Fr the morning, I sit looking at the faces in this gorgeous photo from TIFR of 1952 - (Source: Vigyan Prasar's book on Dr Yashpal)

' It would not be an overstatement to say that the contributions of the cosmic ray group comprising Peters,
Yash Pal, Devendra Lal, and a few others during the 1950s helped greatly in putting TIFR, and India, on the global science map.'

'Lal and Yash Pal worked together and did all kinds of “marvellous silly things”'

c1975 , heading SAC, Ahmedabad. On the necessity of DIY -

Reflecting on his life's mission, Yash Pal - 'Yes, I do believe that there is something deeply spiritual in the intimate operational manuals of Nature, in the beautiful and logical connections between the microscopic and the macroscopic worlds, (1/2)

... in the connections between the living and the non-living and being able to understand the stars, galaxies and the universe, not completely but to a large extent.' (2/2)

These excerpts from a beautiful book written by Biman Basu for Vigyan Prasar -

' Nothing is lost. It builds up.' Had to write a post gathering his ideas. https://contestedrealities.com/2020/04/25/lockdown-diary-day-31-nothing-is-lost-it-builds-up/