If ever there was a person who lived ahead of his time, it was MP Parameswaran, who died at his home in Thrissur, Kerala, on Tuesday at the age of 92. He never held high office, nor did he aspire to one, yet few public figures commanded the awe and respect that came naturally to him. If sacrifice had a name, it was MP.

After earning a comfortable salary as a scientist at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, he gave it up to become a full-time political and social activist for a fraction of his earlier income. He believed his calling was to take science to ordinary people and cultivate the scientific temper envisaged in the Constitution.

He travelled across Kerala and the country, explaining science in language everyone could........

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