He was unlucky that he chose Physics and Mathematics to excel in. Had he learnt bigotry and sycophancy, he would have had millions of lovers and followers in his country.
Source/Credit: The Friday Times
By Various | 15-21 Feb: 2013
The following two letters have appeared in the Letters to the Editor colum of the Friday Times, Lahore of 15-21 Feb: 2013
Salam, Dr Salam - I
Sir,
"Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or color will determine who received of his generosity," Pakistan's only Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam said in his speech at the Nobel Banquet on December 10, 1979. "On this occasion, let me say this to those whom God has given his bounty: let us strive to provide equal opportunities to all so that they can engage in the creation of physics and science for the benefit of all mankind." The spirit of the message delivered at Stockholm about 33 years ago is universal equality and justice.
Some people live and always live through their extraordinary work and contribution towards the good of mankind. Dr Abdus Salam was one such soul. He was lucky and unlucky at the same time. He was lucky that he was chosen by nature to be what he turned out to be. A man from a lower middle class family for whom joining Indian Railways could have been a dream come true, scaled heights very few could ever do in the entire history of mankind. Yet he was unlucky too, because the country he opted to be a citizen of showed more concern about his religious beliefs than his contribution and capabilities. He was unlucky that he chose Physics and Mathematics to excel in. Had he learnt bigotry and sycophancy, he would have had millions of lovers and followers in his country.
Atif Mahmood Majoka,
Melbourne.
Salam, Dr Salam - II
Sir,
January 29 has a special importance for Pakistan because it was the day when the genius son of the soil of Jhang, Prof Dr Abdus Salam, was born.
This day revives the memories of the scientific works of wonder in theoretical physics done by him. Dr Salam had a very special passion for using modern science and technology for the betterment of the common man in the third world countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. For this lofty purpose, he established in 1964 a center of excellence for scientific studies, called The International Centre for Theoretical Physics. Dr Salam served as its founding director from 1964 to 1993. During that time, more than 70,000 talented science students from underdeveloped countries studied at ICTP for free.
Last year, the whole world was thrilled when the CERN Geneva office said on July 4 that new experiments had confirmed theoretical forebodings of Abdus Salam published decades ago.
MS Sheikh,
Jhang.
-- Salam, Dr Salam
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