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Friday, September 19, 2025
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Topic: Obituary

Major Agha Humayun Amin—Pakistan army’s prodigal son didn’t care for nationalism or religion

Major Agha Humayun Amin wrote extensively on the history of the Pakistan army. He did not mince his words and criticised the army’s operational blunders.

Shyam Benegal: From photographing the 1st ‘Amul Babies’ to changing the direction of Indian cinema

Tributes pour in for the veteran filmmaker, who passed away aged 90 Monday. Film fraternity recalls how he pioneered New Wave Cinema, while politicians praise commitment to social issues.

Sitaram Yechury was Bengal’s undeclared ambassador, always fought against communalism—Md Salim

Sitaram Yechury, the former Rajya Sabha MP and CPI(M) general secretary who died Thursday, was ideologically sound, politically committed, socially acceptable, and culturally refined, writes his colleague Md Salim.

How would Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee want to be remembered? A politician with the soul of a poet

The two-term chief minister of West Bengal, the poster boy of reform in the Left who didn’t care if the cat was black or white as long as it caught mice, has now passed into history.

Respecting Badal means leaving Punjab alone. It’s not a place for political experiments

The most painful thing about his departure is its timing: he leaves his people and the country just as they need his calm, sober, humble and infinitely self-effacing approach.

Legendary Mad magazine cartoonist Al Jaffe, who created the ‘Fold-In’, dies aged 102

Jaffee worked as a professional cartoonist for a record 77 years, from 1942 till 2020, which earned him a place in the Guinness World Records. He retired at the age of 99.

A look back at Queen Elizabeth’s 1997 visit to India, Pakistan & the royal ‘scandals’ she navigated

Britain’s longest reigning monarch, who died Thursday, had visited India thrice in 1961, 1983 & 1997, with the last trip even causing friction between her & then UK PM Tony Blair.

India’s ‘Warren Buffett’ & the man with the Midas touch — who was Rakesh Jhunjhunwala

Billionaire investor Jhunjhunwala died of cardiac arrest at 62. Called the ‘Big Bull’, he made some of his largest wealth by being a bear, he told ThePrint last year.

An English professor and a musical genius: What made Pt. Rajshekhar Mansur special

Mansur couldn’t pursue music until he was 16 because his father didn’t want him to suffer economic hardships. So he chose the next best thing: English literature.

C.R. Bhatia, former DBT secretary who paved way for research on GM crops in India, passes away

Colleagues remember Chittranjan Bhatia, 86, as a father figure and avowed geneticist who placed special emphasis on how science could translate into more income for farmers.

On Camera

Jamaat sweeps Bangladesh students’ polls, wants Pakistan as an ally. India must worry

Banned only a year before when Hasina was still the PM, the student wing secured 14 top ranks at the educational institution.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

‘Attack on one is attack on both’—As Pakistan & Saudi Arabia sign pact, a look at their ties since 1967

Building on long-standing ties & Islamic solidarity, Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement comes at a time of heightened regional tensions especially after Israeli attack on Doha.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.