Rajive has been one of my dearest friends, since we first met at IIMC in 1979. That's a very long time ... we journeyed through Calcutta, Bombay, Dubai, Gurugram; and through Singapore though we never met there. I admired his stellar abilities - his voracious reading and hence his knowledge, his wit, his prose, but most of all his gentle manner and the fact that he was a gentleman in a time when that trait seemed to diminish across the world. I pray for Anjana and his family's wellbeing, with strength. I will miss you dearly, Rajive. Farewell, my good friend, continue to share love and to be loved as you journey on ....  

As a fellow member of the P.G. Wodehouse cult, I was always partial to anything Rajive wrote. His gift for dressing up a get-together and making it worthy of recall was unique. He reported faithfully on what might have been, if only you had it in you to see it a certain way. Future get-togethers of our graying tribe will have to make do without his magic dust. So long, Rajive. We will miss you.

Rajive was like the proverbial comet blazing illuminatingly as he sped through our lives. His erudition would put most to shame, his gentleness lent new meaning to being a gentleman, and the warmth of the hospitality he and Anju shared was unforgettable. To say we are at a loss by his departure would be an understatement. To say we will miss his compositions that illuminated every get together will hurt. We know our loss is the heaven's gain and we know that his words will live on in our memories. Like Robin Williams in Dead Poets Society he blazed a trail that few can follow. In his last few years he displayed another part of him that was hidden - grace in a storm and taking pain on his chin with a spine of steel. Thank you Rajive for your wit , your prose that enlightened us and enlivened our lives all around and I know the Cosmos will shine brighter with a star like you in their firmament- all the while you children do the same on this earth.
Our deepest condolences, from Rama, Kavitha and Trishna, to Anjana, Ritika, Monish, Anokhi and his extended family.

Rajive was a thorough gentleman in the best sense of the word. A decent, kind and generous human being. A loving husband, father and grandfather. A great writer and thinker. A man of courage who dealt with his neurological illness with grace and dignity. An example to us all. He will be sorely missed.