Shocking! I spoke to him only couple of times, but the brilliance was evident. I hold him high in my regard with other folks who worked on liberalisation of Copyright Law making my desperate cry as a university student for ready-made accessible books a reality by fighting for our rights at the highest levels of the policy-making. Whenever, a print-disabled student in India will save its larger half of study time for actually studying available accessible books rather than converting them into accessible formats, whenever a keen print-disabled reader will lay hands on a handy accessible book, Prof. Shamnad your good deeds will reverberate. May you Rest In Peace good man!
On 8/9/19, George Abraham <geo...@eyeway.org> wrote: > Here is one of his talk at Lawyers Round Table. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TMwSjlyOgQ > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf > Of john clayton > Sent: Friday, August 9, 2019 12:06 PM > To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning > the disabled. > Subject: Re: [AI] sad loss -Prof Shamnad Basheer > > Whilst I did not personally know MR. Shamnad Basheer, he sounds like a stand > up guy RIP, sir. > for Only the Good Die Youn. > > On Fri, 9 Aug 2019 at 09:31, Ketan Kothari <muktake...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Kanchan, I echo your words. I too remember him as a very warm person >> and the few times that we interacted he was always happy to help and >> warm. >> >> Wonder why such great people leave us so early. >> >> Ketan >> >> On 08/08/2019, Kanchan Pamnani <kanchanpamn...@gmail.com> 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ >> > >> > To unsubscribe send a message to >> > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in >> > 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. 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