Falguni Sarkar is one of the grandchildren of the famed Bengali mathematician and scientist Satyendra Nath Bose known for Bose Einstein Statistics, the fundamental particle boson, and the Bose Einstein Condensate. His mother is Bose’s youngest daughter.

Having been born and raised outside of India Falguni knew little about the contributions his famous grandfather until a July morning in 1995 when he awakened to see the front page of the New York Times proclaim that a prediction made by Albert Einstein based on Bose's work had been proven true, that particles following Bose Statistics (later called bosons coined by P.A.M. Dirac) when cooled to a low enough temperature (near absolute zero) transform into a new form of matter later called a Bose-Einstein Condensate. The discovery was heralded as the Holy Grail of Physics, and would revolutionize fields such as superconductivity, quantum computing, and lasers; helping to unlock the secrets of the quantum world!

But beyond Bose the scientist, Falguni became fascinated by Bose the man. His research has taken him across the world, speaking to dozens of people who knew Bose intimately, not just as a scientist, but also as a father, uncle, friend, guru, and of course mastermoshai. Bose was a polymath, whose thirst for knowledge may have been surpassed only by his passion for teaching, especially in the mother tongue. Bose the man had an immense impact on the lives of many everyday people, through his love of literature, music, and of course the Bangali penchant for endless hours of adda.

Falguni shares his research as the publisher of the SN Bose Project, providing a platform for writers, filmmakers, journalists, and artists to share their stories about Professor Bose and his legacy. Falguni invites visitors, and welcomes comments on the articles, blogs, and stories at www.snbose.org.