Crossings

Thespian P. Bhanumati, 80, dies. The Telugu actress acted in over 100 films, directed 12 others, even wrote an award-winning book, Nalo Nenu.

Norman Vaughan,100, veteran explorer and last surviving member of Richard Byrd’s 1928 Antarctic run, dies.

Naik Subedar Ram Kirpal Singh is killed while Indian UN peacekeeping forces stem a border attack by Uganda-based rebels in Congo.

Sarat Chandra Sinha, 92, veteran freedom fighter and ex-Assam CM (1971-’78), dies.

South African allrounder Eddie Barlow, 65, part of the pre-apartheid boycott dream team, dies.

Sanjay Bhansali’s Black makes it to the Time Top 10 list for ’05, calls it "more than a noble weepie...the ultimate Bollywood love story".