A decade gone so fast! Seems like the other day. Miss you, Adhip

Remembering you, Adhip.

Neal and I are having lunch today and I’m sure he’ll have goat curry in remembrance of you, guru! Miss you.

Miss you Gautama

Happy birthday, Adhip!

Another year but the memories aren’t dimmed. Miss you.

Good memories remain etched forever. RIP

Nine years, seems like yesterday. You are missed, Adhip!

You’d think that with each passing year, our friendship would be a bit in tatters but the opposite is true. I see Neal quite regularly and you are remembered, usually amidst lots of laughter. Maya is a rock star!
You haven’t missed much in the world at large except Argentina winning the World Cup but on penalty kicks!!! Also new powerhouses in India are women’s hockey ( world champs) and women’s singles badminton.

I often think of you Adhip as I am reminded by things you said or things we did together. Also your generosity in hosting us wherever you were.

Bhaity

Happy birthday, Adhip!

It's that time again. Another birthday and the small calculation ---that you were actually born in 1950 (so you're 72 today) but like all good Indian fathers, Jethamashai gave you an additional year so that you might benefit from the leeway in the civil services exams! You used to joke later in life that it actually hindered you from getting social security!

I want to report that Neal and Maya are doing well and are (as we Bengalis say) "solid" human beings. Miss you, guru.

Adhip,we didn't meet much after College. But when we did, it was as if no time had elapsed. I recall your flat in Columbia. And the wonderful Vietnamese meal you treated me to in DC.
Memories remain...

Happy birthday, Adhip! You are missed. Every day.

Oh Gautam..remember all times I spent with you!

Miss you fondly! Happy Birthday buddy! Memories linger on!

Happy 70th, Adhip. You are sorely missed.

Remember you today always

Adhip, these days I recall our moments of neighborly closeness and warm and generous friendship in Alexandria.
bhaity

Guru, always . . . happy birthday.
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Sympathy for the Devil (Rolling Stones)
"Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long years
Stole million man's soul an faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
Stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed Tsar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
I shouted out
Who killed the Kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politnesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mm yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, mm yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, mm mean it, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Aah yeah
Tell me baby, what's my name?
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name?
Tell me baby, what's my name?
I tell you one time, you're to blame
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name?
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name?"

Another year gone and you're sorely missed. Wonder what you'd do or say about what's happening around Send everyone to Riga?

Be Happy & wish everyone else down on earth remains less elusive in mind & spirit.
Ciao bro

Very heart-warming to refresh our memories. I like Amit's conversations with you very much.

Saying I miss you would be an understatement. I remember you every time i see or think about your two children ----the empathetic and full of heart Neal and the powerhouse that Maya is well on her way to becoming. The past couple of years has been great to be around Neal. In any case, guru, you'd have hated this time ---no universities open, no baseball games of any worth, no way to get together to shoot the breeze except on Zoom, and a veritable coup attempt on American soil. Till next year. Love you, always.

Happy 70, dear Adhip, that you aren't here to see. Wish you were here.

Dear Gautama you are truly forever missed!

Nice Memorial this, pops up JIT each year!
Keep you updated.....must catch up with what's happening down here.
Earth's gone mad. And all those "big achievers", the leaders we knew of, have just shriveled up in agony of round the bend FUTURE SHOCK. No more theories or conjectures. Just wide eyes man!
Ciao

"100 Years of SOLITUDE"

Gautama..there is not a day that I dont think of you! Reason? All the pencils that you left me which I use at school daily.
The children have come really close and for that I am so grateful...plus they are really connecting to their Indian roots.
I miss you

I think of you from time to time Adhip, our many conversations and arguments from college through my DC years; and your immense kindness and generosity helping me settle in my first years in the US.
remembered with love and admiration

bhaity

On the 6th anniversary, day after tomorrow, guru:
When You Are Old by William Butler Yeats

"When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim Soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars."
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Your children are wonderful human beings. You'd be very proud.

I miss you today more than ever Gautama

Be blessed where you are, Adhip.
Miss ya.....ciao

Hola! Guru,
Sometimes, I think, I’ll pick up the phone and you’ll be on the other end! We shared a life, for sure. Tons of love forever.

This "forever missed" echoes real deep.

Remembering Gautam da with fondness. Neil's visit to us last year brought back a lot of old associations and memories. He has turned out to be a fine young man - Ranjita and Tarun

Five years without you Gautama!

It’ll be five years tomorrow, Guru, and sometimes it’s still hard to imagine you’re not around.
You’d be very proud of Neal and Maya and how aware and decent they are. Doing work that affects people directly. What more could you have asked for. I’ve posted a picture in the gallery from yesterday. They’re in Boston. Staying at our place.

Happy birthday Adhip

Happy birthday Gautama..I miss you

Howzee Adhip!
Am yet driving down this "Highway 81" Reality- it sure hurts man in 2018.
Nights of White Satin dance around
Hearts pound abundant energy- pulsating,
Sitting quietly and idly dreaming-
of those great days, my friend!
RIP

Happy Birthday, guru
Love, Amit
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https://youtu.be/A_ypZLjVbFE
“[Verse 1]
Everywhere I hear the sound of marching, charging feet, boy
Because summer's here and the time is right for fighting in the street boy
But what can a poor boy do except to sing for a Rock and Roll Band
[Chorus]
Because in sleepy London Town
There's just no place for Street Fighting Man! No!
[Verse 2]
Hey! Think the time is right for a Palace Revolution
But where I live the game to play is Compromise Solution!
Well then what can a poor boy do except to sing for a Rock and Roll Band
[Chorus]
Because in sleepy London Town
There's just no place for Street Fighting Man! No!
[Verse 3]
Hey! Said my name is called Disturbance
I'll shout and scream, I'll kill the King I'll rail at all his servants
Well then what can a poor boy do except to sing for a Rock and Roll Band
[Chorus]
Because in sleepy London Town
There's just no place for Street Fighting Man! No!”

Of course you are remembered, Gautam. We always share memories of our days growing up when we meet, the things you cared about and the issues you were passionate about. I always smile when I drive past that spot on 495 South in VA when your call would come through telling me I was already five minutes late!! Found a collection of wonderful letters from you when you were in Narendrapur and Stephens. Will cherish your thoughts. Lots of affection.

It was a pleasure to meet Maya, Neal & Margaret and spend new years eve with them. Brought back so many memories ... You would have been proud of them. Missed you ...

Its been 4 years..remembered you with all the things you loved! Goat meat curry..mishti doi..beatles and of course a movie..Life of Pi it was!

Fondly remembered and deeply missed.

Guru,

I'm playing "Whole Lotta Love" at high volume in remembrance. I miss you often. You'd have your hands full with topics of interest in the world today. I am glad we met and shared a life together. The best. Always will be.

It will be three years tomorrow Gautama...and I still miss you

Today -- tomorrow -- is the 3rd anniversary of Adhip's passing. I solicited fellow teachers and family and friends and have raised some money to donate to lung cancer research in Adhip's memory. If you'd like to contribute to the cause, the mailing address is:

IASLC (Int'l Assoc. for the Study of Lung Cancer)

Checks should be made out to IASLC and sent to:

IASLC Foundation
13100 East Colfax Avenue, Unit 10
Aurora, CO 80011

This is what he most wanted in the last days that he was alive, coherent, and engaged in the world: that people would take an interest in this research and provide greater hope in the future for people who suffered from the same illness that he did.

My heart goes out to you all -- and to him,

Joanne

Wonderful memories of Adhip....great this e-memorial comes to me. Reminds me of good times and adventure......may his soul keep motivating his students and all those who came in touch with him toward a better change.....