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Ultimately, biological phenomena involve molecules, and understanding them involves understanding the underlying chemistry. In my opinion, this is a particularly exciting area of chemistry.
~ Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Area
Biological
Chemistry
Exciting
In My Opinion
Involve
Involves
Molecules
Opinion
Particularly
Phenomena
Them
Ultimately
Underlying
Understanding
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Unusually for an Indian man of his generation, my father, being aware of my mother's intellectual abilities, encouraged her to go abroad by herself to obtain a Ph.D.
~ Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Ability
Abroad
Aware
Being
Encouraged
Father
Generation
Go
Her
Herself
His
Indian
Intellectual
Man
Mother
Obtain
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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
~ Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Accident
Beings
Birth
Human
Human Beings
Nationality
Our
Simply
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We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.
~ Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Amount
Back
Benefit
Britain
Does
Getting
Money
Puts
Tremendously
Very
Well
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We live in an increasingly technological world where the issues are quite complex and based on some complicated science.
~ Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Based
Complex
Complicated
Increasingly
Issues
Live
Quite
Science
Some
Technological
Where
World
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You can only go into science because you're interested in it.
~ Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Because
Go
Interested
Only
Science
You
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Organic compounds exist in which a hydrogen atom, joined to the carbon, acquires acid properties as a result of the proximity of certain functional groupings.
~ Victor Grignard
Acid
Atom
Carbon
Certain
Compounds
Exist
Functional
Hydrogen
Joined
Organic
Properties
Proximity
Result
Which
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
~ Victor Grignard
Addition
Compounds
Kinds
Organic
Reactions
Two
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There are, in fact, very few organic zinc compounds; only the first members of the series, which correspond to the simplest organic radicals, can be prepared without too much difficulty, but they have the disadvantage of being spontaneously inflammable in air and are consequently very dangerous to handle.
~ Victor Grignard
Air
Be Prepared
Being
Compounds
Consequently
Correspond
Dangerous
Difficulty
Disadvantage
Fact
Few
First
Handle
In Fact
Members
Much
Only
Organic
Prepared
Radicals
Series
Simplest
Spontaneously
Too
Too Much
Very
Which
Without
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Whereas, generally speaking, zinc reacts suitably only with the first members of the alkyl iodides, with magnesium it is possible to use bromides, iodides, and in many cases, chlorides.
~ Victor Grignard
Cases
First
Generally
Many
Members
Only
Possible
Speaking
Use
Whereas
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Children have to be provided a nurturing environment to grow. Sadly, in India we don't have a robust mental health programme for children. There is also a lack of accountability in the public system.
~ Vikram Patel
Accountability
Also
Children
Environment
Grow
Health
India
Lack
Mental
Mental Health
Nurturing
Programme
Provided
Public
Robust
Sadly
System
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Depression has existed as long as mankind itself, and certainly well before psychiatry, antidepressant medication, or the nation of America itself came into being.
~ Vikram Patel
America
Before
Being
Came
Certainly
Depression
Existed
Itself
Long
Mankind
Medication
Nation
Psychiatry
Well
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I am passionate about swimming, which I try to do at least five times a week.
~ Vikram Patel
About
Am
Five
I Am
Least
Passionate
Swimming
Times
Try
Week
Which
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I have known I was destined to live in Goa the moment I first stepped foot on the Panjim docks from the ferry from Mumbai, when I was 18.
~ Vikram Patel
Destined
First
Foot
Known
Live
Moment
Mumbai
Stepped
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I learned so much in Zimbabwe, in particular about the need for humility in our ambition to extend mental health care in countries where there were very few psychiatrists and where the local culture harboured very different views about mental illness and healing. These experiences have profoundly influenced my thinking.
~ Vikram Patel
About
Ambition
Care
Countries
Culture
Different
Experiences
Extend
Few
Healing
Health
Health Care
Humility
Illness
Influenced
Learned
Local
Mental
Mental Health
Mental Illness
Much
Need
Our
Particular
Profoundly
Psychiatrists
Thinking
Very
Views
Were
Where
Zimbabwe
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
~ Vikram Patel
Adequate
Adverse
Avoided
Body
Cannot
Conflict
Consequences
Even
Fuel
Further
Government
Grievous
Health
I Think
Indeed
May
Mental
Mental Health
Mind
More
Must
Prevent
Priority
Provision
Recognise
Serve
Services
Should
Take
Than
Think
Where
Wounds
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I trained in medicine in India, and after that, I chose psychiatry as my specialty, much to the dismay of my mother and all my family members who kind of thought neurosurgery would be a more respectable option for their brilliant son.
~ Vikram Patel
After
Brilliant
Chose
Dismay
Family
Family Members
India
Kind
Medicine
Members
More
Mother
Much
Option
Psychiatry
Respectable
Son
Specialty
Thought
Trained
Who
Would
Would-Be
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I used to be one of the lead actors of a theatre group called Hetu when I was in medical school. Prithvi Theatre was our stomping ground. I'd got many positive reviews.
~ Vikram Patel
Actor
Got
Ground
Group
Lead
Many
Medical
Medical School
Our
Positive
Reviews
School
Theatre
Used
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If our children are becoming teenagers who are abusive, have mental health issues, and are committing heinous crime, it only means that we have failed them as a society. We have failed to give them a safe, nurturing environment to ensure that they are well-balanced, useful persons in the society.
~ Vikram Patel
Becoming
Children
Committing
Crime
Ensure
Environment
Failed
Give
Health
Issues
Means
Mental
Mental Health
Nurturing
Only
Our
Persons
Safe
Society
Teenagers
Them
Useful
Who
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In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
~ Vikram Patel
Country
Foreigners
Just
Landed
Language
Million
Million People
Nine
People
Psychiatrists
Regional
Spoke
Were
Who
Zimbabwe
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