I still remember you.

Ishita Di,
Today I am as old as u could ever be, it feels such a mysterious anomaly in time.
But in memory, I know you are beyond time now.

Didi
its now been 3 years..and almost 4 since we last spoke, you claimed then that you had forgotten your own birthday..little did i know that i would never get to wish you again.

I remember still the sound of ur throaty giggle .. ur pain evaporating smile and ur sense of wonder at the smallest of things. The wide grin you had in front of a stumptuous meal.

Rajaram sir introduced us over email when i had just joined FC and that day for an unknown person you braved the rains in order to give me your copy of spacetime physics with your signature on it. Its still my most prized possesion and i still go through it and wonder just where in this spacetime i lost you.

I am sure where you are you would be clucking at my english ..i just wanted you to have something to read this year as well. Sorry it took me 3 years to write to you. I guess i am finally able to do so now.

-shanu (kiddo)

I think of you often, and I'm missing you especially today. So much has changed these past 2 years, and I wish you were here to share it all with. I miss chatting with you and confiding in you. I will never forget what a kind friend you were.

Hi Maity, it's been a year. Hope you are happy there. I miss you.

Hi Maity, it's been a year. Hope you are happy there. I miss you.

More than a year passed....since you left us physically.......your memories will remain alive and shining in the minds of hundreds who came to your contact.

Remembrance of a kind soul.

Hi Ishita, I know you didn't know who I am. But I have the honor to hear about how an amazing person you were. I am about to go to play for a church service right now and think of you. Hope you are smiling like an angel in heaven.

I can't see you with my eyes open, but with my eyes closed I feel your presence ......standing in front of me with your unique smile. You will remain alive in my memory forever.

Remembering you on this day, your 29th birthday. A young and promising life accidentally truncated. Peace be with you.

I will miss you a lot Didi. I still remember when we were small and you helped us with the physics assignments. Our classes with Pradip sir...Shatadru and us, we used to have so much fun with you. Can't still believe you are not amongst us anymore...can't get to see your ever-smiling face again.
Mom still sets you as an example in front of me when I think of giving up. The way you made my eyes open up to a whole new world, so many things you made me interested in, answering my never-ending questions. Thank you for shaping my life, the way it is today.
If you are up there now, be a guiding star to Shatadru, he needs you most. Love you

This is a very sad loss of a promising young woman. My deep condolences to the family and friends of Ishita,  Ravi Rau

i dint expect that one day i will up in morning to hear the news of your death... u made a special place in my life in the short time v were together.. n now u have gone leaving memories of our rubber bands.. well... rest in peace my doll.. i will remember u in my prayers always..

Ishita, you were funny, direct, and open with your feelings and beliefs. I admired this about you. I'm glad I got to know you, especially joking around in astronomy lab last semester. I will miss you.

May your soul rest in peace. May God give your family the strength and courage to face this grave loss.

It is so sad to come to office in the morning and you know that one of your best friend passed. A very humble, friendly and cheerful lady. I met her first time in Warsaw Poland when she join a project in my institute and we became very good friends. We enjoyed so much in Warsaw but all now will have her sweet memories. Rest in peace Ishita. We shall always miss you very much.

Her family is in biggest shock ever!! Everybody is sad, and i have no words to describe all that. But i all i know is that she was the kindest girl and also very brilliant and beautiful. Cannot believe that something like this has happened, we will all miss u for sure. No words are coming to write. Rest in peace. Love u.

It was an honor to have known Ishita. What a wonderful, humble, kind, and brilliant lady. Rest in peace.

The last time I saw Ishita, she was at the store trying to get a shopping cart. I'd been there just a minute before, and I knew they were all stuck as tight as they possibly could be. I passed her as she went to go get one, but I didn't say anything. I watched for at least a minute as she tried just about every possibly maneuver in existence to get the cart free, to no avail. I had a huge smile on my face and she just looked at me and gave me the most helpless look I've ever seen. Ishita, you have the best sense of humor. Your joy lives on in us. Thank you for being the beautiful person you were. .

Praying for Ishita's family, May they feel God carrying them through this tough time.

I am saddened, and tears come, and we have all lost. May you rest in peace.

It Pains to be writing this .... Wanting to catch up with her since long . When she was in Pune we used to have long conversations about Physics and stuff to do in Pune ... We used to discuss on the problems together in IUCAA LIbrary . Expressing condolence to her Family and other friends who were closer to her . A great loss for Human Spirit . IN Pune Even inspite of health problems she was so cheerfull and thats a life lesson all of us should learn. We both had gone through an interesting phase in our careers together and it feels having lost .

