CHEMISTRY(Main), PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS(Subsidiary)
Prof. E.C.G Sudarshan is a name known all over the world with immense reverence. But we at the CMS college, Kottayam are a little extravagant in our pride and arrogance when we pronounce that name. Yes, we have every right to be so while talking about our "Old Boy". Prof Sudarshan and the former President of India Dr K.R Narayanan are the most illustrious sons of CMS College. Every time in CMS Prof Sudarshan is very eloquent on how two teachers here shaped his future. He never tires talking about his Physics teacher Prof. George M Thomas and his Mathematics teacher Prof Eapen. A third teacher whom he remembers so fondly well is Prof C.I Raman Nair, his Malayalam teacher.
I had the good fortune of seeing Prof Sudarshan way back in 1986 when he was in CMS to deliver that year's Benjamin Bailey lecture. On the day before the lecture he and the then Principal Prof P.T Abraham were walking from the principal's bungalow, an imposing edifice, to the office and I was following them, always keeping a safe distance. As they approached the "Great Hall" (that is the great name of the college auditorium) some boys and girls were sitting in the lawns chatting leisurely. In all probability a romantic interlude between boring classes. When the gentle Casuarina (Choolamaram in Malayalam) breeze with its accompanying soft music spreads over the idyllic campus, one gets transcended into a very sublime world of beautiful thoughts and images and often gets divorced from reality. But the students still had the wisdom to stand up in respect for this great Physicist. Seeing this Prof Sudarshan walked up to the group and asked:
"What do you learn here?"
The students in their innocence, but without any doubt answered:
"BSc . Chemistry(Main), Physics and Mathematics(Subsidiary)"
The Professor asked a very serious question in a lighter vein:
"How can Physics and Mathematics be the subsidiary of Chemistry?"
I am very sure that the students might have wondered: "Why Not???"
Prof. E.C.G Sudarshan is a name known all over the world with immense reverence. But we at the CMS college, Kottayam are a little extravagant in our pride and arrogance when we pronounce that name. Yes, we have every right to be so while talking about our "Old Boy". Prof Sudarshan and the former President of India Dr K.R Narayanan are the most illustrious sons of CMS College. Every time in CMS Prof Sudarshan is very eloquent on how two teachers here shaped his future. He never tires talking about his Physics teacher Prof. George M Thomas and his Mathematics teacher Prof Eapen. A third teacher whom he remembers so fondly well is Prof C.I Raman Nair, his Malayalam teacher.
I had the good fortune of seeing Prof Sudarshan way back in 1986 when he was in CMS to deliver that year's Benjamin Bailey lecture. On the day before the lecture he and the then Principal Prof P.T Abraham were walking from the principal's bungalow, an imposing edifice, to the office and I was following them, always keeping a safe distance. As they approached the "Great Hall" (that is the great name of the college auditorium) some boys and girls were sitting in the lawns chatting leisurely. In all probability a romantic interlude between boring classes. When the gentle Casuarina (Choolamaram in Malayalam) breeze with its accompanying soft music spreads over the idyllic campus, one gets transcended into a very sublime world of beautiful thoughts and images and often gets divorced from reality. But the students still had the wisdom to stand up in respect for this great Physicist. Seeing this Prof Sudarshan walked up to the group and asked:
"What do you learn here?"
The students in their innocence, but without any doubt answered:
"BSc . Chemistry(Main), Physics and Mathematics(Subsidiary)"
The Professor asked a very serious question in a lighter vein:
"How can Physics and Mathematics be the subsidiary of Chemistry?"
I am very sure that the students might have wondered: "Why Not???"
No comments:
Post a Comment