World Squash Federation President N Ramachandran said the whole sport was "hugely disappointed" after being rejected.
Suresh Ramachandran, a marketing manager in Bangalore, remembers when his family would plan vacations only within India.
"Maybe it's because it makes people think about their mortality, or it makes them feel old, " Ramachandran said.
However, mirrors of emotion have now been found as well, and it is these that interest Dr Ramachandran.
But Dr Ramachandran said there could be other uses for the therapy, including helping people who have had strokes.
Much of Ramachandran's work since developing mirror therapy has focused on mirror neurons.
BBC: What phantom limbs and mirrors teach us about the brain
Along this journey Ramachandran learned that building brands is neither easy nor painless.
When Mr Ramachandran died, two million people turned out for his funereal.
Ramachandran was born into a farming family in southwestern Kerala state and grew up wearing only whites like his father.
Whatever the expectations, Ramachandran will not let go of his unconventional style, despite growing to a respectable-size company chased by private equity biggies.
Find out more about VS Ramachandran's work on Exchanges at the Frontier from the BBC World Service in association with the Wellcome Collection.
BBC: What phantom limbs and mirrors teach us about the brain
Take Sheetal Ramachandran, a management graduate and the current Miss Bangalore.
But Ramachandran has decided to postpone her studies for a year.
While others spend million on machines with complicated acronyms, the beauty of Ramachandran's work is that he uses ordinary items such as mirrors, pens and paper.
BBC: What phantom limbs and mirrors teach us about the brain
Vilayanur Ramachandran, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego, thinks he may have found that mechanism: a failure of what are known as mirror neurons.
"Hearing devices are an absolute necessity for children, " Ramachandran said.
The present chief minister of the state, J Jayalalitha, was once a star actress and her mentor MG Ramachandran, who also ruled the state, was a stage actor turned movie star.
And at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in the UK, an associate of Ramachandran, Professor Candy McCabe is testing the use of mirrors with acute stroke victims.
BBC: What phantom limbs and mirrors teach us about the brain
Dr Ramachandran suggested the amputees "felt" the actions of others because their missing limb provided no feedback to prevent their mirror neurons being stimulated, and therefore not telling them they were not "literally" being touched.
There has been no information yet on Qasab's last few days, but his lawyer Raju Ramachandran, who argued his case in the Supreme Court, told Reuters that Qasab was a "worried man" when he last met him in August, before the court upheld his death sentence.
Perhaps this explains, at least in part, why 75% to 80% of adults with hearing loss do not get hearing aids, according to a recent study done by Virginia Ramachandran, a senior staff audiologist in the Division of Audiology of the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
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