A Conversation in Third Person with Prof. T.S. Ramesh

Q Your work as a scientist required a serious commitment of time and concentration from a very early age. How did you imagine marriage fitting into the picture?

A While he was growing up in India, Ram would often sneak out of his noisy home to go down to the beach, wander along the shoreline with a cone of phani-poori in his hand. He'd skim stones and watch nature's properties at work. The water's ever-widening ripples from the smallest tossed stone fascinated him. Someday he would get to Amer...