Prateep Roy
FEW WORDS, BUT BANG ON!
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The biggest challenge in my life is to maintain simplicity.
I love proverbs and phrases. They help you catch the nuances of life. One of such proverbs I have heard/read somewhere that I try to adhere to in my life. The proverb is: “It’s very simple to be happy, but it’s very difficult to be simple”. A simply worded phrase, but worth a million words. Read.
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Everyone who walked into my life left a mark. A positive mark.
As you grow older, you get wiser. Goes the saying. I would say, ‘as you grow older, there are more people who walk into your life and make you wiser’. Likewise, I would say, everyone who had walked into my life have made me wiser. I will not get into the debate of if I’m Read.
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The colors would be a combo of red & golden yellow, and the mascot would be a Royal Bengal Tiger. It will be a football team.
If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be? Photo by Jens Riesenberg on Unsplash Decades ago, the state of Bengal in particular and Bengalis all of India/World celebrated the game of football as their religion. There were two major rivals, East Bengal and Mohan Bagan. They fought fierce battles, both Read.
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Not really. It has only disillusioned!
How have your political views changed over time? Political views, I think, largely change from illusionistic to disillusion. At least for an average citizen like me. Like we say here in India in Hindi, Roti, Kapda aur Makan (food, clothing & shelter) are the basic necessity of life. I’ve read a fantastic definition of patriotism. Read.
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Reading & writing are my passions. I don’t think I would need a perfect space for it.
You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What’s it like? Read.
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Rajdoot GTS, my little unpopular bike
What is your all time favorite automobile? Photo credit: https://www.autocarindia.com/auto-features/remembering-the-bobby-417104 It was 1984. I had joined a research institute as a research scholar for my Ph.D., and I didn’t have a bike. I was still riding my father’s bicycle that I inherited from him. I threw tantrums saying ‘all my friends have bikes, I want Read.
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I could pick up songs as a child from a neighbor’s radio..
How are you creative? Photo by Macy Taylor on Unsplash We didn’t have a radio then. It was late sixties and I was barely 6-7 years old. I was looking for a source for songs, and didn’t have any.. I could quench my thrust through two channels. The first was by accompanying my sisters to Read.
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My dad, Ray & Wells..
Who are the biggest influences in your life? My dad, Anil Roy had an illustrious life. Beginning his career as a mutineer during Naval Munity against the British in 1946, he moved to Delhi in the early 1950s. My dad taught me that degree is only important to have a job, education & learning is Read.
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First human in space, 1961
Share what you know about the year you were born. Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, yes Yuri Gagarin was the first human to orbit Earth, completing one orbit in 108 minutes. He did it on April 12, 1961. He was born on March 9, 1934, in Klushino, Soviet Union (now Russia) as a the son of a Read.
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Yes, I am. You can, too. Just analyze the person’s words and actions.
Are you a good judge of character? Photo by Vladimir Yelizarov on Unsplash Yes. Words and actions are manifestation of 2 primary elements of life we are born with, and die with. These two elements are NATURE and CHARACTER. I’ll draw a parallel of these elements with genetics. In genetics there are two elements of Read.
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