When there is a will there is a way

This weekend was like regular weekends, go meet some friends, do some chit chat and plan something about global odiya. I went to Benu Bhai (A scientist B at NAL). And having some food at his house. I asked him casually what motivated him for doing research and what is the success behind him? The answer I got was terrific. He is a scientist, because there were no professors for his specializations during his MS!!

Benudhar Sahoo was an average student who was doing his Post-graduation in Odisha. He was a chemistry student and fund of organic chemistry. So he wanted to do his specialization in organic chemistry. But he failed to get enough mark to get organic chemistry specialization. So he was forced to take inorganic chemistry as his specialization. To add to his problem, there were no professors to teach inorganic chemistry. So he was worried for sometime. Then there come the relief-buster India Pak cricket match.

He was watching the day and light match till the end and the highlights etc. By the time he thought anything other that cricket (food yarr) and decided to move on from the TV room it was 2 AM. That day he stayed without any food as no food was available at 2 PM. But it allowed him to do a self analysis which changed his life.

He was thinking about the moments on that day when he did not get organic chemistry specialization, he was thinking about the indo pak match. And the number of hours he has spend in TV room. He thought he can spend hours and skip his dinner for a match and could not help himself in a subject. Wasn't it ridiculous? So he decided to spend time with book in stead of TV room and to spend time in library in stead of watching cricket matches. That is all.

What happened next was as well known. He has dated with books and prepared best notes in inorganic chemistry. He did well in his GATE exam and did his Ph. D. And currently working at NAL as a scientist.

He calls his last year at his MS as his golden period of his life and I have a different opinion. I call the 2 AM on that specific day as the EURECA moment which transformed him.