Adieu! Diwan Arun Nanda

LAST MET Diwan Arun Nanda two weeks ago on his 82nd birthday. He had been unwell for many years.

- SANDEEP GOYAL

He had put up a valiant fight. The doctors, however, had finally stopped his medicines. The end was near — I knew deep down that this would be the last time. I sat there with him, holding his fragile hand, for over an hour. Despite his weak state, his mind was as sharp as ever. He haltingly told me he loved the AI films that Team Rediffusion was producing of late. He had been seeing each one of them on his mobile till he could. "Never thought technology will become the new creative," he said. Profound insight, that is uniquely Nanda — succinct and sharp.