Genius and a twinkle: Your dreams live on in us, O Captain
(World News Science)

In a Bollywood and cricket obsessed country, one seldom realizes what greatness from other domains moves amidst us, till they are gone. One such stellar personality from the world of science that we lost recently, on 6 January 2018, was Prof. Baldev Raj- the Director of the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS). Little did I know that the lunch I had with him just two days before his passing would end up being my last meeting with this unique, multifaceted genius! Even during that meeting he was brimming with ideas about new projects that could be done at NIAS and within strict timelines. "I will be back from Pune on 7 January, let's meet next week to discuss more," he...