I am her elder brother staying in the same city of Ishita's family. Knowing her since her birth (literally), it is insanely painful that I am writing in her "memory" today. I still remember in her childhood what a cute little cuddly kid she was when aunt (her mom) used to visit our place and i used to play with her. I am absolutely speechless with this sudden loss of my dearest sister and i wish wherever she is now, let her smile stays with her forever. Miss you dear "buri".

There are absolutely no words for this huge loss. I am a family friend of Ishita. Her family is in a huge shock. May God give strength to her parents. Ishita you will always be there with us. Smile always Ishita!!!

Ishita , with her big smile and ability to laugh even when things weren't the brightest . The senior who was an inspiration to keep going no matter how tough life was going. chota packet , bada dhamaka ...miss you. Rest In Peace .

I still remember that we said "Hi" before we got on the Tiger Bus this Friday morning, and I'm still astonished about this is how the story ends. I didn't talk much to you before, but I used to sit at your desk in your office when meeting with Zhichao. Your smile is forever in my mind, and I sincerely wish you rest in peace. Goodbye, my dear friend.

Ur face always bore a smile... U used to guide ur friends by sweet voice and encouraging words....
U shall be missed... Rest in peace....

Your smile will always be remembered and I always thought of you as a little "peach"! For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; Eccles 3:1-14 RIP

Always a hard working and a happy person...althought our conversations were short but you felt like and older sister to me
Forever missed ishita

One small evening was enough to know how nice and good person you are ishita ji. I admired you and still do. You will be missed. Prayers for you.

Even though I never knew her personally I have heard things about her. About how simple and descent life she lead. It really hurts to know that this world would have one less beautiful person.

Ishitadi, I remember the first time we met at Diwali, and we talked for such a long time about such a wide variety of things. I had never clicked with someone so easily upon first meeting them. You have an aura about you that makes anyone feels comfortable and at ease with you. The world has lost an amazing, wonderful, brilliant girl. This place will never be the same. Rest in peace.

Ishita was my doctoral student and she was enrolled in the graduate course I am currently teaching. We worked together last summer and we were looking for a suitable problem for her dissertation. She was eager to learn and asked challenging questions in class, always in a sweet and musical voice and with a respectful disposition, but she was not easily placated until she was satisfied with my answers. I am deeply saddened by this loss. We gathered today in the usual class time to talk about her and to remember her. Her classmates and I will miss her.
Dear Ishita, may you rest in peace.

May her soul RIP.

Om asato ma sadgamaya,
tamaso ma jyotirgamaya,
mrityorma amritamgamaya
Om shantih shantih shantih

Ishita, you were always such a great roommate and friend to me and Taspia. You were like an older sister to us. I'm going to miss coming home and smelling the food you were cooking and hearing your laugh, our trips to Winn Dixie together, and dealing with our little furry friends who lived in the cupboard (who, thanks to your persistence, have finally evacuated, I believe). You were so easy to talk to and always willing to give advice. Nothing ever flustered you, and you approached everything with an open mind and a strong sense of fairness. I will always admire you. As one of the most patient people I have ever met, you have set the bar very high for future roommates. You will never be forgotten. We miss you so much, Ishita. Rest in peace.

The first time we met, you opened the door and made me enter your life. We shared the room and slowly started sharing our lives. Your sweet smile, your notorious comments, our bengali conversations, and even after moving abroad, our hours long skype talks. I had never imagined the morning to wake up with this news, that you are not going to irritate me anymore, you are not going to tease me anymore. It is and will always be hard to believe that you are not in this world. As you always said, "baby main jahan bhi rahu, tere dil me milungi." Now I understand the meaning of it. I will miss you all my life "amar nautanki".

I remember Ishita di like an elder sister. She was a senior in FC. During third year B.Sc. she helped me prepare the introductory speech for one of the speakers in Frontiers in Physics, 2008. She was such a sweet person. I met her once later in SNBNCBS when I was doing a summer project there. This is so depressing. I still can't believe she has passed away. It will take quite sometime for it to sink in. RIP Ishita di...

Although I don't really know you, sometimes when I left the lab, I could see you wait outside, and you always have a big smile on your face. May you rest in peace and find more laughter in heaven.

RIP Ishita. May god give strength to your family and friends.

Ishita was a student in my class two years ago and this semester she was helping me proctor exams. I just spoke to her last week. In my family when someone dies we light a candle. I lit two last night for her and Anton. From star stuff we all came, and unto star stuff we shall return. God speed, Ishita, God speed.

I don't know how I will handle this, thinking that I will be seeing your desk all the time in our office and all you left is the memory of your smile, your voice and the trace of you ever used that desk. I still can't believe it really happened. This is certainly not the way we want you to leave us. Rest in peace, my dear friend. You will be missed forever.