Raghu Karnad Quote

People have two deaths: the first at the end of their lives, when they go away, and the second at the end of the memory of their lives, when all who remember them are gone. Then a person quits the world completely.

Raghu Karnad

People have two deaths: the first at the end of their lives, when they go away, and the second at the end of the memory of their lives, when all who remember them are gone. Then a person quits the world completely.

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About Raghu Karnad

Raghu Karnad is an Indian journalist and writer. He is a co-founder of The Wire, an independent news platform in India. Karnad is best known for his book Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War, which won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar and the Windham–Campbell Literature Prize for Non-Fiction. His work often explores themes of history, politics, and culture.