Antony's demise has created a vacuum in my friends' world.  He had been a great influence in my personal life. Our friendship goes back to decades.  It started with his beloved wife, Ammini, my colleague in my professional life.  He really admired me as a person and together with Ammini, he loved to help me in my numerous crises, sharing his philosophical but very practical approach to life.  

I used to visit them and even stay with them shortly.  I can never forget the delicious breakfasts he used to cook for me and Ammini during my stay with them. On a personal note, I terribly miss him as a caring, loving friend who always wished the best for me as a person and academic—so many indelible memories!

He was a great thinker of great originality, social and literary critic, not to mention the great writer in him as shown in his profuse published writings.  He was a prolific speaker, in the sense he could talk on any topic with marvelous spontaneity, being well versed in English and Indian literature, history, mythology, politics, even theology.  Give him any topic, he would talk on it with authenticity. With his marvelous sense of humor he would even entertain his formal and informal audience. He had his own philosophy of life and he lived it to the very end—happy and content.

Antony, even though we, the community does miss you, your contributions and influential personality will always stay with us as rich assets. May you have a restful and peaceful life up above!

(Dr.  Annie Koshi is a retired professor at City College, City University of New York and colleague of Dr. Teresa Antony,  and a close friend of the Antony family. She Came to US as a graduate student, and received Masters and doctorate from Columbia University.)