In Memoriam
Roger Scruton (1944-2020): A Man Against His Times
Sudeep Paul
The British philosopher saw conservatism through its darkest hour and left it healthier
Akbar Padamsee (1928-2020): Master of Metascapes
Unlike his peers, the artist drew from a wellspring of poetry, literature, mathematics and philosophy
The Compassion of Abdul Jabbar
He was the foremost crusader for the cause of the survivors of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Sushma Swaraj (1952-2019): Always the Optimist
Eloquent, warm and fiery, Swaraj carved out her space in the male-dominated rough and tumble of politics
Toni Morrison (1931-2019): The Beloved
She gave voice to African Americans figuratively, and literally by recreating their language
VG Siddhartha (1959-2019): The Death of a Coffee Baron
If Siddhartha was indeed dragooned into a watery grave, then the country owes it to him to probe deeper into a crisis
Girish Karnad (1938-2019): The Modernist
Girish Karnad turned the mythical and the historical into the contemporary
India King: The Legacy of YC Deveshwar
In the death of the ITC patriarch, India Inc has lost a nationalist and a stalwart of sustainable business
VS Naipaul: Writing the World
With his shifting way of seeing, VS Naipaul articulated a new configuration of all that we know
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