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K K Aziz, Pakistan's pre-eminent historian in his memoirs, "The Coffee House of Lahore" wrote a "roll of honour" about the eminent intellectuals who gathered in the coffes houses and the Pak Tea House and represented the best of minds and contributed to intellectual development. He laments about the destruction of cultural, intellectual and political thought throughout his books but this a book spoken from the heart.
In the roll of honours, Aziz writes about his meetings, friendship and hardship faced by Dr Abdus Salam.
Mnay of us have heard them, but still to choose the deny the reasons why we have and choose to neglect Salam's contributions, why we almost demonized his existence and how we harassed him.K K Aziz narrates his harrasment at the hands of academics, bureaucrats, politicians and state functionaries alike and how Saudi Arabia tried to block a honorary doctorate degree cermeony in Sudan and an event I didn't know of, Indira Gandhi making coffee for Salam herself and sitting in his feet to give him respect.
The most proudest and greatest son of the soil, neglected by the state, harassed by the people, honoured by "the enemy" and forgotten from the public memory, Dr Abdus Salam.
Worth a read these fifteen pages.
Link to Google Docs PDF
In the roll of honours, Aziz writes about his meetings, friendship and hardship faced by Dr Abdus Salam.
Mnay of us have heard them, but still to choose the deny the reasons why we have and choose to neglect Salam's contributions, why we almost demonized his existence and how we harassed him.K K Aziz narrates his harrasment at the hands of academics, bureaucrats, politicians and state functionaries alike and how Saudi Arabia tried to block a honorary doctorate degree cermeony in Sudan and an event I didn't know of, Indira Gandhi making coffee for Salam herself and sitting in his feet to give him respect.
The most proudest and greatest son of the soil, neglected by the state, harassed by the people, honoured by "the enemy" and forgotten from the public memory, Dr Abdus Salam.
Worth a read these fifteen pages.
Link to Google Docs PDF
