Towards the end of February 1928, I took the decision of…

When we consider the fact that nearly three-quarters of the surface of the globe is covered by oceanic water, we begin to realise that…

— C. V. Raman

We must teach science in the mother tongue. Otherwise, science will become a highbrow activity. It will not be an activity in which all…

— C. V. Raman

It will soon be 25 years from the date of publication of my first research work. That the scientific aspirations kindled by that early…

— C. V. Raman

The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees…

— C. V. Raman

The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.

— C. V. Raman

In the history of science, we often find that the study of some natural phenomenon has been the starting point in the development of…

— C. V. Raman

It is not often that idealism of student days finds adequate opportunity for expression in the later life of manhood.

— C. V. Raman

A voyage to Europe in the summer of 1921 gave me the first opportunity of observing the wonderful blue opalescence of the Mediterranean Sea.…

— C. V. Raman

It is generally believed that it is the students who derive benefit by working under the guidance of a professor. In reality, the professor…

— C. V. Raman

To an observer situated on the moon or on one of the planets, the most noticeable feature on the surface of our globe would…

— C. V. Raman

From Calcutta has gone forth a living stream of knowledge in many branches of study. It is inspiring to think of the long succession…

— C. V. Raman

I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you…

— C. V. Raman

It was the late Dr. Mahendra Lal Sircar who, by founding the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, made it possible for the…

— C. V. Raman

I feel it is unnatural and immoral to try to teach science to children in a foreign language They will know facts, but they…

— C. V. Raman

In the first English class I attended, Prof. E. H. Elliot, addressing me, asked if I really belonged to the Junior B. A. class,…

— C. V. Raman