It is sad and shocking to be informed of the untimely passing away of Ma'am Saroj Thakur this morning. An academician by profession, she had been a faculty at the NIT Hamirpur for decades. She had had a stint as a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advance Study, Shimla also.
On a personal note, I became acquainted with her in and around 2009 through her Blog 'Straight From the Heart ' posted on Wordpress. A comment by me on her post brought us closer, the common strand being the Lady Irwin School where she studied and where I also studied from Class 1 to 4 as boys were allowed till that level only. It transpired that she was two years my junior.
Eventually we came together on the memories of friends from Shimla group where she reposted some older blogs and some new and fresh ones from time to time. It has always been a treat to go through her wonderful posts, deftly documenting the life in Shimla during '60s & 70s. The details given by her of her family have been fascinating throughout.
I consider her my Guru as following her footsteps, I also started my humble attempts at writing blogs.
I regret having never met her personally !
Her birthday falls on 25th August.
Adieu, Saroj Ma'am !
Rest in Peace ЁЯЩП
