Shriram Lagoo (1927-2019): Acting legend and rationalist leaves behind a rich and complex legacy

The legend of the stage and the screen died in Pune at the age of 92.

Damini Kulkarni

· Dec 17, 2019 · 11:17 pm

Allison Busch (1969-2019): A scholar who worked to find ‘Hindi in History and History in Hindi’

Her research changed the way we think of Hindi literature and its early history.

Rabi Prakash

· Nov 03, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Revisiting ‘Night Song’, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s most experimental album ever

‘Night Song’ (1996) makes one wonder what the Pakistani legend could have accomplished in the West if he hadn’t passed away so soon.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Oct 13, 2019 · 12:30 pm

On Tom Alter’s death anniversary, a friend pays tribute to the actor’s craft and beliefs

An interview with M Sayeed Alam, the founder of Pierrot’s Troupe who directed Alter in several plays and knew him intimately for two decades.

Ipshita Mitra

· Sep 27, 2019 · 11:30 am

Tribute: Why I feel a sense of loss for Ram Jethmalani despite our deep ideological differences

Noted human rights lawyer Nandita Haksar recounts Jethmalani’s tireless work on the case involving Parliament attack convict SAR Geelani.

Nandita Haksar

· Sep 09, 2019 · 06:30 am

Kanchan Bhattacharya (1947-2019): The bookish side of pioneering police officer who inspired ‘Udaan’

The first Indian woman to become a Director General of Police was a member of a close-knit book club. A fellow member pays tribute.

Carol Andrade

· Aug 28, 2019 · 07:59 am

Jaipal Reddy (1942-2019): An erudite politician whose adda encouraged debate across the spectrum

A tribute to a friend and mentor.

Mohan Guruswamy

· Jul 28, 2019 · 06:23 pm

Tribute: KA Abbas, the filmmaker who said, ‘Whatever I own belongs to everyone else’

The nephew of the renowned writer and director remembers his austere lifestyle.

Anwar Abbas, Sahapedia

· Jul 28, 2019 · 02:30 pm

SR Mehrotra (1931-2019): A tireless chronicler of India’s struggle for freedom

The London-trained historian paid special attention to two figures from the Congress’ very beginnings, Allan Octavian Hume and Dadabhai Naoroji.

Dinyar Patel

· Jul 22, 2019 · 08:30 am

An obituary of my Goan mother, who sang fado, wrote an international cookbook and spread laughter

My mother Devika Teja died 25 years ago, but in the recesses of my mind and the internet, her voice still echoes loudly.

Ranjit Teja

· Jul 20, 2019 · 11:30 am

For Girish Karnad, ideas of resistance were not confined to books – he took them to the streets

Every time Bengaluru came together to stand in resistance, in rage, in seeking justice, he was there.

Arundhati Ghosh

· Jun 11, 2019 · 07:30 pm

Girish Karnad (1938-2019): Tributes roll in for revered writer, filmmaker and public intellectual

Karnad died at the age of 81 after suffering from a prolonged illness.

Scroll Staff

· Jun 10, 2019 · 12:43 pm