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Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

In 1930, a 19-year-old physics student from Madras named Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar boarded a ship bound for England. He had won a scholarship through brilliance and determination, carrying little more than paper, books, and an untamed mind. The voyage was not kind. Isolated by prejudice, other passengers kept their distance, leaving him to silence and solitude. […]