Karan Singh said to me: ‘Jeh, what is this nonsense about mathematics? Do you mean to say that if this school of yours had been there when I was a college student, I would not have been admitted?’ All I could say was: ‘Well, Karan, if you were as poor at mathematics as I was, then neither you nor I would have been admitted.’ Dr Karan Singh did not take this too well. He threw the brochure on the table and said, ‘Nonsense.’ As a result of which the proposal was summarily rejected. So, unfortunately, the idea got dropped at the time. J.R.D. was undoubtedly upset but he was a determined man.
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