astronomy

Harsha V. Dehejia

Harsha V. Dehejia is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Harsha V. Dehejia rather than just read about it. In short: Harsha Venilal Dehejia (born 1938) is an Indo-Canadian allergologist, author, and radio host, and Professor of Indian Studies at Carleton University. He was the winner of the 2003 Raja Rao Award for Literature for outstanding contributions to the literature and culture of the South Asian Diaspora, and the host of the radio show An Indian Morning for over 40 years.

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Reference excerpt

Harsha Venilal Dehejia (born 1938) is an Indo-Canadian allergologist, author, and radio host, and Professor of Indian Studies at Carleton University. He was the winner of the 2003 Raja Rao Award for Literature for outstanding contributions to the literature and culture of the South Asian Diaspora, and the host of the radio show An Indian Morning for over 40 years.

Earlier career Born and raised in Malabar Hill, South Mumbai, Dehejia received his medical doctorate from Bombay University, "with six gold medals", and then studied allergy and respiratory diseases at Cambridge University. He moved to Canada, where he began practicing medicine in Ottawa around 1968. In 1975, Dehejia helped the radio station CKCU-FM obtain its first broadcast license, and began hosting the radio show An Indian Morning that November. In 1976, he wrote "a pocket-book sized manual entitled I Can Cope With Allergy", and in 1980, he published The Allergy Book. In a 1984 news piece, he noted his displeasure with "all the myths surrounding allergies," noting that people often misuse the term to refer to normal responses to toxins, when an allergy is defined as an abnormal response to substances harmless to most. Dehejia continued to engage in numerous civic and cultural activities as well, with The Ottawa Citizen noting in 2003:

Although he is a leading allergist in Ottawa, Dr. Dehejia has found time to write books about the poetry and painting and gods of India, host a radio program, An Indian Morning, and teach a course at Carleton University on Hinduism and Classical Indian intellectual traditions. By that year, Dehehjia was regularly travelling to India, working towards earning his PhD in religion from the University of Bombay, and participating in seminars. Dehejia was also presented with the 2003 Raja Rao Award for Literature for his outstanding contributions to the literature and culture of the South Asian Diaspora. In 2008, Dehejia was one of the five recipients of a recognition for community leadership by the Indo-Canada Ottawa Business Chamber.

Later writing and activities In 2014, Dehejia published his only work of fiction, the novel Parul: A Love Story, a story of a man who slowly surrenders his conviction in the principle of Maya, that the world is an illusion. The protagonist experiences romance with a beautiful and sensual woman who induces him to accept the reality of the beauty of things in the world. In 2015, he celebrated the 40th year of his radio show, An Indian Morning, the only show to have been broadcast continuously on CKCU-FM for that length of time. In 2017, Dehejia published Walk With Me On Mumbai Footpaths, recounting discoveries encountered while walking in Mumbai. The following year, he published Radhayan, which "explores the many stories that feature Radha," a Hindu goddess. Dehejia "spent over two years researching and writing" for this book. In 2019, Dehejia further explored this mythos with his chapter, “The heart-throb of Chaitanya” in the book Finding Radha: The Quest for Love, and in an edited collection, Radha: From Gopi to Goddess.

Personal life Dehejia's son, Vivek Harsha Dehejia, is also a professor at Carleton University, teaching in the areas of philosophy and economics.

External links H.V. Dehejia Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine at Carleton University

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Harsha V. Dehejia

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Harsha V. Dehejia claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Harsha V. Dehejia before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Harsha V. Dehejia ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Harsha V. Dehejia

In research: Harsha V. Dehejia appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Harsha V. Dehejia in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Harsha V. Dehejia is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1938 births, 20th-century Canadian male writers, 21st-century Canadian male writers, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Harsha V. Dehejia outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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