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Death of an artist

April 29. I was engrossed in making a PPT for my next lecture when someone sent me this news on my WhatsApp. Irrfan was no more. It is not the first time that hoaxes were heard. False news of the death of actors has roamed the media multiple times. I was so hoping that this news turns out to be nothing but a rumour. I started browsing through my WhatsApp and the internet just to find myself heartbroken. It was not long before I had watched Hindi Medium and Angrezi Medium. I just had one question: Why? A dialogue in Irrfan’s movie Piku goes like this: “What is so negative about death?” I have contemplated about this quite often. I have spoken to people about this. Somewhere I agree with the dialogue. If I do, then what hurts? I guess, the attachment does. Conventionally, it is our attachment, the age of the deceased, the way it happened, etc. usually hurts. I would go out on a limb and say, it explains how much hurt we are going to feel for the person. This depends from person to...