REMEMBERING ARUN GHOSH 93 us much younger than him to shame. He was entitled to be impatient with us (the younger ones) because we did not do more. Given his energy, it did not seem possible that he would be no more and we would be talking of him in the past tense. He was perhaps disappointed that towards the end of his life the Indian economy took a turn that was completely at variance with what he had worked for all his life. But he did not lose heart as many others have been prone to do. He was amongst the first to warn the nation of the dangers of the Enron project, the changes in the Patents regime due to the provisions in the newly established WTO, the indiscriminate opening up of the economy, the move to make the rupee convertible, the excessive speculation going on, etc. The big shot remained a big shot during the period of my association with him. Earlier he was ill-defined but as time elapsed and I understood things better, he simply appeared to be amazing. Originality and creativity cannot be replicated but they become the source of inspiration for others. Can one say more? My heart goes out to the family of such a remarkable personality. They were privileged to have him. While one may celebrate a full life, death always leaves a void which nothing can fill.