On Monday, after news broke of the death of renowned astrophysicist Jayant Vishnu Narlikar, author Manu Joseph shared a striking memory. Narlikar, known for questioning the Big Bang theory, once told him, “Chai took longer.” It was the second-most interesting tea-related analogy about the universe since Russell’s teapot, which sought to shift the burden of…
From classrooms in Varanasi to reshaping ideas in cosmology, Jayant Narlikar‘s journey remains a shining example of scientific integrity and vision. Jayant Vishnu Narlikarwas born on July 19, 1938, in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, into a deeply academic household. His father, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar, was a prominent mathematician and physicist, and a professor at Banaras Hindu University…
Stellar cosmologist Jayant Narlikar‘s passing at 86 on Tuesday, peacefully and in sleep, is reminiscent of the gift of death at will, or the “ichha-mrityu” that grandsire Bhishma supposedly had in the Mahabharata. And speaking of grandsires, the demise of this much-decorated and beloved doyen of Indian astrophysicists coincides with the departures of larger-than-life grey…
Nagpur: Internationally-acclaimed astrophysicist and science communicator, Jayant Narlikar, maintained strong ties with the scientific, academic, and literary scenario in Nagpur and Vidarbha. Though Narlikar was based in Pune, where he breathed his last on Tuesday, his frequent interactions and visits with regional science forums and his ability to communicate science in Marathi made him a…