Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:57 PM,
I have just learned that Mr Vasudevan is no more with us. He has moved from his earthly house to His House. He leaves all of us very sad, deeply disturbed, distressed and dejected. We think about him, relive our memories and worry about him. But let us not forget that he is in His abode. For years when he was sick all of you looked after him with loving and tender care bearing all the strain. That made his life comfortable. Now God looks after him and that is our solace.
I have just learned that Mr Vasudevan is no more with us. He has moved from his earthly house to His House. He leaves all of us very sad, deeply disturbed, distressed and dejected. We think about him, relive our memories and worry about him. But let us not forget that he is in His abode. For years when he was sick all of you looked after him with loving and tender care bearing all the strain. That made his life comfortable. Now God looks after him and that is our solace.
For the long years I have known him he was the rarest of the rare human beings. Forthright, absolutely straight forward and honest to the core –that was Mr Vasudevan. If administrators in India were like him the country would be a different place. My association with him was an enriching and learning experience. Every time I met him he would come up with interpretation of events and situations which were unique. His depth of knowledge, foresight and wisdom were amazing. As was his simplicity. He was a rare human being and his breed is getting rarer by the day. To me he was a mentor. He is not with us but his memories are everlasting.
Mr Vasudevan has moved to his abode in heaven. At one level we deeply grieve for him. But then we are grieving for his journey to Him. Lord Krishna enunciates in Bhagvat Gita:
All beings are unmanifested in their beginning O Bharata
Manifested in their middle state
And unmanifested in their end.
What is there to grieve about?
Yet we grieve. We grieve because we live in a world which is illusory-which is Maya. Just a few weeks before Einstein died he wrote:
“The universe is an illusion –but what a persistently stubborn illusion.”
We all are a part of this stubbornly persistent illusion. But as long as we live in this Mayavi world the separation, the pain the sorrow and the grief are as real as it can be. Your loss, pain, grief and the sorrow is stupendous and anything I write can hardly mitigate it. But I pray to God to give all of you courage and fortitude to bear the unbearable.
I join all of you in praying for the peace of the departed soul.
Yours in Grief
Kamal Kothari
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