June 2017 \ News \ ABDULGANI SHAIKH
The Greater Hurdler

Come to think of it, Abdulgani (Ganibhai) Shaikh could have made a living...

The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.

—Moliere, French playwright and actor

Come to think of it, Abdulgani (Ganibhai) Shaikh could have made a living by happily selling buffalo milk all his life in Kapadwanj in Gujarat. With his high level of intelligence, he could perhaps have become a milk magnate. That career option would have been like a walk in the park. But Abdulgani always wanted to learn and was determined to educate himself. He also wanted to see the world. Somehow he never lost sight of this vision. He wanted to pursue higher studies overseas, and he didn’t let that song die out in his heart. If he saw hurdles in his journey, he knew deep within that he simply had to find a way to go past them. And he has done so, many times over.




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