Year: 1981
Type: article
Abstract: He was also a dear friend, trusted confidant, and source of unending strength to many of us who were privileged to be his students (many times in the past few months, I have heard people say that "I would not be in this field if it had not been for Richard Park").There were many who thought of him as formidable, and, in his size and his knowledge of the politics of the subcontinent, perhaps he was.But no one who ever heard him reminisce about "my Gurkhas" with a twinkle of self-deprecating humor, or heard his understated yet passionate plea for better understanding of India, as in his presidential address to the Association, or saw his dedication to those who loved India, from prime ministers to undergraduates, or brought to him a personal or
Source: The Journal of Asian Studies
Author: Edward C. Dimock
Institution: University of Chicago
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2316912101