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‘Papa would have thumped everyone’s back and asked: What’s next?’
Updated On: 27 August, 2023 07:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Aastha Atray Banan
Danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, daughter of ISRO founder Vikram Sarabhai, speaks of growing up in a home where science and art both had a place, and consensus was king
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Mrinalini, Kartikeya, Mallika and Vikram Sarabhai on Mallika’s 10th birthday; (right) Mallika with her parents. Pics Courtesy/Mallika Sarabhai
If papa had been alive today, he would have gone around the ISRO complex thumping everyone on the back. And then he would have asked: What are we doing now? What’s the plan for the next 50 years? That’s how scientists are...
I miss my father every day; I haven’t got closure yet. He died when I was only 17 [years old]. My brother spent more time with him, and had more adult conversations. But I would ask him questions like, “Why was he setting up IIM Ahmedabad?” or “Why was it important to go into space?” For him, it was all connected to the development of the nation. He would tell me, “We need managers to manage the kind of institutions that can deliver to the poorest. And if I can put satellites in the sky, then I can send teachings to everyone.”
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