Trully saddening! While my knowledge of Prof. Basheer was mostly through Kanchan Ma'am and others.. I was fortunate to have a brief dialogue with him during my LLM. First, he had very kindly arranged for CLAT preparatory material in soft copy . And then at NALSAR, his team had arranged for students to read to me during my first semester. These facilities were provided within hours! The work done by IDIA at NALSAR was evident: accessible study material easily available without us making repeated requests/ follow ups to the faculty. His demise is a huge loss not only for the disabled and legal fraternity but for India: for while they are many stalwarts few use their intellect and outreach to impact other's lives. May his soul rest in peace.
On 8/8/19, Rahul Bajaj <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.. > > 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..
