Subramanyan Chandrasekhar - an Astrophysicist Par Excellence

Somebody should write on Satyendra Nath Bose, after all he wasn`t too common either and did work at a time when Asians were still not considered in the top rank.

Harish,

Thank u very much. People on Chowk shud know abt that genius.

Amazing V.N.Singh ...an Indian professor Nash, of sorts :(

#36

I like his last name!

#28 by VRV

Who is the Bihari guy who was a mathematical genius but became a mad man? I forgot his name. Though he remained his mathematical talents he lives the life of penury and keeps away from the society?

Yaar VRV, the guy you`re looking for is Vashisht Narayan Singh. I could only remember his first name but Google did the rest.

Here`s some more on him from Wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vashist_Narayan_Singh

BJ,

I like ur lingo and wit. Great!

#33 VRV

Yaar, if he is dead then I am glad he is not me!

Let the Gilster try to answer this one - he has been absconding like a chicken of a dog from his own board!

I hope he did not get hauled away for casting aspersions on my favorite GWB, or something!

Perhaps GWB got up one fine morning and decided that the Gilster had taken one swipe too many on him!!

So then GWB, perhaps said - ``That`s it! Throw the Gilster into the slammer, and feed the key to the dog!``

And Mushy, who had stayed up after dinner - dutifully consumed it!

BJ,

I am serious. He may be dead by now.

It`s not u btw.:-)

#30 by aslam644

[…an irish technology firm, that they’ve discovered free and limitless energy.]

The way I understand it, they are currently looking for investors – in this sure to succeed line of business. The wave of the future!

So they want some investors.

Not the average joker investor in the street – like the ``deep pocket`` Kapurias of the world, mind you, but the discriminating type. The investor who has a sense of adventure!

The risk takers – preferably Pakistani!

In other words, someone just like you!

Kindly send your million dollar check to BJ Kumar! Do it RIGHT NOW!!! Before anybody from the ignorant chowk masses instills any doubts!

Send the check and I will take it from there.

#28 VRV

Maybe you are talking about me. Be nice, now!

mr gill
what are your views on the claim by an irish technology firm, that they,ve discovered free and limitless energy. my knowledge of physics is limited nothing beyond o`level.

VRV -- just kidding -- Buddha was Bihar`s greatest contribution to the wild wild world of yore -- that civilizied Japan Korea China and others. Bihar also prevented the conquest of whole India by Alexander -- had it not been for the super power of Maghda kingdom of Guptas.

Considering Lalu and looking at Punjab -- I don`t know if it was necessarily a good thing -- Greeks could have improved the gene pool of Bihar as well -- but anyway Lalu has redeemed Vihara in the railways....

Kamat you can say that Indian contribution is Zero -- but what a Zero..!

In the same vein you can say that the concept of `Fraction` with the decimal point before the ONE could only come from a frationated caste ridden society of Bihar and UP -- but then again what a Fraction.......!

Re: # 25

BJ,

Who is the Bihari guy who was a mathematical genius but became a mad man? I forgot his name. Though he remained his mathematical talents he lives the life of penury and keeps away from the society?

Btw, thanks for ur help on UP.

Re: # 24

Hasan,

I think I am right abt ur name.

I knew a very few people by their true colours on Chowk. I came to know abt you recently and I find ur interests to be very closer to mine.

Btw, I am in quest for truth. I think abt this question at all time. Billions b4 me cudnt find the truth, billions after us cudnt but we keep trying and that gives me deeper understanding of ourselves.

As for Buddha, I take ur comment in lighter vein.

The truth is that all great people were smirked at by their own people. Take Jesus, Mohammed, Socrates, Galileo, Plato and even Buddha is no exception.

Jesus comments once that a prophet cant get true recognition in his own land/people (sic). Ditto prophet Mohammed. Socrates cant along with his own wife, though he gave a lot of philosophy for the world and finally he had to take hemlock (tastes well but kills instantaneously). Galileo story we know.

Buddhism is not a religion but who cares! He`s worshipped as a god.

:-)

Re: # 25

To bjkumar:

Babuji: I am told that Indian`s contribution to science and mathematics is ZERO.

Do you agree?

Kamath

#23

[only an Indian Chandra could come up with the concept like ``Black Hole`` -- that swallows time and space as well -- an stuff of Indian myth-making -- that also gave the world the nothingness as thingness of a Zero.....!]

Yaar, you realize that this wholesale generalization of a people is totally off the mark!

Are you trying to kill Indians with kindness?!! (And if you are Indian, are you patting yourself on the back?)

Or are you in a sneaky way, trying to tell us that Indians are good for ``nothing``?!!!