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Why ? 
On this auspicious occasion of National Science Day, here I share this document, named "Why is the Sky Blue ?". This is transcript of a public lecture, that Prof. CV Raman gave, in 1968. Reading this lofty morsel of wisdom, was infinitely elevating.
I have derived great satisfaction in just doing nothing at all and looking at these masses of  clouds and the blue sky.
Tasting those lines gave me a mere glimpse of the ardent passion with which he pursued science. Salutes to you, Sir.

As Plato puts it, "At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet". Surprisingly, 'Sky' and 'Sea' too seemed to have inspired generations together endlessly. And, they never exhaust themselves doing so. Watching their vastness and humbly, submitting of our mere mortal presence in the universe, killing all our ego, we stand with mouth agape. As I see, they are closest things, which makes the infiniteness of universe perceptible and palpable to every other human being. I wonder, if even my pursuit of science got manifested from this point unconsciously.

Whenever this beauty crosses my thought flow, I cant resist but reading this  back at home before I go to bed. And I consider myself fortunate enough to live such a life, in pursuit of many unexplainable things, which are meant to be only felt,  like 'love'. Also here I thank all those, who helped me to appreciate these ideas. And a special mention to Alok Arunam, for taking me through this dossier.

Here is the *.pdf file.
Why is the Sky Blue ? [link goes to pdf]

6 comments:

  1. Beautiful.

    Vivek, your words and of course that of Raman.. Stirred a scientific tinge into the poetic me.
    Thanks for that mate! Keep penning!

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  2. Priyanka,

    Welcome to blog & Thanks for the first comment :-) Too generous you were.

    Science too, like poetry is one of THE loftiest expressions of what we are. Call it Life / The spirit that we live with. It is just the way what we naturally feel comfortable with.

    There you don't quantify things. Here we do ! Thats the prime difference.

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  3. By reading this article, i've realized a lot. I missed the view through a telescope, the immediate thing what i want to do. Thanks for the article.

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    1. Maddy , Thanks for the comment. Keep visiting the blog for more updates. Also, Keep staring at sky, some interesting things might sparkle ! :)

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  4. Read it for the 1st time ever, despite knowing about this well-established article. Well, we expect you to pen down those poetic lines of realisation when you keep on staring those 'sparkling stars !!

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    1. Will do, from now on. But right now, Stars are so far away :-(

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