Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
C. V. RAMANI strongly believe that fundamental science cannot be driven by instructional, industrial, governmental or military pressures.
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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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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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This was the reason why I decided, as far as possible, not to accept money from the government.
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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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To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would no doubt be the large areas covered by oceanic water.
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We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex.
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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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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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From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession of scholars, both Indian and European, who have lived in this city, made it their own, and given it of their best.
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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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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 feel it is unnatural and immoral to try to teach science to children in a foreign language They will know facts, but they will miss the spirit.
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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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I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
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In reality, the professor benefits equally by his association with gifted students working under him.
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