Very sad to hear the news. I did not know him personally, but heard a lot about him from Raghesh, Sobin and all. We should take up the work where he left off. Perhaps, that's the best way to pay our last respects to a genius and visionary. Warm Regards, Sajith On 29 September 2011 21:08, Musfir Mohammed <mohammed.musfir@xxxxxxxx>wrote: > 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 > > -- > 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. 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