H. Narasimhaiah’s life and pedagogy stand as a powerful reminder that true education is not about producing obedient achievers but courageous thinkers capable of questioning authority, tradition, and even their own assumptions. By teaching disciplined skepticism—doubting textbooks, experts, and inherited beliefs without descending into cynicism—he transformed classrooms into spaces of intellectual emancipation and students into rational citizens. His legacy reveals that confidence in uncertainty, comfort with being wrong, and the ability to revise beliefs are the invisible skills that shape ethical leaders, resilient professionals, and responsible democracies. In an age of artificial intelligence, misinformation, and credential worship, his approach is no longer radical but essential, positioning critical thinking as cognitive self-defense and questioning as a civic duty rather than an act of rebellion.