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Sheela Barse, a gutsy champion for child rights, juvenile justice and rights of women prisoners

Sheela Barse, a journalist, and activist, known for her pioneering work on these issues among others, passed away Monday night in Pune. She was 84. Indian Express broke the story of her demise; Barse’s family said that the journalist was bedridden for nearly a year after suffering a fall.

Remembering Girish Karnad in a Time of Trauma

Candles are, at times, lit, from fuming hearts inside burning...

A farishta shining the light of education

Syed Feroze Ashraf was a life coach who ran...

Girish Karnad: An Artists Soul with a Democratic and Constitutional Conscience

Girish Karnad acted in several plays and movies that...

You will be Missed Mushirul Hasan Sb.

Mushirul Hasan (15 August 1949 – 10 December 2018)...

Bidding Adieu to Dr. Amit Sengupta: a Friend and Colleague

Today, the democratic movement in India has lost an...

Remembering Kuldip Nayar

From between to beyond the lines       ...

Prof. Keshav Rao Jadhav: A Man of Courage, Conviction and Commitment

The Socialist Party (India) has lost its three stalwarts...

Tom Wolfe elevated journalism into enduring literature

In 20th-century popular culture, journalists were portrayed as needy...

The Cultural Left in Bengal Loses One of its Most Treasured Thespians

While several obituaries have flown in after Tom Alter...

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