Memories and Musings

A collection of more than thirty short articles describing the author's experiences during an eventful life of more than eighty years as a scientist and as a world traveler, presented fluently and with subdued humour. You read about the author's travel to the USA by cargo ship at the young age of 22, his experiences as a student and the contrast between life in the USA in the 1950's and today. Read about his travels to various countries and his belief that the journey is more interesting than the destination. Stories about his early life in Kerala in the 1950's and in Chennai after retirement and his commentaries on current topics are narrated with passion, sincerity and humour.