“The guy cursed his luck again and again!
He had the ticket for the ship in vain!
He missed it but then it may be a gain!
Well cause Titanic was the ship’s name!”
How important is luck? Well, it has always been said that a diamond would shine no matter what and the gold would glitter!
But; it still needs to be lucky to have light!
In fact the foremost theory of evolution was discovered by luck! And it won the discoverers a Nobel!
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Luck is such a big criteria that many times you cannot even think about the permutations and combinations!
Often people say that they were lucky or unlucky to be there or do this or get something!
Many rational people would then say that it is a matter of coincidence and since the universe is so huge, coincidence is also more!
Then again for the person who gets Lucky, it is just that!
The other day I was just ‘lucky’ to have got the opportunity to meet the PM since there is no other way that it could have happened!
When you get good marks in your examinations there is a high chance that you were also lucky! You were lucky that the paper had questions which you knew the answers to! You were lucky to have got the version which had high marks! You were also lucky that the invigilator gave you some extra time! You were lucky that you were on time!
You were also lucky that you had a good sleep and maybe good food before you came! You were also lucky that you had good materials to read!
Then you were lucky that the your answer paper did not get lost somewhere or stolen by someone! (It can happen believe me!)
Finally you were lucky that the examination was not cancelled!
Each and every single step where you were lucky could have been the opposite and you could have not got good marks!
It has often been said that only the average or mediocre people need luck while the truly talented ones do not need it! This is so false since even the best diamond in the world needs to be lucky to be discovered or at least needs to be lucky to be identified as a diamond!
Also most of the people in the world, in fact majority of the people in the world can actually be classified as average! Average is actually the majority! That is such an irony and so true!
Average almost always needs luck! Now whether you believe in luck or not, it is there!
Now coming to the lucky discovery of the foremost theory of universe!
While working with the Holmdel antenna in New Jersey, the two astronomers discovered a background noise. When Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson made this Nobel Prize–winning big bang discovery there was no “aha” moment!
Penzias and Wilson first considered and dismissed many possible explanations for the errant light, including, famously, the idea that it was contamination from pigeon droppings on the antenna!
They in fact got a ladder and went up there and scrubbed off the inside of the horn! But it made no difference!
After ruling out possible interference from urban areas, nuclear tests, and cleaning pigeon poop with sincerity; Wilson and Penzias came across an explanation with Robert Dicke’s theory that radiation leftover from a universe-forming big bang would now act as background cosmic radiation!
In fact, only 37 miles from the Holmdel antenna at Princeton University, Dicke and his team had been searching for this background radiation for ages!
This ‘lucky’ discovery gave Wilson and Penzias a Nobel prize! I guess that is a great reward for cleaning the Pigeon poop! Now that is luck!
We are also lucky to have listened to the great voice of Mohammed Rafi; My most favourite song by him is the JAHAN DAAL DAAL par; the way he utters the intro still gives me goosebumps!
Now be thankful that you are lucky to have a warm and comfortable bed to sleep! Now if you are really lucky, you will get a good sleep as well!
SHubh Ratri!
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