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When an AN Member dies.... And a fine one has been lost.

This is also sent to the AN moderators, but I think it is also appropriate as a forum topic.

What do we do when an AN member and group creator dies? Activist Ajita Kamal was an AN member and created 2 groups. He died last month in some sort of "incident" although there is suggestion in websites about him that he may have been ill. Maybe I missed discussion, but wanted to note his passing.

Ajita Kamal

No one can know all of the members of Nexus, and most here probably did not interact with Kamal. In the end, the cause of his death was not announced. He was 33 years old. He was an activist, a scientist, and intellectual. It's sad to see his passing.

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Permalink Reply by booklover on February 2, 2012 at 4:00pm

Me too.

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Permalink Reply by Steph S. on February 2, 2012 at 4:46pm

Sorry to hear of his death.

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Permalink Reply by Brent Feeney on February 2, 2012 at 5:07pm

Very sad to hear of his death, and sending good thoughts and wishes to his family and friends.

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Permalink Reply by Pat on February 2, 2012 at 7:57pm

I know it's from a religious meditation, but I've always found meaning in this.

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." John Donne

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Permalink Reply by Jedi Wanderer on February 5, 2012 at 12:52pm

Yeah good quote Pat, thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on February 5, 2012 at 9:55am

Thanks to all of you who replied. And Pat, the Donne quote is very appropriate. Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Jedi Wanderer on February 5, 2012 at 12:51pm

I'll raise a glass to him right now (I was gonna anyway, but now I have a better reason than its Super Bowl Sunday). Very sad, I didn't know the guy but this is the first time I'm hearing of a fellow A|N member dying and since I feel like this is my community, I feel a sense of loss. May his body return to the earth and his life energies be reintroduced into the biosphere.

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Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on February 5, 2012 at 2:36pm

You are right. I feel a sense of loss as well. Kamal was well respected and liked.

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Permalink Reply by Russell20 on February 5, 2012 at 6:55pm

If I am to be honest I had not heard of him until now, but having read through the links provided I can see what a tragic loss his death represents. Just so very sad to lose him and his obviously brilliant and lucid mind