It is profoundly tragic that I am a slave, but it is profoundly joyous that I am Gods slave, not that of a devil.
One of the illustrious disciples of the famed, Kirana Gharana, hallowed by such great luminaries like its styliser Abdul Karim Khan and his own legendary mentor Rambhau Kundagolkar, better known as Sawai Gandharva, Bhimsen by his stentorian vocalism lent a new dimension to the gharana.
The legendary vocalist Bhimsen Joshi emerged from those remarkable days when creative processes were marked by diversity of thought and emotion.
His exposition of a Khayal is a perfectly balanced presentation showing his excellence in all its varied components.
Had I not been a classical singer, I would have loved to spend my entire life in a garage fine-tuning a Fiat or a Maruti.
I accept this honour on behalf of all Hindustani vocalists who have dedicated their life to music.
Music challenged him and he pushed its boundaries.
The failure of the past philosophers is largely the failure to see the self-evident.
The goal of science is to understand the fundamental reality and the goal of technology is to change that reality.
After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can’t face each other, but still they stay together.
The most fundamental tragedy of my life is that the ones who I see do not exist and the one who exists I do not see.
Humanity is the crime; God is the criminal.
The world is the court of God. The criminal is God; the punisher is God; man serves the sentence.
God is a philosophical black hole, the point where reason breaks down.
It is impossible to imagine existence void of any intelligence.
Life is a question asked by God about the way He exists.
Is there any more encouraging sign than to see an Indian, who has never been to a university, like our friend Mr. Asutosh Dey here, for example, carrying out original work and finding it recognized by the foremost societies of the world?
I have always thought it a great privilege to have as my colleague in the Palit Chair of Chemistry such a distinguished pioneer in scientific research and education in Bengal as Sir Prafulla Ray. It has been invariably my experience that I could count on his cooperation and sympathy in every matter concerning my scientific work.
It will soon be 25 years from the date of publication of my first research work. That the scientific aspirations kindled by that early work did not suffer extinction has been due entirely to the opportunities provided for me by the great city of Calcutta.