Science enriches society through technology. How does a society develop technologies and what ingredients are necessary for such integrations? This is the problem Dr VS Arunachalam discusses in this text. Instead of building a formal structure of technology, Dr Arunachalam discusses his experience of four decades in integrating science and technology as anecdotes. Most of these are drawn from defence research organizations as they are rich in tales, from a mechanic developing diminutive magnets that revolutionized the design of a machine gun to an impressive consortium of scientists and engineers designing and building a modern fighter aircraft. There are also stories of Indian leaders in science and to hear of their achievements; for history gets written through such anecdotes.