Occasionally, the hall at the National College, Basavanagudi, is overflowing. But issues such as the size of the audience or the fact that sometimes an emergency lamp has to be used to light the room, have not dampened the venerable Dr HN-as he's popularly known. 'Dr Narasimhaiah is an austere Gandhian who has done a lot for secondary and higher education. The forum has had a tremendous impact on Bangalore. He has fought for a scientific temper, but the people he fought-godmen, for example, have become more powerful because they've built big hospitals and the like,' says Dr Raja Ramanna, fellow nuclear physicist and former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.