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Date: 22 June 2012 18:53
Subject: [New post] TOI reports first Indian sub’s death after 22 days
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<http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/author/churumuri/> TOI reports first
Indian sub’s death after 22
days<http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2012/06/22/toi-reports-first-indian-subs-death-after-22-days/>
by
churumuri <http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/author/churumuri/>
<http://main.omanobserver.om/node/99088>
*The Times of India* <http://www.timesofindia.com> doesn't usually run
obituaries<http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2006/12/12/dead-people-deadly-prose/>of
its staffers. But the paper makes an exception today, June 22, to mark
the demise of its first Indian employee who passed away on June 1:
"Veteran journalist, historian and author *Alfred D'Cruz* died in Bandra
after a brief illness. He is believed to be the first Indian to have been
employed by the editorial department of *The Times of India* way back in
1947. D'Cruz was 91. D'Cruz is survived by his son and three daughters, one
of whom was also employed at *TOI*.
"D'Cruz was handpicked for the job by the then British editor, Sir *Francis
Low*. "There were no Indians as part of the editorial team at the time. My
father often recalled working till 4am, struggling with the hot metal press
to prepare the blocks for photographs because computers were yet to arrive
on the scene," his son *Sunil* said from Muscat.
"In 1982, D'Cruz retired as editor of TOI's 'Whos Who' yearbook but
remained active for years after that. At the age of 69, he joined a
newspaper in the Gulf and worked there until the Gulf War."
Let the record state that the news of D'Cruz's death was reported by the
Bombay-based *Afternoon Despatch & Courier* on June
7<http://www.afternoondc.in/dairy/rip-eternal-newspaper-man/article_57359>and
the
*Oman Observer* on June 14 <http://main.omanobserver.om/node/99088> and *The
Times of India* on June 22.
The obituary in the *Oman Observer*
<http://main.omanobserver.om/node/99088>records:
Writing under the pseudonym *Afie*, Alfred D’Cruz was the only scribe to
write the *Round & About* column in the *Evening News of India* [the
now-defunct evening newspaper from *The Times of India* group] for some
time when the late ‘Busybee’ [*Behram Contractor*] was on leave.
*Also read*: *Chari*, a lens legend at *The
Hindu*<http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/a-hindu-lens-legend-passes-away/>
*Harishchandra Lachke*: A pioneering cartoonist
<http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2007/07/27/a-pioneering-cartoonist-passes-away-rip/>
*T.N. Shanbag*: Man who educated Bombay
journos<http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2009/02/28/man-who-educated-bombay-journalists-is-dead/>
*Rajan Bala*: cricket writer of cricket
writers<http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/rajan-bala-cricketers-should-write-own-columns/>
*Jyoti Sanyal*: The language terrorist and
teacher<http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/rest-in-peace-jyoti-sanyal/>
*Russy Karanjia*: The bulldog of an
editor<http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2008/02/01/rusi-k-karanjia-rest-in-peace/>
*Sabina Sehgal Saikia*: The resident food
writer<http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/toi-food-writer-sabina-sehgal-saikia-is-dead-rip/>
*M.G. Moinuddin*: The self-taught newspaper
designer<http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/mg-moinuddin-a-self-taught-genius-is-dead/>
*Naresh Chandra Rajkhowa*: Journo who broke Dalai Lama story
<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/journo-who-broke-dalai-lama-story-passes-away/>
*J. Dey*: When eagles are silent, parrots
jabber<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/j-dey-when-eagles-are-silent-parrots-jabber/>
*E. Raghavan*: Ex-*ET, TOI, Vijaya Karnataka*
editor<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2012/03/25/ex-toi-et-editor-e-raghavan-passes-away/>
*Prakash Kardaley*: When god cries when the best
arrive<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2007/07/16/even-god-cries-when-the-best-come-to-join-him/>
*Pratima Puri*: India’s first TV news reader passes
away<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/2007/07/29/indias-first-television-news-reader-passes-away/>
*Tejeshwar Singh*: A baritone falls silent watching the
cacophony<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/2007/12/15/a-baritone-falls-silent-amid-the-cacophony/>
*N.S. Jagannathan*: Ex-editor of *Indian
Express*<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/n-s-jagannathan-ex-editor-indian-express-rip/>
*K.M. Mathew*: chief of editor of *Malayala
Manorama*<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/k-m-mathew-chief-editor-manorama-no-more/>
*Amita Malik*: the 'first lady of Indian
media'<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/amita-malik-the-first-lady-of-indian-media-rip/>
***
*K.R. Prahlad*: In the end, death becomes a
one-liner<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/in-the-end-a-long-life-becomes-a-one-liner/>
*M.R. Shivanna*: A 24x7 journalist is no
more<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2011/05/22/m-r-shivanna-a-true-247-journalist-is-dead/>
*C.P. Chinnappa*: A song for an unsung
hero<https://wearethebest.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/a-song-for-an-unsung-hero-c-p-chinnappa/>
*churumuri <http://wearethebest.wordpress.com/author/churumuri/>* | 22
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