I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far as I'm concerned, we make theories for what people have done.
The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility.
In my family, as in most middle-class Indian families I knew when I was growing up, science and mathematics were held in awe.

