When Pak Nobel Laureate Glorified India's Guru-Shishya Tradition
A recent thread of Tweets went viral after the incident of Pakistan’s first Nobel Laureate in Physics Dr. Abdus Salam dedicating his prize to his Indian mathematics professor Anilendranath Gangopadhyay was remembered, in the wake of Abhijit Banerjee’s accomplishment. Here’s the story of a teacher extraordinaire and his Nobel winning student.
The Guru-Shishya Parampara in India is an ancient and primordial tradition, yet lasting till today as it is an enduring one. India has witnessed many idealistic teacher-student pairs in its long glorious history. Some of the prominent names that reflect this parampara are – Dronacharya – Arjuna in Mahabharata, Chanakya and Chandragupta Maurya, Samarth Ramdas and Shivaji Maharaj, Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Swami Vivekananda, etc.
In this episode of Culture 'Shauk', we take a look at one such teacher-student relationship that defied barriers of nation and religion, thereby strengthening the essence of our age-old guru-shishya tradition.
