Obituary

Obituary

The warmth about Manmohan Singh tells you how much we’ve lost as a society

Writer, editor, screenwriter and ultimate Malayali icon: Making sense of MT’s world

Measured and methodical: What a DU seminar in 1999 told me about Manmohan Singh

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Manmohan Singh: Architect of key reforms, last PM to take a press conference

Creating a new cinematic grammar: Shyam Benegal’s extraordinary ability to bring dignity to the ordinary

Zakir Hussain: Life and music that transcended boundaries

A stolen life: Remembering GN Saibaba, who the State kept imprisoned over a decade

Anjana Meenakshi

Ratan Tata: An edifying snapshot of a corporate hermit’s life and works

Farewell, comrade: Sitaram Yechury was committed to making the Left responsive to political tides

Sushil Kumar Modi: A dignified voice in the combative world of Bihar politics

The Zafar I knew: A shared childhood, finding journalism, and a friendship of 60 years

Satish Nandgaonkar remained a journalist to the end, despite the toxicity of the industry around him

Prachi Pinglay-Plumber

Fali Nariman: An old-school traditionalist who dreamed of dying ‘in a secular India’

In a family of virtuosos, Bhavatharini Raja carved her own unique space

Rajesh Rajamani

Bahujan radical, political force, artiste: Vijayakanth was the quintessential Tamil icon

Rajesh Rajamani

Bishan Singh Bedi: A craftsman of flight and an old-school straight talker

In Patrick French, the world has lost an important chronicler of lives

A teacher and a friend: Remembering Ela Bhatt

Mulayam Singh Yadav: The pragmatic journey of one of India’s most enduring mass leaders

Manmohan Singh: Architect of key reforms, last PM to take a press conference

Creating a new cinematic grammar: Shyam Benegal’s extraordinary ability to bring dignity to the ordinary

Zakir Hussain: Life and music that transcended boundaries

A stolen life: Remembering GN Saibaba, who the State kept imprisoned over a decade

Anjana Meenakshi

Ratan Tata: An edifying snapshot of a corporate hermit’s life and works

Farewell, comrade: Sitaram Yechury was committed to making the Left responsive to political tides

Sushil Kumar Modi: A dignified voice in the combative world of Bihar politics

The Zafar I knew: A shared childhood, finding journalism, and a friendship of 60 years

Satish Nandgaonkar remained a journalist to the end, despite the toxicity of the industry around him

Prachi Pinglay-Plumber

Fali Nariman: An old-school traditionalist who dreamed of dying ‘in a secular India’

In a family of virtuosos, Bhavatharini Raja carved her own unique space

Rajesh Rajamani

Bahujan radical, political force, artiste: Vijayakanth was the quintessential Tamil icon

Rajesh Rajamani

Bishan Singh Bedi: A craftsman of flight and an old-school straight talker

In Patrick French, the world has lost an important chronicler of lives

A teacher and a friend: Remembering Ela Bhatt

Mulayam Singh Yadav: The pragmatic journey of one of India’s most enduring mass leaders