What I saw today was very dramatic scene on the market street when I was going to meet sadashiv, my old and only friend in the town. An old aged lady, about 60 was beating a man who was in deep sleep beside the gutter. When I heard that he was no one other than her only son, I was shocked. The crowd was going to increase in number now and no one was dared to stop her from her passionate act.  Her son was now trying to get up but with each stroke of lathi on his back at he was groaning. Finally one man, nearly of same age, came making out of the way from the crowd and asked lady in a hard tone, "Shanti, what are you doing? Please stop this nonsence." "Am I making nonsence? What do you think?" Shanti was in fury and thought came to my mind, how could be her name 'Shanti'. "No I was just asking, why are you beating him, he is the only son of yours'?" The tone of  the man was soft one at this time. "I am not beating him, I am just applying so

मूलभूत विज्ञानात विद्यार्थ्यांना उच्च शिक्षण घेण्यासाठी आधार आणि प्रोत्साहन मिळावे या उद्देशाने एम. एससी. (भौतिकशास्त्र/गणित किंवा संख्याशास्त्र /रसायनशास्त्र/जीवशास्त्र {वनस्पतीशास्त्र, प्राणीशास्त्र, सूक्ष्मजीवशास्त्र, लाईफ सायन्स, बायोकेमिस्ट्री}) किंवा एम.ए.(गणित/संख्याशास्त्र) या अभ्यासक्रमाच्या विद्यार्थ्यांसाठी मराठी विज्ञान परिषद एक शिष्यवृत्ती योजना राबवत आहे. शिष्यवृत्तीसाठी प्रत्येक विषयातील दोन विद्यार्थांची निवड करण्यात येईल. २०१९-२० या शैक्षणिक वर्षात पहिल्या वर्षात प्रवेश घेतलेल्या विद्यार्थ्यांसाठी ही शिष्यवृत्ती आहे. शिष्यवृत्तीसाठी अर्ज करण्याची शेवटची तारीख ३० सप्टेंबर २०१९ आहे.  https://www.mavipamumbai.org/