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The Writer Who Came In From the Cold

Sudeep Paul

The greatest spy novelist fictionalised his life while his fiction often seemed too real

A Writer and the Art of Memory

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi writes a succinct meditation on old age and death and the doors it opens for those left behind

Dancer Like No One Else

Nandini Nair

He expanded the possibilities and aesthetics of Indian dance

Diego Maradona (1960-2020): God’s Player

Lhendup G Bhutia

A flawed genius whose flaws only add to his immortality

Ahmed Patel (1949-2020): Power Behind the Power

PR Ramesh

Patel was a lone ranger in a party known for its groupism. With his death, Sonia Gandhi has lost the golden bridge linking her family to the party. And it can get very lonely up there in a castle of melting wax

Covid-19 Vaccine

Virendra Kapoor

Tamp down hope of an early normalisation

Soumitra Chatterjee (1935-2020): Rays of Light

Kaveree Bamzai

Satyajit Ray and Soumitra Chatterjee showed what it is to be a man in modern India

Soumitra Chatterjee (1935-2020): A Global Humanist

Kaveree Bamzai

From his debut as an adult Apu, Soumitra Chatterjee taught generations of Bengalis, especially the men, how to be at home in the world

The Body Couturier

Kaveree Bamzai

Bhanu Athaiya started as an artist trained at JJ School of Art but ended her career at 91 as a pioneering costume designer for Hindi cinema. It was a life of remarkable work and incredible beauty