He has never been a formal teacher of mine, but... I have studied in more than 13 educational institutions... in India and overseas. Prof.Sobindran has never been my teacher in any of them. With utmost respect I recall some of the outstanding teachers who taught me (rather helped me learn). I have never been a student of Zamorins Guruvayurappan College... But Prof. Sobindran is one of my four great teachers (Gurus).
I came to know about him through my brother Fasalul Haque who was a student of his. Ever since I met and talked to him, I've been under his spell... Even at this very moment... while wandering on the shores of the Pacific Ocean pondering over means to save some of the nearly extinct freshwater species of my homeland... I adore and model my great teacher who has never taught me a formal lesson.... In my quest for knowledge and 'means' I have been wandering around... different states of my beautiful India... Saudi Arabia... UAE... Oman... Maldives... Thailand.... and now in Australia... wherever I am, I keep in touch with him... seek his advice... We worked together to fight pollution in the city of Calicut and building check-dams in the suburbs.... He has always been an inspiration!
An ideal teacher is not the one who teaches you your lessons and get paid for it... but the one who ignites your engine and sends you skyrocketing up to the boundless space to see things for yourself and learn yourself... 'To follow knowledge like a sinking star... beyond the utmost bound of human thought...' Prof. Sobindran is a star which shines in a distinct corner of the firmament.
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