Appointed
Sajjad Lone
Sunil Dutt
Auction
Nu au Collier, at London this month. This ’30s Picasso, priced at £6-9 million, will be seen in public for the first time in 50 years. The subject is Marie-Therese Walter, a paramour of the master.
Departed
M.R. Baigra, 93. The last of the four J&K members to the Constituent Assembly and signatory to the Indian and state constitutions.
Genichi Kawakami
I.S. Gulati, 79, economist, of cancer. He made the Centre for Developing Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, a premier institute.
Crowned
Koneru Humpy, the world’s youngest female grandmaster (men). At 15 yrs, one month, 27 days, displaces Hungarian prodigy Judith Polgar.
