Siddharth Singh
The late Iranian president was the product of a resilient system designed to survive
The playful postmodernist deconstructed the existential with a touch of lightness
The polymath demystified the Indian psyche like nobody else did
He spoke the language of everyman departing from stuffy radio broadcasting
Nariman did much more to further the cause of liberty than many others after him. In 1972, he was appointed additional solicitor general. Instead of clinging to that office, Nariman quit when his conscience would not allow him to hold that position anymore
Kissinger reinvented the axis of global equations with breakthrough ideas implemented with breathtaking insouciance
Art historian BN Goswamy combined an empirical precision with a soaring imagination