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I met departed Prof. J.V. when he was in the hospital first time.
After that I could neither meet him nor attend his cremation due to some little
physical ailments I had then. Wanted so much to say about him in this blog very
immediately but could not … Sorry JV.
‘gentleman’ – this word should be there whenever we want to
say anything about him. And what a subtle
humour he had. Once some of us were sitting in the college canteen. All of a
sudden it struck me that everyone around the table then had at least one heart
attack but we were all of different versions..! Some were drinkers, some not;
some smokers, some not; some ‘hardies’, and some ‘softies’ … But we had that one thing common – one attack.
I asked the group how come we are all different flocks and still had this thing
common. Some silence. Then JV stood up and very casually said, ‘If you have a
heart, you would get an attack’! We dispersed
to our departments with a good laugh.
He has donated his eyes and finally as per his wish was
cremated. He sets a model. How nice it would be if I follow him in both. I should.
Thank you, JV.
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| self portrayal of young JV playig chess in one of his articles |
I insisted him to bring all his write-ups in different
journals into a book. He did not take any interest. So I insisted and started a
blog in his name - http://jvasanthan-penbrush.blogspot.in
and published many of his articles published in the Hindu.
It is my bouquet to
his memory.
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