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Rohit Bal (1961-2024): Fashion’s Showstopper

Kaveree Bamzai

The interpreter of liberalised India blended the richness of Indian textile traditions with Western sensibilities

Rohit Bal(1961-2024): Threading Beauty

He gave Indians the confidence to wear an Indian label

Bibek Debroy (I955-2024): The Polymath

He excelled in economics and Indology with equal flair

The Discreet Charm of an Indian Marxist

He was an intellectual and a politician whose party couldn’t perhaps tap his potential to the fullest

Ebrahim Raisi (1960-2024): Death of a Conservative

The late Iranian president was the product of a resilient system designed to survive

Paul Auster (1947-2024): The New Yorker

The playful postmodernist deconstructed the existential with a touch of lightness

Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024): The Mind Reader

The polymath demystified the Indian psyche like nobody else did

Ameen Sayani (1932-2024): The Golden Voice

He spoke the language of everyman departing from stuffy radio broadcasting

Fali S Nariman (1929-2024): The Guardian of Constitutional Democracy

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

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