I am currently in the process of raising money only within the family and not outside. The expectation is when a student receives the scholarship - he might wonder who is this person Dr. Satish Chandra Bhattacharyya ? So he might jump on the Internet and try to do some research. There there is nothing.
So before the scholarship gets going I must start a website or a blog in his name. That way i think my grandfather's name will live on.
Recently I found out a write up on him written by one of his students ... Mr.Chakrabarty, who was also his friend and colleague's (DebendraNath Chakrabarty) son. I used to call him Pawdo Uncle. He wrote an article on Satish Chandra Bhattacharyya on the occasion, when his family got together and celebrated his 100th birthday in 1996. It is written beautifully - but it is in Bengali. However, I saw him as my grandfather - and did not know much about his professional life. This article is very informative for me as well.
Most of us - we are ordinary people. We come to this earth - grow up, get education, get jobs - raise a family, look after the family. Grow old and one day we die. Our children and friends remember us. Then slowly our name slip into oblivion. That is normal for us ordinary people, but Satish Chandra was no ordinary person - he was extra ordinary, his name should live on and I will do everything I can to make it happen.
Once I write about him and my readers read my write ups they all will agree with me that he was no ordinary person.
Since I retired, I started making jewelry and by selling them supported two of my favorite charities. That gave me a purpose. Now I have a new purpose in life - do something to keep my grandfather's memory alive.
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