Wednesday, August 23, 2023

MULLER AN INSPIRATION FOR A COMPILATION




I purchased the (1962) genetics book on works of H.J. Muller on 26 Jan 1972 from a book exhibition. Then I was a student of BSc Honours. It impressed me that Muller's students had arranged the contents for publication in 1962. Between 1911 and 1961, in 50 years, Muller had produced a huge list of 336 pathbreaking titles either read or published. Again, sometime in 1990s, I had an occasion to look at Muller’s book. I got inspired and wished, to bring out a compilation of all my work. Between 1974 and then, I had completed spells of work across Mahanadi, Chambal and Similipal, and with species from aphid insects to crocodilians, large wetland fauna, the tiger and its associates, the elephant, etc. Now, as I prepare archiving my work and collections, I hope that a day will come in some shape when my wish will be fulfilled,