: Publisher and editor Nandita Aggarwal (1964-2022): Colleagues, writers remember a warm human being #IndiaNEWS The day my long standing editor, mentor and beloved friend, Nandita Aggarwal passed away

Publisher and editor Nandita Aggarwal (1964-2022): Colleagues, writers remember a warm human being #IndiaNEWS
The day my long standing editor, mentor and beloved friend, Nandita Aggarwal passed away miles away from me, in a private hospital in the national capital on the rain-washed, last day of June, I was supposed to pick up my sister from her school, in the city of my birth, Kolkata. The news reached me via a flurry of Whatsapp messages the minute I switched my mobile phone back on. The previous two nights had been difficult.Nandita had battled for her life.‘Pray for her peace,’ my father advised solemnly.I don’t quite know if I really did.I prayed that Nandita would live. That she’d turn back time. Reverse the ravages of the terminal illness that was to swallow her, in the end. I was selfish, and perhaps even childish, as I folded my hands and sat, tear stained, before my Buddha corner in my dark bedroom and literally begged for Nandita’s life.‘Please, please…let Nandita be free from pain…let me see her again, in August…’ I wept inconsolably.I was late in picking up Geru from school that afternoon. As soon as our glances intersected, I broke down, literally collapsing to my knees. ‘I lost my boss,’ was all I could mumble, my shoulders caving in.Geru was five when my...Read more

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