obituary

Soumitra Chatterjee (1935-2020): Rays of Light

Kaveree Bamzai

Satyajit Ray and Soumitra Chatterjee showed what it is to be a man in modern India

Soumitra Chatterjee (1935-2020): A Global Humanist

Kaveree Bamzai

From his debut as an adult Apu, Soumitra Chatterjee taught generations of Bengalis, especially the men, how to be at home in the world

The Body Couturier

Kaveree Bamzai

Bhanu Athaiya started as an artist trained at JJ School of Art but ended her career at 91 as a pioneering costume designer for Hindi cinema. It was a life of remarkable work and incredible beauty

Ram Vilas Paswan (1946-2020): A Natural Ally

Amita Shah

A tenacious survivor in national politics and a popular Dalit face

SP Balasubrahmanyam (1946-2020): A Versatile Voice

V Shoba

His 40,000 songs became the background score of the lives of millions of listeners

The House of Jaswant Singh

S Prasannarajan

A classicist in politics for whom public life did not mean compromising on his moral inheritance

Jaswant Singh (1938-2020)

MJ Akbar

Time stands still for a Gentleman

A Requiem for My Boss

TCA Raghavan

Jaswant Singh (1938-2020)

The Visionary Culturalist

Nandini Nair

She plumbed the psyche of Indian classical music and dance

Pranab Mukherjee (1935-2020)

MJ Akbar

He understood that democratic politics is algebra, where various parts of the electoral equation are held together by governance, not deposits in vote banks