tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053278039326036057.post1787850976774623101..comments2024-03-20T17:41:26.492+05:30Comments on Sparsh: Cinema and MeRural Managerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13989493748592571548noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053278039326036057.post-31888452333063645602010-10-22T23:20:56.603+05:302010-10-22T23:20:56.603+05:30Tags are the part of identity that are labeled by ...Tags are the part of identity that are labeled by society on us. We should behave like rebel and should not bow down by the restrictions placed by family and society in the name of culture and laws...<br /><br />Thanks for telling me about Meghnad Saha. I was knowing very little about him.Yayaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567482260999422784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053278039326036057.post-13475946434199299552010-10-22T15:09:22.925+05:302010-10-22T15:09:22.925+05:30"I realized that if you work hard in this cou..."I realized that if you work hard in this country and believe in yourself, you'll die alone and under appreciated. Genius never gained any recognition and died almost unknown as they had shown in the movie 'Pyasaa'."<br /><br />True. Plus genius or no genius people cannot shake off certain 'tags' attached to them... no matter what.<br /><br />... Like Dr. K.R. Narayanan. Still referred to as 'the first dalit President of India'. Like the genius scientist Dr. Meghnad Saha... a Pioneer in Astrophysics. Still referred to as a 'dalit'.<br /><br />P.S. A bit about Dr. Meghnad Saha: After passing the Intermediate Examination of the Calcutta University in 1911 from the Dhaka College, Dhaka, he joined the Presidency College at Kolkata (then Calcutta). Among his classmates was Satyendranath Bose, of the Bose-Einstein Statistics fame. Prasanta Chandra Mohalanobis, the founder of the Indian Statistical Institute, was his senior by a year. His teachers included Prafulla Chandra Roy in Chemistry and Jagadish Chandra Bose in Physics. He passed his BSc Examination with Honours in Mathematics in 1913 and MSc (Applied Mathematics) Examination in 1915. He stood second in order of merit in both the examinations. The first position in both cases went to S.N. Bose.<br /><br />It is interesting to note here that Saha, jointly with S.N. Bose prepared an English translation of Einstein’s papers on theory of relativity and got it published in a book form. Incidentally their translation of Einstein’s work on the theory of relativity happens to be the first on record.<br /><br />In 1950 Saha founded the Institute of Nuclear Physics... now known as the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics. It was Saha, who first introduced nuclear physics in the MSc physics syllabus of the Calcutta University in 1940. He also started a post-MSc course in nuclear science for the country. He initiated steps for building a cyclotron, the first of its kind in the country. He was an advocate of the peaceful use of nuclear energy.<br /><br />Saha wrote extensively on his vision of scientific economic planning for India. It was Saha who persuaded Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, then President of the Indian National Congress, to set up a National Planning Committee. At the beginning M. Visvesvaraya, the most celebrated Indian engineer, was the Chairman of the Committee. However, Saha thought that to have its impact the Committee should be headed by a powerful Congress leader and he persuaded Rabindranath Tagore to convince Jawaharlal Nehru to accept the Chairmanship of the Committee.Roshmi Sinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514206548071810133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8053278039326036057.post-29102068203958489172010-10-22T15:08:56.407+05:302010-10-22T15:08:56.407+05:30"I realized that if you work hard in this cou..."I realized that if you work hard in this country and believe in yourself, you'll die alone and under appreciated. Genius never gained any recognition and died almost unknown as they had shown in the movie 'Pyasaa'."<br /><br />True. Plus genius or no genius people cannot shake off certain 'tags' attached to them... no matter what.<br /><br />... Like Dr. K.R. Narayanan. Still referred to as 'the first dalit President of India'. Like the genius scientist Dr. Meghnad Saha... a Pioneer in Astrophysics. Still referred to as a 'dalit'.<br /><br />P.S. A bit about Dr. Meghnad Saha: After passing the Intermediate Examination of the Calcutta University in 1911 from the Dhaka College, Dhaka, he joined the Presidency College at Kolkata (then Calcutta). Among his classmates was Satyendranath Bose, of the Bose-Einstein Statistics fame. Prasanta Chandra Mohalanobis, the founder of the Indian Statistical Institute, was his senior by a year. His teachers included Prafulla Chandra Roy in Chemistry and Jagadish Chandra Bose in Physics. He passed his BSc Examination with Honours in Mathematics in 1913 and MSc (Applied Mathematics) Examination in 1915. He stood second in order of merit in both the examinations. The first position in both cases went to S.N. Bose.<br /><br />It is interesting to note here that Saha, jointly with S.N. Bose prepared an English translation of Einstein’s papers on theory of relativity and got it published in a book form. Incidentally their translation of Einstein’s work on the theory of relativity happens to be the first on record.<br /><br />In 1950 Saha founded the Institute of Nuclear Physics... now known as the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics. It was Saha, who first introduced nuclear physics in the MSc physics syllabus of the Calcutta University in 1940. He also started a post-MSc course in nuclear science for the country. He initiated steps for building a cyclotron, the first of its kind in the country. He was an advocate of the peaceful use of nuclear energy.<br /><br />Saha wrote extensively on his vision of scientific economic planning for India. It was Saha who persuaded Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, then President of the Indian National Congress, to set up a National Planning Committee. At the beginning M. Visvesvaraya, the most celebrated Indian engineer, was the Chairman of the Committee. However, Saha thought that to have its impact the Committee should be headed by a powerful Congress leader and he persuaded Rabindranath Tagore to convince Jawaharlal Nehru to accept the Chairmanship of the Committee.Roshmi Sinhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17514206548071810133noreply@blogger.com