Death of Prof. G.C Pande: a Terrible loss to literary world

The famous ideological thinker and eminent historian of India passed away on 21 May, 2011.
His outstanding  contribution to almost all the branches of history, culture, art, philosophy, poetics and aesthetic is will never be forgotten.
He had won many national and international awards but
the ‘Samswati Samman’ on 6 September 2004 for his collection of 250 Sanskrit poems, Bhagirathi was historic.

“According to Sanskrit scholars such beautiful and powerful poetic compositions have been created after a long time,” said the K. K. Birla Foundation citation. Receiving the Sammman he said, “People ask me, is Sanskrit dead? Language is not human that can live or die. It is a form of expression that comes straight from the heart. The ancient Sanskrit grammar has never changed its form, and poetry in many other languages is indebted to this language”.

He was also  honoured with the ‘Moortidevi Award’ (2003) for literature and the most prestigious Padma Shree.
Over the years,Prof. Pande has written more than 60 books and 100 research articles and papers in various disciplines in English, Hindi and Sanskrit. His creative writing in Hindi and Sanskrit include seven collections of poems.

Though not present physically, he will be always living in our hearts and will be remembered through his works for generations to come.

-Rakesh Tiwari