How Aga Khan led a quiet revolution: Spiritual leader wished to be ‘remembered for his impact’

How Aga Khan led a quiet revolution: Spiritual leader wished to be 'remembered for his impact'

By Dr Mohamed Keshavjee – March 22, 2025

The Aga Khan IV’s greatest strength was his ability to listen to the needs of the people at the grassroots level and his readiness to consult. He believed that people were the best agents of their own transformation and was able to tap the talent of some of the best brains in the world.

A man of great humility, he shied away from praise. When asked by a leading Canadian TV journalists, (the late) Roy Bonisteel, how he would be liked to be remembered one day, the Aga Khan’s answer was a very categorical “not by name or by face”. If his programmes to help the people they were meant to serve actually reached them, then his mission in life would have been fulfilled, was his response.

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