does

Prof Rao had said: "... for the money that government has given to scientific sector, we have done much more." 



"... Why the hell these idiots these politicians have given so little for us. In spite of that we scientists have done something," Rao said, losing his cool.

"Our investments are marginal, comes late ... for that money we have got, we have performed. For the money we have been getting it is not bad at all, after all this kind of money is nothing."

Asked about China's progress, the scientist had said,"We also have to take blame on ourselves, Indians we don't work hard, we are not like Chinese. We are easy going and we are not as much nationalists ... If we get some-more money we are ready to go abroad."

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