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Ian Jack (1945-2022): Memory Man
Sudeep Paul
India had changed the direction of a life spent in the pursuit of things as they were before
A formidable strategist of caste mobilization
Projecting himself as the leader of numerous Other Backward Castes, he forged together a powerful Muslim-Yadav alliance
Hilary Mantel (1952-2022): Past Perfectionist
Hilary Mantel (1952-2022) humanised characters from history, as she was interested in where politics met psychology, where the private met the public
Booker Prize winning author Hilary Mantel dies at 70
Often described as one of the finest writers of the 21st century, she is the first woman and only the fourth person to win two Booker prizes
Raju Srivastava (1963-2022): The Everyman Comic
He had a large following across the working and rural classes
The Power of Absence
In the Elizabethan code of leadership, unspoken words and unshown emotions could move a people
Cyrus Mistry (1968-2022): His Own Man
The former Tata chairman had both a vision for the group and a handicap
Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022): The People’s Monarch
As the second Elizabethan age ends, and a new monarch takes over, he will need her wisdom, her wit, and her unending appetite for working for others
The Triumphs and Laments of Mikhail Gorbachev
He was the choreographer of his own retreat in the larger drama of liberation
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