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I have always thought it a great privilege to have as my colleague in the Palit Chair of Chemistry such a distinguished pioneer in scientific research and education in Bengal as Sir Prafulla Ray.

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I strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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It will not be an activity in which all people can participate.
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When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
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Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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It will soon be 25 years from the date of publication of my first research work. That the scientific aspirations kindled by that early work did not suffer extinction has been due entirely to the opportunities provided for me by the great city of Calcutta.
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In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of a new branch of knowledge.
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It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.
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It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.
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When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water.
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And it was this belief which led to the subject becoming the main theme of our activities at Calcutta from that time onwards.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage.
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It was the late Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar who, by founding the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, made it possible for the scientific aspirations of my early years to continue burning brightly.
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We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity.
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The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment.
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$C. V. Raman Quote - The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.$

The fundamental importance of the subject of molecular diffraction came first to be recognized through the theoretical work of the late Lord Rayleigh on the blue light of the sky, which he showed to be the result of the scattering of sunlight by the gases of the atmosphere.
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We begin to realise that the molecular scattering of light in liquids may possess an astronomical significance, in fact contribute in an important degree to the observed albedo of the earth.
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Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of using brilliant monochromatic illumination obtained by the aid of the commercially available mercury arcs sealed in quartz tubes.
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A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.
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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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The Sensations of Tone.’ As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz’s masterpieces.
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It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor.
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The sunlit face of the earth would appear to shine by the light diffused back into space from the land and water-covered areas.
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Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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In the first English class I attended, Prof. E. H. Elliot, addressing me, asked if I really belonged to the Junior B. A. class, and I had to answer him in the affirmative. He then proceeded to inquire how old I was.
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It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work.
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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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