Dr Verghese Kurien (1921-2012) AMUL
Outlook|April 03, 2017

IN the paradoxical light that past events reveal themselves to us, two facts stand out. One, Verghese Kurien, father of the White Revolution, was as distant as possible from a certain ideal currently preferred. As The Economist noted wryly in its obituary, “He was born a Christian, became an atheist, ate beef, and liked a drink—but not milk. In fact, he actively disliked it.” And he spent all his working life in Gujarat—a different kind of laboratory then.

Arindam Mukherjee
Dr Verghese Kurien (1921-2012) AMUL

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