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water had gradually worn away the stone. He remarked, “Look, rock is a hard thing, and water is a soft thing. But if even something soft keeps at it with consistency, it can break something as hard as rock into particles.” Indeed, the countless grains of sand found along seashores across the world are the result of waves repeatedly striking rocky coasts over time. Maulana Ismail Meerathi, a reformist writer and poet, expressed this idea beautifully in one of his verses: “Jo pathar par paani pare mutasil, To ghis jaaye be shuba pathar ki sil.” If water keeps falling steadily on a rock, it will surely wear it down. A modern and inspiring example of this is the story of Dr. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (1910–1995). Since childhood, he was deeply interested in mathematics and astronomy. He began researching the formation and end of stars. In January 1935, he presented the results of his research at a meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society in London. Many prominent scientists were present.