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Prof. Jayant V. Narlikar (Photo courtesy: IUCAA) The passing of Prof. Jayant Vishnu Narlikar marks a profound loss to the world of science, education, and scientific temper in India. An astrophysicist of global acclaim, a passionate educator, a promoter of rational thinking, and a prolific writer, Narlikar’s legacy is etched not only in the stars he studied but also in the minds of students and science enthusiasts across generations. A Luminary in Science Born on July 19, 1938, in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Jayant Narlikar grew up in a scholarly environment. His father, Vishnu Vasudev Narlikar, was a respected mathematician, and his mother was a Sanskrit scholar. After studying in India, Narlikar pursued his higher education at Cambridge University, working under the renowned cosmologist Fred Hoyle. Together, they proposed the Hoyle–Narlikar Theory of Gravity, a significant alternative to Einstein's theory and the Big Bang model. This innovative theory attempted to blend gravitation a...