Prof. Guruswamy Rajasekaran, a doyen of particle physicists of India, breathed his last on May 29, 2023. The community of scientists, especially particle physicists, in India have lost a most respected voice. He was many things – a researcher, mentor, teacher, and science populariser. His was a multifaceted life worth celebrating.
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Rajaji, as he was affectionately called by his admirers, was the first of ten children born in 1936 in a small town, Kamuthi, near Madurai in Tamil Nadu. His parents had modest means; his father owned a shop selling brass vessels. Higher education was a problem and Rajaji got a loan scholarship from the Nadar Mahajana Sangam and also the merit-cum-means scholarship of the Madras state government to pursue intermediate studies at the American College in Madurai in 1952.
