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The man who bent light : a memoir
Author
Title
The man who bent light : a memoir / Narinder Singh Kapany, father of fibre optics.
ISBN
9788195256600
8195256600
Publication
New Delhi [India] : Roli Books, 2021.
Copyright Notice Date
©2021
Physical Description
277 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 28, 2023
Series
Lotus collection
Contents
I Boyhood
Property p. 4
Sodhi-Wala p. 7
The Ring p. 9
The Power of Belief p. 13
'Here, Bino, Take My Hand...' p. 15
Stolen Fruit p. 18
Naughty p. 22
Almost-True Stories p. 25
Chain Reaction p. 30
Father's Radio p. 32
The Drunken Elephant p. 34
Deadheading p. 37
Partition p. 39
II Learning
Obsessed p. 52
More Mentors p. 55
Satinder p. 58
My Wee Scottish Sojourn p. 61
Rainy Day Woman p. 65
Re-obsessed p. 67
London Snapshots p. 76
Piled Higher and Deeper p. 80
The 80-Pound Car p. 82
The Plan and the Man at the Back of the Room (1) p. 86
Campari p. 88
III Coming to America!
Gestation p. 96
It was a Very Good Year p. 102
The Plan and the Man at the Back of the Room (2) p. 104
The Right Thing p. 113
IV In Business
The Bet p. 122
Optics Technology p. 127
Searching for Something New/Veni, Vidi, da Vinci p. 134
Delhi Again? p. 140
'If There's a Fork in the Road, Take It' p. 144
The Little Company that Could... and Did p. 146
V Teaching
'Anything you Want' p. 154
Making it Happen/Seeds p. 157
VI Farming
A Sikh, a Farmer p. 172
Wine and Oil p. 178
VII Being Sikh
Sikhism: Equality and Charity p. 186
The Art of Giving p. 191
Sikhism: A Spiritual God and an Equal Opportunity p. 194
VIII Collecting and Sharing Sikh Arts
The Gift of Art p. 198
The Koh-i-noor p. 201
The Sikh Foundation: Inspire, Educate, Enrich p. 207
IX Rule, Britannia!
A Home with a View p. 216
'I Cooked for You!' p. 220
X Belonging
Belonging p. 226
XI Massacre
Massacre p. 236
XII Family Matters
Once-in-a-Lifetime p. 244
Kids p. 248
Family Ties p. 254
Oh, Satinder... p. 269
Eulogy p. 272.
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