Remembering the original (and the one and only) Mr Yogi – Mohan Gokhale

It’s hard to forget the actor from Ketan Mehta’s popular television serial.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jan 03, 2021 · 11:30 am

From a personal archive of Smita Patil, a reminder of her eye for beauty

In the movies, she was often dressed in handloom fabrics and traditional jewellery – and loved them off-screen too.

Scroll Staff

· Oct 17, 2020 · 10:37 am

‘Miss my friend a lot’: PM Modi, other BJP leaders pay tribute to Arun Jaitley on death anniversary

Union Home Minister Amit Shah described Jaitley as an ‘outstanding politician, prolific orator and great human being’.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 24, 2020 · 10:52 am

Rizwana Tabassum (1992-2020): Free, fearless, young feminist journalist gone too soon

Her reports from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh shone light on acts of injustice.

Meera Jatav

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Priyanka Kotamraju

· May 16, 2020 · 10:30 am

‘Our life was a masterclass in acting’: Read Sutapa Sikdar’s tribute to her husband Irrfan

‘How can I begin to feel alone when millions are grieving with us at the moment?’

Scroll Staff

· May 01, 2020 · 11:43 am

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.

Scroll Staff

· 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