Obituary
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Good bye to our dear Sri Lankan Pundit, Sbarrkum
Sereno Barr-Kumarakulasinghe, sbarrkum to this blog for twelve years, died on 4 September, aged 67. 1,735 comments, 77 posts, a guest house on the edge of Wilpattu, and a life…
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Titaness of Brown Blogosphere, Ruchira Paul, is no more
Ruchira Paul, founder of Accidental Blogger and one of the most gracious voices of the old Brown blogosphere, is no more. We knew each other for nearly two decades, over…
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Dr Manzur Ejaz. 1949-2025
An obituary of Dr Manzur Ejaz (1949-2025), Punjabi writer and Marxist activist who died in Virginia. It records his belief that defending the Punjabi language is central to working-class politics,…
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Obituary: Major Agha Humayun Amin
An obituary of Major (retd) Agha Humayun Amin, who died in Lahore aged about 64. It remembers him as Pakistan’s premier military historian, a stickler for accuracy with salty opinions,…
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Justice Sajjad Ahmed Sipra; 1936-2025
An obituary by his nephew for Justice Sajjad Sipra (1936-2025), who died in Lahore aged 88. It traces his Burma childhood, flight in 1941, post-Partition rise, student politics at Punjab…
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Obituary: Brigadier Malik Mohammed Aslam, 1938-2023
An obituary of Brigadier Malik Mohammed Aslam (1938-2023), the author’s father’s closest friend, recording his unrecorded part as a young artillery captain in the defence of Lahore in 1965, and…
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Lata Mangeshkar 1929-2022. End of an era
Omar Ali marks the death of Lata Mangeshkar, calling her the queen of Indian playback singing for over fifty years, and quotes Ishtiaq Ahmed on how old Bollywood songs preserve…
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Brigadier FB Ali; the Man Who Removed Yahya Khan
Hamid Hussain’s obituary of Brigadier F. B. Ali (1929-2021) recounts his career in the Pakistan Army and his roles in the December 1971 move against Yahya Khan and an alleged…
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Nadir Ali 1936-2020, RIP
An obituary of Colonel Nadir Ali (1936-2020) by his son, recounting a Punjab childhood, helping rescue kidnapped girls during Partition, Pakistan Army service, a 1971 East Pakistan deployment that left…
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Charles Cameron, R.I.P.
Razib Khan notes the death of Charles Cameron, a contributor to the blog and an early podcast guest, remembering his great heart and boundless curiosity.
