sankarshan-thakur-editor-of-the-telegraph-passes-away

Sankarshan Thakur, the editor of Kolkata-based newspaper The Telegraph, has passed away at the age of 63. Born in Patna in 1962, he began his journalism career at SUNDAY in 1984.

 

Thakur was the author of several notable books, including Subaltern Saheb, a political biography of Lalu Prasad Yadav, and The Brothers Bihari, a political diptych on Lalu and Nitish Kumar. His published works also include monographs on the Kargil War, Pakistan, and caste honour killings in Uttar Pradesh.

 

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Paying tribute on X, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh described Thakur as a "delightfully brilliant writer" and an "incisive analyst of Indian politics." Ramesh noted that Thakur's articles on Bihar and Jammu & Kashmir had cemented his reputation.

 

"Over the many years that he sparkled as a journalist, he consistently informed and educated," Ramesh tweeted. He added that Thakur belonged to an "already endangered" breed of journalists and that "liberal, democratic, secular, and pluralistic India has lost one of its strongest defenders."

Sankarshan Thakur, editor of The Telegraph who has just passed away at a relatively young age, was a delightfully brilliant writer. He was a very incisive analyst of Indian politics and his numerous articles on Bihar as well as J&K established his reputation.

Over the many…

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) September 8, 2025