Men, machines, and ideas: An autobiographical essay

In this autobiographical essay I describe the manner in which my profession al career was shaped by men, machines, and ideas. Pre-eminent among the men was Homi Bhabha. My colleagues with whom I was fortunate to be able to wor k during my long stay at TIFR, the institute founded by Bhabha, provided in dispensable support to whatever I was able to achieve. My entire profession al life has been very intimately intertwined with computers-their theory, d esign, and use. Computational modelling as a methodological tool to come to grips with all aspects of agentive behaviour has been a unifying theme in all my thinking and research activities.