[INDOLOGY] Ashok Aklujkar passed away

[Shrikant Bahulkar]

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> I knew from Vidyut that Ashok was not well and had to undergo major
> surgery of the hip joint. I feel very sad. Like Madhav, he was my
> Gurubandhu and a senior friend. We studied Sanskrit grammar with Pt.
> Wamanshastri Bhagwat at Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune. He invited me
> to his university (UBC, Vancouver) to teach Sanskrit in his absence. That
> was my first assignment in a foreign university. Both Ashok and Vidyut were
> very kind to me and treated me like their youger brother. I cherish the
> sweet memories of spending time happily with Ashok, Vidyut, Rasika and
> Muktak. Prof. Aklujkar taught Sanskrit and Indian philosophy for more than
> 35 years at UBC, and as a visiting professor at Harvard, Hamburg, Kyoto,
> Rome, Paris, Oxford and Marburg. He prepared a Sanskrit primer, namely,
> “Sanskrit: An easy introduction to an enchanting language.” This book is
> being used in North America, Europe and Japan. An Indian edition of this
> book has recently been brought out by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research
> Institute (BORI), Pune. Prof. Aklujkar was very kind to hand over all the
> rights of publication and sale of this book to BORI.
>
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