<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp51dd5ac5yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><b>Yes, Science is an open enterprise...!</b> We should be careful to the scientific communities world-over and equally to the Russian colleagues to keep intact our humanity. Academic forums and learned societies must be proactive to re-charge their bondings (with greater visibility) to stop this unjust terror caused by the gaming of a few dictators.<br></div><div><br></div><div>My heartfelt thanks to my beloved colleagues and Russian friends who are protesting this war. In no sense, this war justifies attacks on social commons, including children and students. </div><div><br></div><div>The almighty God may bless them all to survive on the Earth.</div></div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope for the best of all.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;">Jiban</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div class="ydp142cff9dsignature" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="1" color="#845aa7"><i><b><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><div dir="ltr"><table border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin-left: 0.9pt; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top" width="396" style="width: 297pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-top-color: white; border-top-width: 2.25pt; border-left-color: rgb(192, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2.25pt; border-bottom-color: white; border-bottom-width: 2.25pt; padding: 0in 5.4pt;"><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="font-style: normal;"><font size="2" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#652191">Jiban K. Pal, </font><font color="#440062">PhD</font></font></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><font color="#440062" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="2" style="background-color: inherit;">Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><font color="#440062" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-style: normal;">Email: jiban@isical.ac.in; Mobile: </span><span style="font-style: normal;">9433161580</span></font></font></div><div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" data-setdir="false"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><font color="#440062" style="font-weight: normal;"><div style=""><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-weight: 700;"><span style="background-color: inherit;"><font style="background-color: inherit;"><div class="ydp17425cf9pasted-link" style=""><div dir="ltr" style=""><div class="ydpd3895048pasted-link" style=""><div dir="ltr" style="font-size: x-small; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(205, 35, 44); font-family: garamond, times, serif; font-style: normal; background-color: inherit; font-weight: normal;">****************************************************************************************</span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><span style="color: rgb(205, 35, 44); background-color: inherit; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: 700; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><font style="background-color: inherit;">I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a Sheep, but I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a Lion</font></span><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-weight: 700; background-color: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> ---- (Alexander, the Great)</font></span></div></div></div></div></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: rgb(38, 40, 42); font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><font color="#9d1811" style="background-color: inherit;"></font></span></div></div></font></font></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></b></i></font></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp51dd5ac5signature" style=""><div style="" dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style=""><font size="1" color="#845aa7" style=""><b style=""><div style=""><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><br></b></font></div></div></div></div></body></html>