matthew

matthew urzhnile?

i loved him and to this day

i met him last at his marriage in baroda in december 1982 for his marriage with a beautiful bengali girl. the marriage was done by his uncle priest. they were many hundred years old catholic priest family. 

i sparingly knew him for 3 or 4 years at isi. he was one year junior and eventually two years after he did mstat. i loved his sincerity and dedication to computers and jnana yoga. he is one i trusted one hundred percentage without any fault.

tll 1977 december, he was my constant intellectual companion. he gave me lot of JK upanishads paul branton lobsam rampa wnd whatever treasure he collected. i have not seen a person who did not suffer from any self deception. he was perhaps 10 years older than me. he spent about 10 years to be priest in italy but he never really mentioned about it. he took to many gurus but chief and lasting one were jk and minsky.

he had perfect yogic body. v shaped as in greek sculpture with large lotus eyes reddish white complexion and black thick hairs. perfectly shaven. wearing a smile that showed his heart and love.

he had wide interest. physics. ai, games, programming, yoga, homeopathy, meditation ... he spent all his time money in his pursuit.

he was private. never discussed girls ever. i was totally taken aback by his marriage. i never visited his home. but i was told he had a perfect little cottage with flowers in garden. a son with a beautiful wife. he was neither ill mannered nor ill tempered but considered mad by many.

he had wild ideas that can very well be science fiction. like space lift. he wrote to me in bahrain. then i read arthur clarke's fountain of paradise.

he was uncompromising in quality. he wrote the best compiler ever produced in India. cobol. his subordinates used to complaint crying about their works being trashed by him. he documented perfectly all software for organization single handedly. but india was not place for such brilliant guy. it is for fake and fakes only. he was terminated two years after his marriage. the organization itself folded in 1985.

last i talked to him about 10-12 years ago. he is farmer and spiritual. not interested in computers or programming. he spends his time farming in kerala. visits his family in baroda.