Nandini Nair
Jayant Narlikar was a renowned institution builder and science communicator
Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan was not a household name, but without him, India’s nuclear power programme might never have moved beyond the drawing board
A multifaceted astrophysicist who popularised science among the masses writing extensively about topics such as cosmology and Black Holes, Narlikar is a recipient of several prestigious awards, including the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Vibhushan
Pope Francis was not as liberal and reformist as many would have liked but he changed the church fundamentally
The first pope from the Americas dared to confront contentious issues
The Scottish author who made India his home immortalised the high peaks and distant roads
The giant of Latin American literature created intensely realistic portrayals of human nature
Soviet double agent Oleg Gordievsky’s intelligence had prevented nuclear war
The Oscar-winning actor and his wife were found dead at their New Mexico home
The elder brother of the Dalai Lama who retired from public life to run a noodle factory in a distant Indian town had a large influence on modern Tibetan history