Indian journalist and former parliamentarian Pritish Nandy handed away at his residence in Mumbai on January 8. He reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest. His funeral occurred on Wednesday night.
Veteran actor Anupam Kher took to social media to pay tribute to his shut pal. He wrote, “Deeply deeply saddened and shocked to know concerning the demise of one in all my dearest and closest buddies #PritishNandy! Wonderful poet, author, filmmaker and a courageous and distinctive editor/journalist! He was my help system and a fantastic supply of energy in my preliminary days in Mumbai. We shared numerous issues in frequent. He was additionally some of the fearless individuals I had come throughout. All the time Bigger than life. I learnt so many issues from him. Off-late we didn’t meet a lot.”
Pritish Nandy has nearly 40 books to his identify. He additionally translated poems from different languages resembling Urdu, Bengali, and Punjabi to English. In addition to being a author, Nandy served because the Publishing Director of The Instances of India group. Furthermore, he was a Rajya Sabha member and was elected as part of the then-united Shiv Sena.