In Memorium

And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche……..

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

Jyoti Bhusan Chaki’s (*) emaciated frame, his devotion to the cause of learning, his simplicity and moral virtue are tempting to draw an immediate parallel with Geoffrey Chaucer’s Clerk of Oxenford…
And he nas nat right fat, I undertake,
But looked holwe and therto soberly.
[And he too was not fat, that I take,
But he looked emaciated, moreover, […]