[Assam] Prof D Das passes away

[Mridul Bhuyan]

He was my math teacher too in Cotton College. Dhuti-Punjabi clad, mouthful of 'Tamul', an open smile, a loving pat on the back, while solving sums - all these, I'll never forget in my life. May his soul rest in peace. 

  Mridul Bhuyan
Ram Sarangapani <assamrs at gmail.com> wrote:
    This sad news brings back many memories. Many ex-Cottonians may remember Prof. Das fondly. 
  He had an imposing figure, sported an impressive handlebar mustache, and always wore a spotless white dhuti. Having grown up at Jalukbari, I knew Prof. Das since my childhood. 
   
  One incident will remain ingrained with me forever, and is still vivid. Prof. Das literally picked me up from the muck & dirt (so to speak) - well, I was learning cycling, and in my exuberance of being able to ride fast & furious on my brand new bike, didn't quite see the open gela-nolah (open drain). Prof. Das, walking by, came to my rescue, picked me up, and had me take a quick dip in the nearby pukhuri (tank). 
   
  Well, Das Sir, thank you so much for being our teacher, for having been there in my formative years, and thank you for picking me up from that drain. You are in my thoughts, and may your soul rest in peace.
  --Ram
  ________________________________________________________
  From the AT
  By A Staff Reporter
 GUWAHATI, Sept 20 – Former Professor of Mathematics, Cotton College, Prof Durgeswar Das breathed his last at a city nursing home recently. He was 82 and leaves behind his wife, two sons and four daughters. 

Born in Jalukbari in 1925, Das passed his matriculation examination from Cotton Collegiate Higher Secondary School and did his graduation from Cotton College. Immediately after completing his graduation, he joined the Jalukbari high school as its headmaster. He later completed his post graduation from the Gauhati University in 1955 and joined the Mathematics Department of Cotton College. He retired from Cotton College in 1986. 

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