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On Sankranti, the role of kites in Ved Mehta’s life The acclaimed writer, who passed away on January 9, lost his sight at age 3. But he’d accompany his elder siblings when they flew kites, and started to learn how to get around based on his other senses. January 13, 2021 / 08:04 AM IST Makar Sankranti will be observed on January 14. As is tradition, kites have started soaring and dipping in skies across India, like planes on a radar screen. The sport played an important role in the deve...

Ved Mehta, whose monumental autobiography explored life in India, dies at 86 Harrison Smith Ved Mehta, an author and journalist who helped introduce Americans to Indian history and culture, most notably in an epic 12-volume autobiography that melded the personal and political, recalling his childhood vision loss and the traumas of Indian partition, died Jan. 9 at his home in Manhattan. He was 86. The cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease, said his wife, Linn C...