This years Nobel man, Indian born American working as a senior scientist in Cambridge, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan shares the prize with two others 'for studies on the structure and the function of the ribosome'. He does us proud for several reasons.
Of particular interest to this blog is the fact that he still cycles to work. We are told that his bicycle had a flat on that red letter day the prize was announced and that made him grumpy and doubt the news. We have also read that he is content with his bike and has no immediate plans for a car.
This is off-beat and therefore makes news. The modern day yardstick of success lies in the possession of the latest car, a bunglow with sprawling lawns and if there has to be a bicycle in the picture, its only for gym or pleasure riding.
Ramakrishnan inspite of having smacked in the face of all these is now one of the most successful men on earth!
