Professor Basheer was one of my foremost mentors — someone with whom I had the great honour of doing impactful work in IP law as well as disability law. I am devastated beyond words; it is a huge personal loss. Soon before I left for Oxford, he fondly told me that he tells everyone that I will be India’s first visually impaired Supreme Court judge. Such was the greatness of the man - He knew how to see the best in us all and to provide one the encouragement to develop those facets of one’s personality.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 8, 2019, at 3:23 PM, Kanchan Pamnani <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have just been informed that Prof Shamnad Basheer passed away under very > tragic circumstances. Shamnad was only 43. > > I met him for the first time when we were presenting to the Standing > Committee of Parliament on the copyright issue. > > Although he was not disabled he had researched the subject thoroughly and had > been guiding us, strategizing with us and had been lobbying for us in > government circles and in the legal community. > > After the presentation we had chai together and one thing I still remember he > looked at us and said it was a great thing that the community that was most > affected was leading the fight. > > This is when he set up IDIA- > > Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA), a non‑profit body that aims > to empower underprivileged communities through legal education. > > He not only trained underpriviledged including visually impaired children to > give and do extremely well in the Common Law Tests for the National Law > Schools/Universities, but also held their hand by arranging accessible study > material, helped them with stipends and placements. He even tried to get > accommodation for the IDIA scholars during their internships. > > He was someone whose intentions I could trust entirely. He was a man of both > wit and wisdom. > > I am at a loss for further words. > > I can only say we lost a great friend, a great man, a great thinker and each > one of us in this group must bow to a man who has stood by us and who used > his brilliance for the good of the community. > > > > We have lost many from this group and I miss them all. > > > > The loss of brilliance of Rahul Cherian, Javed Abidi and now Shamnad Basheer > by their untimely deaths at a young age, will never be forgotten or be > replaceable. > > Kanchan > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Disclaimer: > 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the > person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; > > 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails > sent through this mailing list.. > Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
