Science was everything for CV Raman

The following two news articles in ToI recently reveals interesting information about Indian Nobel Prize Winning Scientist CV Raman. There is much to learn from his pure scientific research and experimental works.

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"Delivering a lecture on “The life and works of Sir CV Raman” at the Tamil Virtual Academy on Saturday, Rao said Raman saw former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s emphasis on ‘useful applied research’ as misplaced."

“Raman argued that fundamental science needed to be insulated not just from government, industrial and military pressure, but even from instructional pressure,” said Rao. When Nehru called for scientists to step out of their ivory towers, Raman told him men in ivory towers mattered the most, as they were the ‘salt of the earth’ to whom humanity owned existence. The full article is here.

“C V Raman is an unparalleled scientist and his life has many motivating factors about it, which would definitely benefit younger generations. I believe using art to popularise science is an effective way to create awareness on various ideas. Thankfully, I had access to Namboothiri, who responded quite positively to the thought,” The entire article is here.

Prof CV Raman's Thoughts on Science Policy Development and Free Markets on Post Independent India

For the last 4 and half years, I have not written anything due to community development works by heading the NGO.

Before leaving Delhi in public policy works, I have written a article after many years of research about Prof C V.Raman's Science Policy and free Market Economic Thoughts in Independent India.

This article was published in The Swarajya Magazine on 23rd March, 2019.

Main argument of Prof CV Raman is given below for ready reference:

Raman wrote quite startlingly in an article published in Indian Express’s Special Issue for August 15, 1952 that 

“there is a school of thought in our country which regards the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as an example to be quoted and followed on all matters. There is another school which thought not of the same persuasion, is nevertheless largely inclined that way and believes in leveling down as well as leveling up as the pathway to liberty, equality and fraternity, and would label as reactionaries all those who are not prepared to line up with them. Looking round and sizing up the situation, it seems to me that the real changer before our country in the days to come is the crushing down of individual freedom and initiatives by the steam of roller of government authority. Already, we see indications of this in the popularity of legislative measures having an expropriatory character and the passage of taxation and other bills calculated to kill private enterprise in the field of industrial development. To those who have no faith in personal liberty or personal initiative…the way of maximum freedom of the individual is also the way to the maximum prosperity of people. Indeed, democracy without freedom for the individual is a sham and a delusion…nothing in our present set-up in India disturbs me more profoundly than the manner in which the plea of communal justice is allowed to suppressed individuals of particular communities”.

It's all about SPARE time

Whatever in my small way have written till now is a profit from my killing of spare time...this led me to search people who have done great things in spare time!! Finally All I am into the Sir C V Raman's world of great new biography by Uma Parameswaran. Raman too did all his discoveries in his SPARE time in the first ten years (1907-1917).

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Arvind Kumar  and Arun Narendhranath writes in the DNA:

• Sir CV Raman, who argued, “We must largely build upon the intelligence, energy and enterprise of individuals, which can only be forthcoming if they can hope to reap the results of their personal efforts. I do not think state enterprise as such is likely to be very  successful in Indian conditions.” When he visited the United States, he attributed the prosperity and efficiency of the country to the system of “free and unfettered private enterprise”.

“No one owns the song of a bird.”

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