THE MILK-MAN WHO DID NOT DRINK MILK
I have been a huge fan of Dr. Varghese Kurian, who died two days ago, at the age of 90. Many years ago, in one of issues of THE BLOOM (a Dawn Club inspirational magazine), we had run a long cover-story on Dr. Kurian in our ‘The Great Motivators’ series. We had sent some copies of this issue to Dr. Kurian’s office at Anand, Gujarat, and, promptly, we were sent a letter of appreciation by the great man himself. We were also asked to send some extra copies. We were more than delighted to do that. The life of Dr. Kurian is an inspiring story. Born in a Syrian Catholic family in Kerala, he studied in the famed Loyola College of Madras. Later, he went to the US on an Indian-Government scholarship to pursue Engineering in the Michigan State University, where, he completed his Mechanical Engineering. On his return to India, as per the Bond signed by him, he had to take up an assignment in Gujarat creamery. Dr. Kurian took it up half-heartedly. Never ...