Sushant
Singh
Rajput,
a
brilliant
actor
and
a
brilliant
mind,
took
his
life
by
hanging
himself
in
his
Mumbai
apartment
on
June
14.
It
is
unfortunate
that
we
are
learning
many
incredible
aspects
of
his
life
only
after
his
passing.
Sushant
had
a
keen
interest
in
astrophysics,
history,
and
the
pursuit
of
knowledge
in
general.
He
secured
admission
in
Delhi
Technological
University
for
his
Bachelor's
program
in
Mechanical
Engineering.
He
was
a
Physics
National
Olympiad
winner
who
also
secured
an
AIR
number
7
in
2003
AIEEE.
But
Sushant
decided
to
pursue
his
love
for
acting,
and
became
a
successful
one.
However,
his
interest
in
all
things
existential
did
not
cease
to
exist.
A
PhD
scholar,
who
happened
to
spend
five
hours
with
Sushant
at
an
airport,
mistook
him
to
be
a
physicist
studying
in
France.
Following
his
death,
Namrata
Datta
took
to
her
Twitter
handle
to
share
the
conversation
she
had
with
Sushant
over
a
couple
of
beers.
She
wrote,
"The
way
he
explained
quantum
physics
to
me
at
Paris
airport,
I
knew
I
was
talking
to
a
genius.
His
birthday
is
on
21st
January
and
mine
26th
January.
We
were
both
drinking
alone
to
celebrate
our
birthdays.
Then
we
discussed
DNA
n
X-ray
crystallography
method."
She
continued,
"about
2
years
ago.
I
had
no
idea
he
was
a
Bollywood
star.
I
thought
he
was
a
physicist
studying
in
France.
The
way
he
was
explaining
physics
was
mesmerising.
Later
he
told
me
he
is
an
actor
and
I
actually
asked
him
Why?
I
am
still
finding
it
hard
to
believe
that
he
is
no
more."
Namrata
further
wrote,
"You
know
what
Sushant
asked
me,
disregarding
the
causalities
due
to
space
time
continuum,
what
is
the
one
thing
you
would
want
to
change?
I
jokingly
replied
get
married
to
a
rich
man
and
produce
lots
of
babies.
When
I
asked
him
the
same
thing,
he
said,
study
physics."
She
revealed
that
Sushant
asked
her
if
he
could
get
a
scholarship
to
study
physics.
I
am
devastated..
he
asked
me
if
he
could
apply
for
scholarships
to
get
into
physics.
I
said
I
was
probably
gonna
see
him
on
big
screens
now.
Alas!
We
spent
5
hours
over
2
glasses
of
beer.
The
conversation
was
so
interesting.
Only
if
I
knew
better..
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