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Physics is the most fundamental of all branches of science. Its scope encompasses the extremely small (elementary particles) to the most gigantic (cosmos). Some basic principles and concepts of physics are simple and easy to follow while some others appear strange and complex. All the same, they are exciting. Flavors of Research in Physics seeks to convey this excitement, successfully in my view, to young minds. I congratulate the Ahmedabad Local Chapter of the Indian National Science Academy and Utpal Sarkar in particular, for producing this book. I thank all my colleagues who have contributed different articles for their wonderful effort. I am sure the young readers would find the book as interesting as I did when I quickly browsed through the manuscript. M. Vijaya