Letters to the Editor

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Dear Prof. Roy A bacterial strain named 'Pasteurella 52' was isolated by scientists of the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in the 1940s. I found that an annual report of IVRI (1950) had mentioned this strain. However, a 1953 report (Banerji and Mukherjee, Current Science 52, 177-178) indicated that Das and Rawathad published their work on 'Pasteurella 52' in 1947 in Science and Culture. Since I had some contacts at Delhi, I tried to obtain information on the availability of older issues of Science and Culture in the National Capital Region and elsewhere. Through these contacts, I came to know about the digitization initiatives at Science and Culture. I am overwhelmed to learn about your monumental efforts in digitization of older issues of Science and Culture. To do this with minimal support, and not to seek any publicity for the accomplishment, is truly heroic. I hope you have a great sense of satisfaction because all issues of Science and Culture are now completely digitized, and the latest articles are directly searchable using their digital object identifiers (DOI). Future generations of scientists would/should be grateful to you for making Science and Culture accessible with the click of a button.