Our Self-Written Obituaries – Arpita Das, Gulmohar Enclave
The 23rd death. [Text by Arpita Das; photo by Freddie Ribeiro] Arpita Das was an independent publisher of a whimsical list of books. Although she was often heard saying that she couldn’t be bothered with bestselling books, a friend remembers…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Prabeen Panigrahi, Toronto
The 22nd death. [Text by Prabeen Panigrahi; photo by Vinit Kumar Ashish] The shy software engineer, who hailed from Kalahandi in Orissa, ended his journey today thousands of miles away in Toronto, Canada. No one who knew Prabeen Panigrahi in…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Bina Shah, Karachi
The 21st death. [Text by Bina Shah] Bina Shah, Pakistani writer and columnist, died peacefully at her home in Karachi, Pakistan, at the age of ___. Ms Shah could never quite understand the reason for her popularity as a writer….
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Taslima Nasreen, Somewhere in New Delhi
The 20th death. [Text by Taslima Nasreen; photo by Bebika Rai] Bengali writer Taslima Nasreen was beheaded yesterday by Islamist terrorists at her home in New Delhi where she had been living in exile. A video of the decapitation was…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Namya Sinha, Caribbean Sea
The 19th death. [Text by Namya Sinha; photo by Showkat Shafi] It was confirmed early morning today that Namya Sinha, a flamboyant elderly lady, was among the missing passengers in the cruise liner Isis (named after an Egyptian goddess, not…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Raymond Lee, Blacksburg, USA
The 18th death. [Text by Raymond Lee; photo by Andrew Eng] Raymond Lee, 30, passed away today in Blacksburg, VA. He was a researcher and doctoral student at Virginia Tech, where he was building a computer model to estimate how…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Tanushree Ghosh, No Man’s Land
The 17th death. [Text by Tanushree Ghosh; photo by Pritha Chakrabarty] A happy-go-lucky girl, Tanushree Ghosh dreamed of sliding down waterfalls; loved the smell of wet earth and of yellow pages of an old book; consumed the works of Woolf,…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Siddhartha Gigoo, Mount Kaylasaa
The 16th death. [Text by Siddhartha Gigoo; photo by Vinod Veerakumar] On a hot July day last year, Siddhartha Gigoo went to attend a concert by Dr Yama Reaper (Phd, D.Litt), the famous violinist from Naraka, who had come to…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Saumya Kulshreshtha, Vikaspuri
The 15th death. [Text by Saumya Kulshreshtha; photo by Savi Garg] Saumya Kulshreshtha was a confident, but confused soul most of her life. She was at the heart of Delhi’s art and culture scene, and it was poetry which she…
Our Self-Written Obituaries – Rakhshanda Jalil, Somewhere in Delhi
The 14th death. [By Rakhshanda Jalil] The erstwhile noted writer Rakhshanda Jalil died late last night. Living the life of a recluse in straitened circumstances, not much was known about her last years. With over 20 books, innumerable newspaper articles,…
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