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403 getting the award until the actual announcement had been made۔The first I received was from Dr Eckland's assistant۔Then came the confirmation from Sweden itself۔Immediately I drove the mosque and did what is called Namaze Shukrana, the prayer of gratitude۔Newsweek described it as "the research that represents an extraordinary achievement of the human intellect – a triumph of ideas which like politics, music and what have you should be part of human culture”۔Q: A: What are the implications of your work for the layman? Newton's unification had no practical significance for the layman for nearly 300 years until the launching of the satellite; and mind you, Newton's unification was a tremendous feat - an intellectual tour de force۔Maxwell's unification, on the other hand, had the greatest practical significance for mankind in a mere 10 years after the Scottish scientist's death۔For instance it was found that a rotating electric charge produces magnetic forces- the radiation of heat and light etc۔Now in our case also one may have to wait for 300 years۔One never knows۔۔۔there is nothing that I think of at the moment except that some people have suggested that our theory provides the raison d'être for what is called handedness of biological molecule۔It is believed that the atomic potential is not left-right symmetric because of this interposition - because of the unity with the nuclear force۔Do you believe in destiny? Q: A: I don't know what destiny is۔All I can say that I am continually being amazed at the depth revealed at each successive level we explore۔I would like to quote to you a prediction which Oppenheimer made more than 25 years ago and which has been fulfilled today in a manner the did not live to see۔"Physics will change even more۔۔۔۔If it is radical and unfamiliar۔۔۔۔We think that the future will be only more radical and not less, only more strange and not more familiar and that it will have its own new insights for the inquiring human spirit" Q: How would you comment on the view about the ultimate 'unknowability' of the universe? And what about the despair which many eminent physicists have expressed? A: My own reaction is totally different۔I feel we should go to the limit of what we can do۔We should not speculate and worry about not being able to do things۔That I think was also Einstein's attitude (although he is believed to have said that God did not play dice with the world)۔Somehow the other the idea of despair just does not enter my mind۔As I had said earlier, my felling is one of wonder۔Q: A: Is this sense of wonder that drives you on? That's right۔That is my inspiration۔People have different sorts of driving forces۔My colleague Weinberg has remarked in his book First Three Minutes that life is so miserable that the only thing, which makes it worthwhile, is the change given to us to indulge in the scientific endeavor to understand and know۔We are reminded of Einstein's words that "the serious research scholar in our materialistic ages is the only deeply religious human being"۔Well you see Einstein defined religion as the discovery of the basic laws۔He was deeply religious in the sense of wanting to discover the fundamental laws by which the Lord has created the world۔