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The Biggest Challenge of Doing Science: WRITING.

Recently I was going through a science journal for teens, basically published to make them aware aware about the new advancements in the field of Science and Technology. I was flipping the pages and my eyes got stuck to this headline; " A man who published more than 1000 research papers: Bharat Ratna Dr. C. N. R. Rao." I was flabbergasted by the number. I immediately took out my phone and read about him on Wikipedia and to my surprise what Wikipedia said was, " C. N. R. Rao has authored 1,500 research papers and 45 scientific books". OMG!!! What huge amount of efforts he must have invested in these many years to express his findings through these many publications!. AMAZING.  By God's grace, I also got some wonderful opportunities to put my baby steps into the field of research. I won't say that I enjoy my research work thoroughly because 'Eureka' moments do not strike everyday and the huge amount of patience which research requires, always get