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Sushma Swaraj (1952-2019): Always the Optimist

Amita Shah

Eloquent, warm and fiery, Swaraj carved out her space in the male-dominated rough and tumble of politics

Toni Morrison (1931-2019): The Beloved

She gave voice to African Americans figuratively, and literally by recreating their language

Sheila Dikshit (1938-2019): Leader with a Capital L

Dikshit’s concern for the environment, in a city where pollution levels have risen menacingly, reflected even in her last wish. She was cremated in a CNG crematorium, introduced in Delhi during her tenure

Girish Karnad (1938-2019): When Comes Such Another?

Girish Karnad used myth, history and folklore to expose our fault lines

Mumbai Notebook

Remembering Alyque Padamsee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018): The Beloved

The leader India indulged with so much affection and admiration departs

VS Naipaul: ‘I had no set way of writing’

Seeing, feeling, and thinking with Sir Vidia. Snatches from my conversations with the greatest writer of English prose

VS Naipaul: Severe, Savage, Sublime

Remembering VS Naipaul (1932-2018)

So long, farewell Deven Verma

Bollywood doesn’t make actors or humour like him anymore

The Fading Red Light

As builders take over Kamathipura to build residential towers, the queen of India’s red light districts heads towards certain extinction

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