Though short lived he had set an example for the people around him. :( On 9/29/11, Anivar Aravind <anivar.aravind@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This is a mail i posted in another list . copying here > > "But the story of leukemia--the story of cancer--isn't the story of > doctors who struggle and survive, moving from institution to another. > It is the story of patients who struggle and survive, moving from on > embankment of illness to another. Resilience, inventiveness, and > survivorship--qualities often ascribed to great physicians--are > reflected qualities, emanating first from those who struggle with > illness and only then mirrored by those who treat them. If the history > of medicine is told through the stories of doctors, it is because > their contributions stand in place of the more substantive heroism of > their patients." > -- Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer > > i am writing this with tears. he was a close friend, co-traveler, and > colleague in SMC > > Jinesh was a great fighter. He fought with Leukemia by contributing > code . His all major contributions came from hospital bed , as commits > in PYPDFlib and silpa project and editing of www-ml translations > shyam left out . In addition he used to write articles in malayal.am on > various > topics . In FEC also he was quite active and contributed to various > discussion threads . He was one among SMC's Google summer of code > candidates in 2007 . His contribution to standardization discussions > such as critique to International Domain names standard for malayalam, > Inscript 2 draft keyboard standard etc was also commendable. > > He was always available on google chat when he is in the intervals > between treatments , we used to talk a lot about various contemporary > topics. Jinesh was working on a paper about pitfalls in Biometric > standards UID adopted, and he used to send a lot of contemporary > research papers on biometrics to me . > > Our last chat (around sep 4th) was about planning get together , when > he reaches home after treatments . > Whenever we asks about his treatment details he used to show these XKCD > comics > http://xkcd.com/931/ http://xkcd.com/938/ > > > Blog http://www.jinsbond.in/ > Facebook https://www.facebook.com/jinesh.jayaraman > twitter http://twitter.com/#!/jinsbond007 > Picasa http://picasaweb.google.com/jinesh.k > http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/User:Jinesh.k > > > This is my last chat with him (sep 4th) > > 1:35 PM jinesh: Hi > me: hi > how r u > 1:36 PM jinesh: See sawing > me: means > jinesh: Better one day > me: ok. got it > jinesh: Back another > Not yet stable > me: all chemo section are over? > jinesh: No chemo now > 1:37 PM me: transplantation kazhincho > jinesh: No cancer actually > Oh > In june > me: ok > jinesh: It was little bad after that > 1:38 PM Icu and all > Now learning to eat and walk > me: hmm. So started food > jinesh: Walking now short distance with support > 1:39 PM It starts and stops > Today again started > me: good > jinesh: Clear liquids > 1:40 PM me: hmm > jinesh: What's your news? > me: Nothing special. Not going home for this onam > First time in blr for Onam > 1:41 PM jinesh: When I come back to kerala will be calling for a get > together > me: yes, we need to > 1:42 PM jinesh: I am thinking of calling you all home > me: Lets plan that > Santhosh will join in wikimedia by next month > 1:43 PM he will be working from home after that > jinesh: He said from sept he will be home > 1:44 PM me: yea. he is resigning by sep 15th > 1:46 PM jinesh: Ok > 1:47 PM What's your news? > me: nothing special da > jinesh: By the way www-ml coordinator is still shyam > 1:48 PM Need to fix it > me: Yea . There was a time you need to sent a mail confirming your role > But at that time you were not available > jinesh: I sent > me: I think we need to recover it > Ok. > I will followup > jinesh: Ok > 1:49 PM > me: going for food > jinesh: Bye > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:01 PM, ck raju <ck.thrissur@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I have no words to express my deep sorrow on hearing the news of >> Jinesh succumbing to a rare variant of Leukemia. MES College of >> Engineering loses yet another bright scholar, a great visionary and a >> champion of Free Software - this time to a killer disease. >> >> I hope his parents would be able to overcome this tragedy. >> >> http://www.jinsbond.in/ >> http://logbookofanobserver.wordpress.com/ >> http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/User:Jinesh.k >> https://plus.google.com/115666744284319377455/about >> http://search.gmane.org/?author=Jinesh+K+J&sort=date >> >> Maybe there are more links where he has elaborated on many topics - >> these were something that google fetched and returned. >> -- >> CK Raju >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "MES-FSUG" >> group. >> To post to this group, send email to mes-fsug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> mes-fsug-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/mes-fsug?hl=en >> >> Our IRC channel #mes-fsug at irc.freenode.net. Webpage for GNULabs @ MESCE >> is at http://gnulabs.org/mesce/ >> Wiki: http://www.fosscommunity.in/wiki/Malappuram >> >> >> > > > > -- > "[It is not] possible to distinguish between 'numerical' and > 'nonnumerical' algorithms, as if numbers were somehow different from > other kinds of precise information." - Donald Knuth > Wiki: http://www.fosscommunity.in/wiki/Malappuram > > > -- Musfir Mohammed Department of ECE 7th Semester Technical Coordinator IEEE Student Branch MES College of Engineering Wiki: http://www.fosscommunity.in/wiki/Malappuram