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Director Mrinal Sen at the Venice Film Festival in 1981.

Lounge Tribute | Mrinal Sen: The interlocutor of societal maladies

8 min read . 04 Jan 2019

Sen’s willingness to experiment and to make films in languages new to him showed how he was true to the craft as well as art. Photo: HT

Curtain falls on a sublime phase of Indian cinema as Mrinal Sen passes away at 95

3 min read . 30 Dec 2018

A file photo of Congress MP MI Shanavas.

Kerala Congress working president MI Shanavas dies at 67

1 min read . 21 Nov 2018

Stan Lee. Photo: Reuters

The Marvel of Stan Lee

4 min read . 13 Nov 2018

Union minister Ananth Kumar passed away. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Photo: Hindustan Times

Ananth Kumar, BJP bulwark in Bengaluru, dies at 59

2 min read . 12 Nov 2018

A veteran of the BJP, Khurana was the chief minister of Delhi from 1993 to 1996. Photo: Twitter/@SudhanshuBJP

Madan Lal Khurana, former Delhi CM, dies at 82

1 min read . 28 Oct 2018

Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul—Vidia to those who knew him—was born on 17 August 1932 in Trinidad, a descendant of impoverished Indians shipped to the West Indies as bonded labourers. Photo: AP

V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85

7 min read . 12 Aug 2018

Usually set in his birthplace New Jersey, Philip Roth’s fiction was known for its autobiographical nature. Photo: Reuters

Philip Roth: A literary life in seven stages

3 min read . 23 May 2018

Roth won virtually every literary honour, including the Pulitzer Prize for ‘American Pastoral.’ Photo: Reuters

Philip Roth, fearless and Pulitzer-winning author, dies at 85

4 min read . 23 May 2018

B.N. Vijaykumar was the BJP’s candidate from Jayanagar for the 12 May polls.

Jayanagar BJP MLA B.N. Vijaykumar dies of cardiac arrest

1 min read . 04 May 2018

Ram Kumar. Photo: Vadehra Art Gallery

Lounge Tribute: Ram Kumar, the artist of stillness

4 min read . 21 Apr 2018

Dedicated to her family and largely indifferent to glamour, Bush played down her role in her husband’s political success. Photo: Reuters

Barbara Bush, former First Lady, dies at 92 in Houston

3 min read . 18 Apr 2018

A file photo of Czech director Milos Forman after being presented with the ‘Giraldillo’ award for his life-long career achievements at Sevilla Festival Film in Seville, Spain in November . Photo: Reuters

Milos Forman, Oscar-winning ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ director, dies at 86

1 min read . 14 Apr 2018

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, 81, died of a long illness in South Africa on Monday. Photo: AFP

Winnie Mandela: A ‘mother’, then ‘mugger’, of new South Africa

5 min read . 02 Apr 2018

M. Sukumaran, won both the Kerala Sahitya Academy Award and Kendra Sahitya Academy Award (in 1976 and 2006), the highest official literary honours in his home state and in India.

M. Sukumaran, the Kerala writer who mirrored what’s left of the Left, dies at 75

4 min read . 17 Mar 2018

Stephen Hawking navigates the narrow streets between his home and the University in Cambridge. Photo: Alamy

Decoding Stephen Hawking’s impact on pop culture

4 min read . 15 Mar 2018

In recent years, Stephen Hawking spoke often and eloquently about exploring space more urgently than we humans are now doing. Illustration: Jayachandran/Mint

Stephen Hawking: Open, curious, sharp till the end

4 min read . 15 Mar 2018

T. Thomas’s leadership was marked by analytical rigor, drive for sustained high performance and uncompromising demand for honesty.

T. Thomas: epitome of a professional manager who led HUL in tough times

2 min read . 05 Mar 2018

Initial reports suggest that Javed Abidi, who is survived by his mother, younger brother and sister, succumbed to a chest infection in a private hospital in Delhi. Photo: AFP

Voice of India’s disability rights movement Javed Abidi passes away

2 min read . 05 Mar 2018

British filmmaker Lewis Gilbert, who directed dozens of movies including three James Bond thrillers, has died at 97. Photo: AP

Lewis Gilbert, director of 3 James Bond films, dies at 97

2 min read . 28 Feb 2018