Confluence August 2019 Issue
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Girish Karnad: India’s Theatre and Film Icon
By LALIT MOHAN JOSHI Friends of Girish Karnad in London congregated recently at the Nehru Centre to celebrate his life in theatre and cinema. It was
Jinnah’s daughter Dina Wadia dies in New York
By Reginald Massey The death of Dina Wadia on November 2 at the age of 98 closes an era so far as Pakistan is concerned.
The passing of two great fighters
By Devi Rajab Muhammad Ali and Jules Browde followed the same quest for justice in their different worlds THIS week South Africans witnessed the death
A mothers’ day remembrance….
My mother was my first teacher in my life, even though my father was my greatest teacher who taught me almost all subjects except for
Author, Librarian, Archivist and Translator Salim Al-Din Quraishi passes away
By Ayub Aulia Salim Al-Din Quraishi, was educated at the Government Degree College, Rawalpindi, and the University of the Punjab, Lahore. Quraishi was born in Ambala,
ITALIAN CRICKETER FRANCIS ALPHONSUS JAYARAJAH: HIS PASSION FOR LIFE AND SPORTS
By Agnes Thambynayagam Vavuniya, Sri Lanka born Francis Alphonsus Jayaraja was indeed chosen by Italy to lead it’s national team long before England chose the
Remembering Marianne Balchin
The dancer who forged strong cultural links By Adrian Hindle-Briscall Today Britain is a multicultural country. But many unsung heroes and heroines have been
ORBITUARY: JESUIT PRIEST REV. DR. VITO PERNIOLA 1913-2016
By Agnes Thambynayagam Professor Vito Perniola, a priest of the Society of Jesus, a Historian and a Linguistic, passed away in Negombo, Sri Lanka on
The Celebrated Musician Ustad Sabri Khan
By Reginald Massey On December 1 in New Delhi the great musician Ustad Sabri Khan passed away. During the 88 years of his life his