Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose was born on 30 November 1858, in Munshiganj, Bengal Presidency (now Bangladesh).
He was a polymath, physicist, biologist, biophysicist, botanist, and archaeologist.
He graduated from the University of Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1879.
He established the investigation of radio and microwave optics.
He also made noteworthy contributions to plant science.
What made him attracted to plants, nature, and science?
What made him so versatile?
The answer lies in his early education.
Bose father was a deputy magistrate.
But he did not admit Bose in an aristocratic English school.
Instead, he sends him to a Vernacular school.
His father wanted him to learn his mother tongue before learning English.
The atmosphere of Vernacular schools is different from the posh English schools.
Bose sat with children who came from modest families.
To his right sat the son of the Muslim attendant of his father.
To his left sat the son of a fisherman.
The trio became best of friends.
There was no discrimination of religion and social status in their friendship.
His friends told him fascinating stories of birds, animals, and different aquatic creatures.
Stories of wildlife and nature inspired him.
This was the real education for Bose.
This stories sparked interest in him to pursue the study of nature and science.
Later in his life, he pursued his higher education in English and met many intellectuals.
But he did not leave the teachings and values that he learned in his childhood.
He was successful in his research of remote wireless signaling despite facing racial discrimination and lack of funding.
He was also the first scientist to detect radio signals by using semiconductor junctions.
But he did not patent his inventions for profits.
Instead, he made his inventions public, so that other can further research on it.
Today, the world of digital technology has made us mediocre.
Most of our inventions or apps are a clone of existing inventions or apps.
Everything is measured in terms of Data, and every decision depends on the Data.
Human intelligence and empathy have gone for a toss.
Interaction with nature has become rare.
Social media has turned us into a sheep.
And learning our mother tongue has become an embarrassment for us.
We have forgotten our roots.
We have forgotten that we are human.
“A tree without roots is just a piece of wood.” ― Marco Pierre White.
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