Touseful Islam

50 years on, the last among Satyajit Ray's Calcutta Trilogy remains relevant

Mani Shankar Mukherjee passes away

He elevated tailoring from manufacture to meaning

He made poetry a refuge for beauty and a weapon against tyranny

Penned by the melancholic genius Hasrat Mohani and immortalised by the soulful voice of Ghulam Ali it was a composition that captured the hearts of millions across the subcontinent especially with its picturisation in the 1982 film, Nikaah

In an age increasingly allergic to nuance, Khushwant Singh’s literary works remain instructive -- reminding that literature is not a decoration of society but its interrogation; that humour can coexist with grief