Amid tears & tribute, cremation of ‘Maths Guru’ Biswajit Ghosh performed

July 16: In a tragic road accident, renowned and most popular teacher of Mathematics, Biswajit Ghosh, faculty member of  Ramanuj Gupta Junior College Silchar passed away on Friday afternoon.  The tragic death of “Mathematics Guru” Biswajit Ghosh was indeed a bolt from the blue for many. His dead body has been brought in an ambulance from Jowai and was kept at Ramanuj Gupta College premises on 16 July where his vast multitude of students and well-wishers paid their last homage.

There was a free flow of emotions as family members, students, friends, colleagues, fans and sympathisers came to attend the final journey of the wizard of Mathematics. Many of those present there wept uncontrollably. The tears symbolised the unconditional love and respect which Biswajit Ghosh has earned in his teaching career. The huge crowd which assembled at Ramanuj Gupta College, Ambicapatty on Saturday gave testimony to his popularity.

At around 1 PM, the funeral procession began from the college premises, where Biswajit Ghosh served from its very inception. It was where he passed the major portion of his life. He regarded the college as his pilgrimage. A long queue of present and past students, teachers and staff of the college, relatives, friends, well-wishers went on foot to the crematorium where the last rites were performed.

Termed as “Mathematics Guru” by his students, Biswajit Ghosh, one of the founder teachers of Ramanuj Gupta Junior College, Silchar was on his way to Shillong in Meghalaya from Silchar on Friday. As per reports, he was driving the car himself. An ex-student of his, Aman Bansal (Engineer by profession) accompanied him. However, at Jowai in Meghalaya, the car met with an severe accident at around 12 to 12.30 PM today. It was a head-on collision with a traveler vehicle. He was then rushed to a local hospital there, where after few moments he breathed his last. Aman Bansal too sustained major injuries, but is now out of danger. Sources revealed that it was a head-on collision.

The moment this incident was known, social media platforms was flooded with condolence messages from a host of students of Biswajit Ghosh, their favourite “Mathematics Guru”. Biswajit Ghosh is dead, long live Biswajit Ghosh….