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More than five decades after his death, Sir JC Bose is being resurrected in book after book. Sudipto Das’ ‘Jagadish Chandra Bose: The Reluctant Physicist’ is yet another attempt at sketching his life. Bose lived during a turbulent phase in India’s history and was both loved and hated by his acquaintances, mythified and forgotten by his countrymen.

It was during the profound stillness of the Covid-19 pandemic that Roshan Lal Batta found himself drawn to whispers of the past. From becoming a supply teacher and a Barrister in London to working with stalwarts like Hira Lal Sibal in India, he recounts life in vivid detail. The memoir is a tribute to the luminaries who shaped his life.