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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala (1960-2022): The Eternal Big Bull

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He was unwell for some time but that did not dampen his love of life

Bhupinder Singh (1940-2022): The Urban Troubadour

Kaveree Bamzai

His voice best articulated the pain of the city dweller

Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry (1929-2022): The Builder

Lhendup G Bhutia

The reclusive construction mogul transformed Mumbai’s skyline

Krishnakumar Kunnath (1968-2022): Singing for India

Kaveree Bamzai

KK’s career was the embodiment of a unique diversity

Shiv Kumar Sharma (1938-2022): The Sound of Kashmir

Kaveree Bamzai

The santoor maestro epitomises the dictum that music has no religion

Shane Warne (1969-2022): The Imperfect Perfectionist

Boria Majumdar

Shane Warne sometimes did not realise how good he was

Shane Warne (1969-2022): The Buccaneer, and a Magician

Sabin Iqbal

A maverick who made leg spin look cool

Rahul Bajaj (1938-2022): Scooter Man

Madhavankutty Pillai

Bajaj’s business didn’t just survive but grew in liberalised India

Singing the Nation

Vinay Lal

We can begin to have a better conception of the extraordinary place of Lata in the life of the nation when we imagine how she not only embodied the nation but sang the nation

The Japanese government was anxious to return Netaji’s ashes to India, but it became impossible for India to bring them back because of the refusal of his friends and admirers to accept that he was no more