Our Self-Written Obituaries – Deepannita Misra, Bhilwara
The 265th death. [By Deepannita Misra] Here lies Deepannita Misra, 25, who laughed and cried a little, gulped down her tears with two shots of bitter espresso, and passed away peacefully on the morning of 22nd November. It was a…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Sumaiya Arshad, Delhi
The 264th death. [By Sumaiya Arshad] “We carry the tragedy, the legacy, the kindness and the sins.” -Sumaiya Arshad Sumaiya was an English professor by profession and a poet in her free time. You could find her baking with her…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Harsh Roy, Delhi
The 263rd death. [By Harsh Roy] Harsh Roy died at the tender age of 21, in the colorless room of a hospital in South Delhi, his hand being held by his love. In his last moments, he was being yelled…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Pavel Catalina, Calicut
The 262nd death. [By Pavel Catalina] Catalina Pavel, a writer and a lover of Kerala, was found dead at the beginning of Edavappathi, at her place in Malabar, her second home, most probably while watching the sun setting over the…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Amitayush Yadav, Lucknow
The 261st death. [By Amitayush Yadav] He once quoted Arundhati Roy and asked “Where do dreams go, when the dreamer dies?” Now that he himself has set off on the eternal journey, we wonder what must have happened to his…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Sneha Roy, Durgapur
The 260th death. [By Sneha Roy] Sneha Roy, a poet and photographer, was found dead on 12th June in Shillong while writing the last of her letters in the attic. The letter was not revealed as it was solely intended…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Varun Dhingra, Delhi
The 258th death. [By Varun Dhingra] Varun Dhingra, the well-unknown center of his make-believe universe, passed away, in his favorite writer’s words, at the viable-diable age of 33, in his ramshackle room on the roof at his parents’ house in…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Usha Ramaswamy, Hyderabad
The 257th death. [By Usha Ramaswamy] Usha Ramaswamy died on 27th September in a house filled with love, light and laughter. Swapna, a friend who knew her well, said that she passed away because she knew that she was not…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Manami Chakravorty, Calcutta
The 256th death. [By Manami Chakravorty] Manami Chakravorty loved window seats and enjoyed travelling in metro and local trains, silently observing different people with different lives, coexisting together. She weaved stories around strangers. She kept wondering about everything and hence…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Aysha Naurein, Coimbatore
The 255th death. [By Aysha Naurein] Aysha Naurein was a dreamer. She saw big, wild dreams, the kind that people would consider over-ambitious and unrealistic if she spoke about it. So she didn’t. She feared living an ordinary life, not…
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