Indian cricket has lost a real champion: Cricket community pays tribute to Bapu Nadkarni

Fellow Mumbai greats Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar led the tributes for former India all-rounder Bapu Nadkarni who died at 86.

Scroll Staff

· Jan 18, 2020 · 11:51 am

David Stern, the mastermind behind NBA’s growth as global sports powerhouse, dead at 77

Stern served as the National Basketball Association commissioner from 1984 to 2014 and oversaw expansion of the league.

AFP

· Jan 02, 2020 · 10:11 am

Jacques Chirac (1932-2019): France’s most popular president and ‘idle king’

He will be remembered for resisting American pressure during the second invasion of Iraq but also as the president of the French malaise.

Laurent Binet, The Conversation

· Sep 27, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Watch: Why Nobel laureate Toni Morrison said, ‘The function of freedom is to free someone else’

Nobel prize winner Toni Morrison, author of ‘Beloved’, ‘Sula’ and ‘Song of Solomon’, died at 88.

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· Aug 06, 2019 · 09:48 pm

Away from the terrorism debates, an artist is drawing each of the 258 victims of Sri Lanka blasts

Tahira Rifath felt the victims had been buried beneath all the noise. So she decided to pay tribute to them by embarking on an arduous task.

Zahara Dawoodbhoy

· May 23, 2019 · 11:30 am

Meera Sanyal didn’t win any elections, but she did make a difference in her beloved Mumbai

The banker-turned-politician, who died on January 11, had a vision for the city’s eastern seaboard that might be brought to fruition soon.

Manjeet Kripalani

· Feb 04, 2019 · 06:30 pm

By today’s standards, George Fernandes was the ultimate ‘anti national’

He was a hero to many and it is heroes, however flawed, who keep the spirit of a nation alive.

Neerja Chowdhury

· Feb 03, 2019 · 07:30 am

‘I’ll always be there’: How living on a Greek island shaped Leonard Cohen – and inspired his poetry

He spent his 20s on Hydra before ‘running for the money and the flesh’ offered by New York’s singer-songwriter scene.

Tanya Dalziell, The Conversation

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Paul Genoni, The Conversation

· Dec 30, 2018 · 01:30 pm

‘Permanent cameo in heaven’: Grief and salutations on Twitter after comic legend Stan Lee’s death

The 95-year-old pop culture icon died in Los Angeles on Monday.

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· Nov 13, 2018 · 12:48 pm

Kalaignar Karunanidhi: A political artist who shaped Tamil politics for over 50 years

He was also a major cultural figure in Tamil cinema and letters, commanding the admiration of a multitude of supporters.

AR Venkatachalapathy

· Aug 09, 2018 · 08:00 am

Rajinder Sachar (1923-2018) helped puncture the myth of Muslim appeasement in India

The former Delhi High Court chief justice chaired the committee that wrote a landmark report on the status of Muslims in India.

Ajaz Ashraf

· Apr 21, 2018 · 08:00 am

‘The brightest star is gone’: An outpouring of grief on Twitter after acting legend Sridevi’s death

The prolific actress, who starred in some of the biggest hits in the Hindi film industry, died in Dubai at the age of 54.

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· Feb 25, 2018 · 10:39 am