death

Blood on the Tracks

arindam

11 elephants died on our railway tracks in two weeks. Is there a way to stop this?

Of Marriage and Mortality

arindam

A new study suggests that people who have never married run twice the risk of dying in middle age than those who have spouses

Aashayein

Ajit Duara

A tale about fighting cancer? Nearly mistook it for a homage to George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.

Famous Aviation Deaths

Madhavankutty Pillai

The last Polish head of state to die in office, Wladyslaw Sikorski, also died in a plane crash.

Far from TV studios, in the deep forests of Gadchiroli, nobody cares about national sovereignty, the State or the Sensex. The only battle is to fool death and avoid getting injected with an odorous liquid that delays the rotting of a corpse.

Whispers of a Witch-hunt

Dhirendra K. Jha

With searchlights out for ‘bourgeois tendencies’ within the party, the CPM drives one of its own leaders to his death.

Looking It in the Eye

Sandipan Deb

It’s in the final moments of life that character shines through. Lisa Ray just let us glimpse hers.

Sending off Strangers

Madhavankutty Pillai

Kishore Bhatt, 57, has a long relationship with the dead. A caretaker of unclaimed corpses, he’s ensured dignity for more than 2,000 dead in the past 40 years