Opinion: Amma’s illness: Woes of a one-person party
By Amulya Ganguli
Like nature, politics abhors a vacuum. It is not surprising, therefore, that after several days of uncertainty, Tamil Nadu Finance Minister O....
Obituary: Renowned artist Yusuf Arakkal passes away
Bengaluru-- Renowned contemporary figurative artist and sculptor Yusuf Arakkal passed away here on Tuesday after prolonged illness, said a family source. He was 71.
Arakkal...
Obituary: Gulab Rangwani of Burlington Passes Away at 83
BURLINGTON, MA-- Gulab Rangwani, a resident of Burlington, MA, passed away on Friday. He was 83 years old and ailing. He was from Karachi,...
Obituary: Anantvijay M. Trivedi of Lowell Dies at 82
LOWELL, MA-- Anantvijay M. Trivedi of Lowell, MA and Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, passed away on Thursday, September 1, 2016 in Lowell, MA. He was...
Pramukh Swami cremated in presence of national leaders
Ahmedabad--The mortal remains of Pramukh Swami Maharaj, head of the Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), were consigned to the flames at the Sarangpur...
Obituary: Swaminarayan sect head Pramukh Swami dead
Ahmedabad-- Popular spiritual leader of the Swaminarayan sect Pramukh Swami Maharaj, having worldwide following, breathed his last on Saturday evening, officials from Bochasanvasi Akshar...
Champion of Indian English Kachru Passes Away in Illinois
New York-- Braj B. Kachru, an authority on English as a global language who passed away recently, championed the cause of Indian English as...
Obituary: Mahasweta Devi wielded the pen to complement her activism
By Sirshendu Panth
Kolkata--"All through my life, I've done whatever I felt like doing" -- this quote aptly describes the fiercely independent-minded Mahasweta Devi, the...
Artists says Raza was a secularist in the true sense
New Delhi--Describing veteran artist S H Raza's death as a huge loss to the art world, many from his fraternity said that he and...
Obituary: Legendary Artist Raza who believed in Christ and Krishna Passes Away
By Uma Nair
NEW DELHI--An Indian artist in Paris -- an Indian artist who decided he would explore the rudiments of plastic art, a gentleman...