Alladi diary : memoirs of Alladi Ramakrishnan
- Singapore World Scientific 2019
- x, 640 p. ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
This is a kaleidoscopic account of the remarkable life story of Alladi Ramakrishnan (1923–2008), an internationally reputed physicist, and the son of Sir Alladi Krishnaswami Iyer (1883–1953), one of India's most eminent jurists.Part I of the autobiography gives a fascinating account his early life in Madras, India during the last decades of British colonial rule, and the leading role played by Sir Alladi in drafting the Constitution of India.