TWO QUOTES OF DR KASHI NATH PANDITA

                                           

 ( L to R. Ramesh Marhata, Dr KN Pandita, Avtar Mota and Bindraban Sher)
                                                                      

                                   

TWO QUOTES OF DR.KASHI NATH PANDITA..

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He spoke this to me  some days back when i visited him for some clarifications and guidance...

(1)

"When you are just below a mountain, you can't know how high the mountain is ; Only when you move away, you realise its loftiness . "

 (2)

" Fools hit a man in trouble or when he is lying low. The wise man knows that when such people get up and stand erect, they usually turn out taller . "

(Avtar Mota)


PS

Dr K N Pandita Former Director Department of Central Asian studies , university of Kashmir needs no Introduction. He is a post graduate in Persian from Punjab university and Ph.D. in Iranian / Central Asian Studies from Teheran university . He is Author of many books and innumerable papers . Awarded Padamshri recently for his academic attainments , Dr. Pandita is a widely travelled man.
He has closely worked with so many scholars from Central Asia more specifically from Tajikistan.
His travelogue titled "My Tajik Friends" earned him the coveted Soviet land Nehru Award 1987.He has also been awarded Padamshgri by Govt of  India for his academics attainments .

Some prominent works of Dr. Pandita are:

1. Baharistan-i-Shahi, A Chronicle of Mediaeval Kashmir (translated from Farsi)
2. Avicenna – An Introduction
3. Iran and Central Asia
4. Ladakh, life and culture (edited)
5. Hafiz of Shiraz (Urdu)
6. Tohfatul Ahbab, ( English translation of a 17th century history of Kashmir .)
 

 
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