It is hard to accept the fact that I will not see Ajitda and Masima any more.
In this difficult time I convey my heartfelt condolences to Saswatidi, Jayanta, Babu and other members of the family.
Ajitda touched my life at a very crucial stage. I did not like studying during my school days.
As a consequence, my score in the school final exam was very poor. Somehow I managed to
get the science subjects in class XI. It was then that I saw a person, wearing spotless white dhuti and panjabi,
entering into our classroom to take the physics class. If my memory serves right, the topic was
units and dimensions. That was the start of my wonderful two years
journey through the world of physics holding the stretched hands of Ajitda.
Forty years have passed by. I am now a physicist by profession.
I came across several great teachers along the way.
But Ajitda remained my most favourite one. I seem to still hear Ajitda saying
"Sudipta, do the harder problems of Dutta, Pal, Choudhury".
I last met Ajitda and Masima while I was visiting their home at Santiniketan in 2017.
Thanks to Gautamda for taking this beautiful image where Ajitda is seen sitting between Khairul
and myself.
