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 buddy. He wrote, “Deeply deeply saddened and shocked to know in regards to the demise of certainly one of my dearest and closest mates #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 a lot of issues in frequent. He was additionally one of the crucial 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 comparable to Urdu, Bengali, and Punjabi to English. Apart from 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.