A Remarkable Family Does India Proud

Lord Bhikhu Parekh done the remarkable hat trick of sending his three sons to Oxford University

Getting
into Oxford University is an extremely difficult hurdle to cross. Lord Bhikhu
Parekh has done the remarkable hat trick of sending all his three sons to
Oxford University, an achievement with few precedents. As if this is not
enough, all three got scholarship, which the University only gives to its best
applicants. The story does not end here. Two of his sons, Raj and Anant,
graduated with a first class degree, and the third, Nitin, only narrowly missed
it.

Anant
Parekh is now Professor of Physiology in the University of Oxford. Last month
he received the rare honour of being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society one
of the highest achievements in the natural sciences. Several years ago his
father Lord Parekh had received the similar honour of being elected a Fellow of
the British Academy one of the highest achievements in the social sciences and
humanities.

One
wonders how many Indian or British families have sent three sons or daughters
to Oxford, and can claim an FBA father having an FRS son. When asked how he had
achieved all this, Prof. Lord Parekh said that it was all due to the talents
and hard work of his sons. He himself claimed no credit and was pleased to have
helped raise India’s esteem.