Obituary
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Satish Gujral (1925-2020): A life and artistic practice marked by an impermeable silence
Diva Gujral
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Madhav Apte (1932-2019): A Mumbai cricketing legend whose love for the game trumped statistics
Scroll Staff
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Liberation hero or monster? Robert Mugabe is as divisive in death as he was in life
Roger Southall, The Conversation
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An obituary of my Goan mother, who sang fado, wrote an international cookbook and spread laughter
Ranjit Teja
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Why The Prodigy’s Keith Flint will always be a part of the music of those who grew up in ’90s India
Abhishek Sikhwal
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Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019): The fashion legend who transformed Chanel into a global superbrand
Veronica Horwell, The Guardian
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Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66: What Zimbabwe’s man with the talking guitar tried to teach through song
Willie Chinyamurindi, The Conversation
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Jonas Mekas, filmmaker and guardian of avant-garde cinema, dies
Scroll Staff
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Poet Mary Oliver (1935-2019) gave readers quietude, rich simplicity and narratives of nature
Apala Bhowmick
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George HW Bush’s conflicting legacy: A foreign policy expert who also sowed seeds of the Iraq war
James Goldgeier, The Conversation
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Stan Lee was flawed, just like many of his Marvel creations
Christopher Murray, The Conversation
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Tribute: How the delicate balance between art and life found reflection in Kalpana Lajmi’s work
Soumya Rao
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‘Always be my favourite sheriff’: Tributes pour in on social media for Burt Reynolds
Scroll Staff
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John McCain (1936-2018): The country the Republican hoped to lead no longer reflects his values
Elizabeth Sherman, The Conversation
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Aretha Franklin: How the sublime soul diva’s voice influenced the civil rights movement
Leah Kardos, The Conversation
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018): A poet among bigots
Ramachandra Guha
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Wadekar’s batting numbers aren’t great but as captain, he knew how to get the best out of India
Ashish Magotra
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VS Naipaul (1932-2018): A memorable writer whose books were informed with a dubious political gaze
Sanjay Sipahimalani
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Video: M Karunanidhi, veteran leader and five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu, dies in Chennai
Scroll Staff
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M Karunanidhi (1924-2018): Five-time Tamil Nadu CM, Dravidian champion, gritty political survivor
Sruthisagar Yamunan