How do you synthesise such diverse subjects like nuclear physics and classical music?
I do not try to synthesise. Music begins with postulates of beauty and mathematics begins with postulates of numbers. Mathematics is like music. It appeals to the human mind. It is not uncommon to find many scientists and philosophers who are also musicians. How did you grow interest in both? I was at Good Shepherd Convent in Mysore. You know King Vediyar himself was a great musician and he provided an atmosphere of learning. At the convent the teachers were very good. Mother Mosses, who taught us music, spotted talent in me and encouraged me to pursue western classical. In 1940 we had an examiner for music from Trinity College of Music, but the war broke out and he was forced to stay back. We benefited by his long presence. I was still in school when Prof. C.V. Raman was active in propagating physics as the most important branch of knowledge. Since I was already a student of mathematics, physics appealed to my mind. Then in 1945 I met Dr Homi Bhabha. Thereafter I went to London to do
