The death of Bengali poet Nirendranath Chakrabarty (1924-2018) ends the era of a gentle colossus

‘It can be aptly said that he was a realist and fantasist at the same time.’

Binayak Bandyopadhyay

· Jan 06, 2019 · 07:30 am

Tamil writer Prapanchan (1945-2018) brought new elements into fiction with versatility and assurance

An extremely prolific novelist who conquered poverty in personal life to become an acclaimed writer, Prapanchan died of cancer at 73 on December 21, 2018.

Kavitha Muralidharan

· Dec 23, 2018 · 07:00 am

A true polymath: Remembering Aniket Jaaware – scholar, novelist, essayist and above all, teacher

A tribute from a fellow-traveller to a teacher and writer who died on November 30, 2018.

Baidik Bhattacharya

· Dec 07, 2018 · 05:30 pm

‘Never thought of myself as a rebel. A poet has a different framework’: Fahmida Riaz (1946-2018)

A tribute to the feminist revolutionary poet and writer from Pakistan, who died on November 21, 2018.

Rakhshanda Jalil

· Nov 25, 2018 · 08:30 am

Meena Alexander (1951-2018): The poet from India who lived and wrote with sensitivity for the world

A tribute to the poet, novelist and essayist, who died in New York, where she lived for most her life, on November 21, 2018.

Lopamudra Basu

· Nov 24, 2018 · 08:30 am

Vishnu Khare (1940-2018) influenced Hindi literature hugely with what he wrote and what he taught

A heartfelt tribute to the literary giant who died on September 19, 2018 at the age of 78, from a writer who gained enormously from him.

Prachand Praveer

· Sep 22, 2018 · 12:30 pm

VS Naipaul (1932-2018): A memorable writer whose books were informed with a dubious political gaze

The Nobel laureate, whose books generated equal measures of criticism and admiration, died on Saturday, August 11.

Sanjay Sipahimalani

· Aug 12, 2018 · 09:04 am

Ramapada Chowdhury (1922-2018) was one of the few Bengali writers who preferred quality to quantity

Born in 1922, the acclaimed writer, several of whose works were also made into films, died on July 29 at the age of 95.

Shamik Ghosh

· Aug 05, 2018 · 07:00 am

Neeraj (1925-2018): ‘I grew so infamous in my time, it will take centuries for me to be forgotten’

Remembering the poet and lyricist who died on July 19.

Annie Zaidi

· Jul 22, 2018 · 07:00 am

Tamil poet ML Thangappa (1934-2018) leaves behind a prolific and unparalleled legacy of translations

The Puducherry-based writer and translator died at 84.

AR Venkatachalapathy

· Jun 03, 2018 · 07:00 am

Adieu, Philip Roth, you seeped through our skins (while we weren’t looking)

A writer’s tribute to arguably the greatest American novelist of the second half of the 20th Century.

Sayantan Ghosh

· May 25, 2018 · 05:30 pm

‘Getting people right is not what living is all about anyway’: Seven ways to remember Philip Roth

The Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer, a perpetual contender for the Nobel Prize, died at the age of 85.

Scroll Staff

· May 24, 2018 · 05:30 pm