From james.d.gifford at gmail.com Fri Jun 22 22:04:53 2018 From: james.d.gifford at gmail.com (James Gifford) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 22:04:53 -0700 Subject: [ilds] Gulshan Taneja Message-ID: <2bbcecf2-0e86-8482-8fb6-157f4068801b@gmail.com> Dear all, I'm very sorry to report the death of Gulshan Taneja. I'm not aware of a formal obituary, but Ravi Nambiar heard through a friend, and James Clawson has confirmed through Gulshan's friends on Facebook. I first met Gulshan some 16 years ago and deeply enjoyed our correspondence and occasional meetings. In checking my files, I remember I wrote him a letter from the airport after first meeting him, which led to a discussion lasting years. As he responded, "A personal letter duly hand-written is a luxury that one no longer expects to be allowed to indulged in too often these days." But we did indulge. He was a kind man, a generous scholar, and a delight to discuss literature with over a glass of wine. Many of you may know him from various Durrell conferences or events, his lively remarks in this forum, and his editing of the journal In-between, which published a number of pieces on Durrell and did a special issue in 2002. I'm sad he will not be with us in Chicago. Ave atque vale. Kind thoughts to you all. James From sharbanibm at gmail.com Sat Jun 23 00:33:24 2018 From: sharbanibm at gmail.com (sharbani banerjee(mukherjee)) Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2018 13:03:24 +0530 Subject: [ilds] Gulshan Taneja In-Reply-To: <2bbcecf2-0e86-8482-8fb6-157f4068801b@gmail.com> References: <2bbcecf2-0e86-8482-8fb6-157f4068801b@gmail.com> Message-ID: Dear James, I knew of Dr. Taneja's death shortly after he passed away. I'm sorry you did not know. I should have informed you as it was through you that I came to know him. His 2002 Issue of 'In Between' was of invaluable help to me at the time when I was writing my thesis on Durrell. Since then I have remained connected to him and feel a deep sense of loss at his sad demise. Best Sharbani On Sat 23 Jun, 2018 10:35 am James Gifford, wrote: > Dear all, > > I'm very sorry to report the death of Gulshan Taneja. I'm not aware of > a formal obituary, but Ravi Nambiar heard through a friend, and James > Clawson has confirmed through Gulshan's friends on Facebook. > > I first met Gulshan some 16 years ago and deeply enjoyed our > correspondence and occasional meetings. In checking my files, I > remember I wrote him a letter from the airport after first meeting him, > which led to a discussion lasting years. As he responded, "A personal > letter duly hand-written is a luxury that one no longer expects to be > allowed to indulged in too often these days." But we did indulge. > > He was a kind man, a generous scholar, and a delight to discuss > literature with over a glass of wine. Many of you may know him from > various Durrell conferences or events, his lively remarks in this forum, > and his editing of the journal In-between, which published a number of > pieces on Durrell and did a special issue in 2002. I'm sad he will not > be with us in Chicago. > > Ave atque vale. > > Kind thoughts to you all. > > James > _______________________________________________ > ILDS mailing list > ILDS at lists.uvic.ca > https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/ilds > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: