Biography of a Renowned Scientist

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What was my father's name?

Jainulabdeen

Where was I born?

Rameswaram

What was my mother's name?

Ashiamma

Where did we live?

Mosque Street in Rameswaram Signup and view all the answers

How would you describe my father's attitude towards comforts and luxuries?

Austere Signup and view all the answers

What did I typically do during meals?

Ate with my mother, sitting on the floor of the kitchen Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's mother serve him for meal?

Rice, sambar, pickle, and coconut chutney Signup and view all the answers

Where was the Shiva temple located?

Rameswaram Signup and view all the answers

What was the predominant religion in the author's locality?

Muslim Signup and view all the answers

Who was the high priest of the Rameswaram temple?

Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's father say about the relevance of prayer?

Prayer makes possible a communion of the spirit between people. Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's father believe every human being to be?

A specific element within the whole of the manifest divine Being. Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's father encourage when troubles come?

To understand the relevance of one's sufferings and to see the opportunities for introspection. Signup and view all the answers

What was the author's father's response when people visited to offer thanks after being cured?

He asked them to thank Allah, the merciful. Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's father do after the prayers at the mosque?

Dip his fingertips in water and say a prayer, which was then carried home for invalids. Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's father say about the Arabic prayers chanted at the mosque?

He was totally convinced that they reached God. Signup and view all the answers

What was the predominant material used to build the author's ancestral house?

Limestone and brick Signup and view all the answers

What was the author's father's attitude towards comforts and luxuries?

He avoided all inessential comforts and luxuries Signup and view all the answers

What did the author typically do during meals?

Ate with his mother in the kitchen Signup and view all the answers

Where was the author born?

Rameswaram Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's mother serve him for meal?

Not specified in the text Signup and view all the answers

What was the profession of the author's father?

Not specified in the text Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's father believe every human being to be?

A specific element within the whole of the manifest divine Being Signup and view all the answers

What was the predominant religion in the author's locality?

Muslim Signup and view all the answers

Where was the Shiva temple located?

About a ten-minute walk from the author's house Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's mother serve him for a meal?

Rice, aromatic sambar, home-made pickle, and fresh coconut chutney Signup and view all the answers

Who was the high priest of the Rameswaram temple?

Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's father do after the prayers at the mosque?

People offered bowls of water, which he dipped his fingertips in and said a prayer, then carried home for invalids Signup and view all the answers

What did the author's father say about the relevance of prayer?

"Prayer made possible a communion of the spirit between people" Signup and view all the answers

Where did the author live?

In an area with predominantly Muslim and quite a lot of Hindu families living amicably together Signup and view all the answers

What did I typically do during meals?

Pray before eating Signup and view all the answers

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What was my father's name?

Where was I born?

What was my mother's name?

Where did we live?

How would you describe my father's attitude towards comforts and luxuries?

What did I typically do during meals?

What did the author's mother serve him for meal?

Where was the Shiva temple located?

What was the predominant religion in the author's locality?

Who was the high priest of the Rameswaram temple?

What did the author's father say about the relevance of prayer?

What did the author's father believe every human being to be?

What did the author's father encourage when troubles come?

What was the author's father's response when people visited to offer thanks after being cured?

What did the author's father do after the prayers at the mosque?

What did the author's father say about the Arabic prayers chanted at the mosque?

What was the predominant material used to build the author's ancestral house?

What was the author's father's attitude towards comforts and luxuries?

What did the author typically do during meals?

Where was the author born?

What did the author's mother serve him for meal?

What was the profession of the author's father?

What did the author's father believe every human being to be?

What was the predominant religion in the author's locality?

Where was the Shiva temple located?

What did the author's mother serve him for a meal?

Who was the high priest of the Rameswaram temple?

What did the author's father do after the prayers at the mosque?

What did the author's father say about the relevance of prayer?

Where did the author live?

What did I typically do during meals?

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