Kuldip Nayar obituary

Kuldip Nayar earned his reputation for courage in the 1970s when he was jailed for opposing the state of emergency declared by the then prime minister, Indira Gandhi.Kuldip Nayar, who has died aged 95, was one of the last of a generation of remarkable Indian journalists who started their careers just after the partition of the sub-continent.As editor of the Indian Express, and then through his syndicated columns, which were published in 14 languages in about 80 papers, Kuldip was a courageous sp