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![Kumar Shahani was a visionary filmmaker known for his innovative approach to cinema (photo: @nfdcindia/X)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-03%2F82735732-01a8-44a4-ab04-56f39b1de6a6%2FGHKxx2UbkAARL_r.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C680%2C383&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
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Death of a master filmmaker: Kumar Shahani (7 December 1940–24 February 2024)
![Sujata Anandan (photo: @MassComm NagpurUniversity/Facebook)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2024-02%2Fe54d5b5b-8f86-4c8d-a8c6-a84d4cb91c19%2FWhatsApp_Image_2024_02_29_at_17_14_56_529d5f11.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C808%2C455&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
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Condolences pour in on sudden demise of Sujata Anandan, author and political commentator
![Sulabh founder Bindeshwar Pathak passes away (photo: IANS)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2023-08%2Fa6d7ec29-c136-4772-90e3-bc003f1a92e8%2F2_oYdeIEj.jpeg?rect=0%2C0%2C500%2C281&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
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Toilets: Ek Prem Kahani, or, the story of Bindeshwar Pathak and Sulabh Shauchalayas
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To save the peasantry and the country was Parkash Singh Badal's motto
![Goodbye, fellow navigator: Ranjit Hoskote pays tribute to Vivan Sundaram (28 May 1943 – 29 March 2023)](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2023-03%2Fcdca778e-71b3-4fa4-ade3-96e2f93756f8%2FFsYXkGFWYAA1wuR__1_.jpeg?rect=0%2C1%2C1241%2C698&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
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Goodbye, fellow navigator: Ranjit Hoskote pays tribute to Vivan Sundaram (28 May 1943 – 29 March 2023)
![Film director Pradeep Sarkar dies at 67](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2023-03%2Fbcbc3b88-40a1-420f-90cb-a641bb5ed1d1%2FFr9QAToX0AI8x8L__1_.jpeg?rect=0%2C83%2C1200%2C675&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
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Film director Pradeep Sarkar dies at 67
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Farewell, Lalitha Lajmi, hope you are reunited with Kalpana
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Nachiketa Desai: Breathing, eating and sleeping news to the very end
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`Lavani Queen' singer Sulochana Chavan passes away at 92
![Padma Shri Manohar Devadass who passed away at Chennai along with his ink illustration of Madurai city.](https://media.assettype.com/nationalherald%2F2022-12%2F73acacdd-4c86-4bc6-af38-f31bd65d4a57%2Fdbe295a906a0ed9eb2118403f5890f10_v1.jpg?rect=0%2C0%2C1600%2C900&auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&w=300)
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Artist, writer and Padma Shri awardee Manohar Devadoss passes away in Chennai
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Dominique Lapierre and his undying bond with India and the 'City of Joy'
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