Tag: Tribute/Obituary

Adieu Zafar Agha, a man with a mission and vision – a tribute

Zafar Agha, a journalist of four decades, and Editor-in-chief of the National Herald, passed away in Delhi in the early morning of March 22. He was 70. His words, uttered in quiet anguish reflected in his commitment, “For the first time in my life I felt I was a Muslim, a defeated and humiliated Muslim. It was not the India of my dreams and my beliefs” - Zafar Agha : Editors

Achyut Yagnik, a giant public intellectual passes away at 78: Gujarat

Achyut Yagnik (1946-2023), a well-known intellectual from Gujarat, passed away...

The loneliness of being Imtiaz Ahmad

The Muslim elite disown him for talking caste and the Hindu right-wing abuses him for his uncompromising stance on secularism, writes Abhay Kumar

Bearing Witness to Catastrophe and Collapse: The Indomitable Sheetla Singh

Sheetla Singh and Jan Morcha have, in so many ways, protected us from the all-pervasive scourge of revisionist and targeted hate.

SAHMAT pays tribute to Artist Vivan Sundaram

As a founding trustee of the collective, SAHMAT, Vivan Sundaram curated several exhibitions on current politics for the collective

Adieu to a man who worked among the marginalized: Father Paul Vaz

Mumbai lost a man of the people who headed many institutions of Mumbai

KP Sasi, a Tribute: The Loss of a dear, brave friend

KP SasiToday (25 December 2022) I came to know...

Celebrating AG Noorani at 90!

The legal luminary and prolific writer, receives birthday wishes from activists, writers and lawyers on his birthday

Swami Agnivesh, my friend

Ever since my wife and colleague, Teesta Setalvad and...

Champion of human rights, secularism, Swami Agnivesh, passes away at 81

The powerhouse behind Bandhua Mukti Morcha (Bonded Labour Liberation Front), Swami Agnivesh leaves a legacy of activism

My friend, Firoz Ashraf

In the late evening of June 8, 2019, Firoz...

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