It was an event that surprised the scientific world. It was an undreamed of thing. Here was a man who had built a unique instrument-an instrument that could measure the growth of plants. Here was a man who had proved with this wonderful machine that plants have hearts and can feel. The machine showed that plants have sight and a sense which tells them that a stranger is approaching. “Your instrument is a wonderful thing,” said the great man who had come to the Paris Congress of Science, 1900. They were amazed as the inventor showed them how to use the machine. A three year struggle began between Bose and the government in which he was victorious. An Indian, in those days of British rule, usually received two-thirds of the salary paid is a European Professor. Bose’s appointment was a temporary one, so he was given only half thrave jo w Europiun Bose was not the man to take this quietly. He felt that people who did the same amount und sume kind of work should be paid the same salary whatever race they belonged to. It is worth reneinbering that discoveries do not come from the faithful followers and yes-men of science, they come fruit the dousters and the rebels. Bose was by nature, a rebel. He realized that there was similarity in the behaviour of lifeless and living things. It was however, not easy to convince others. People hold on to their old beliefs and do not like to change them. Bose suggested that the animal, vegetable and mineral kindgoms were one and had a great deal in common. He said that plants and metals had a life of their own and could become ‘tired’, ‘depressed’, or ‘happy! People laughed at him. They did not take him seriously. Bose knew he was right and proved it. To begin with he designed and built a machine which recorded his findings with maximum exactness. This Das the ‘Crescography ! The story of this great scientist will not be complete without some mention of his concern for India and her people. He had a deep faith in the intelligence of his country men. Bose was certain that they were as capable of doing great things to-day as their ancestors had done in the past. In an address at a convocation of the University of Mysore in November, 1927, Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose spoke about India’s glory in the past and declared that it was action and not idleness that was responsible for that glory. He believed that there could be no happiness for a single person unless it had been won for all. And this great scientist wanted his countrymen to have undying hope and faith in the future.