Vinod Dua passed away after a long illness due to a Covid infection.
New Delhi:
Even at your weakest, you have given the Indian press a landmark assessment, the daughter of veteran journalist Vinod Dua, Mallika Dua, said in an Instagram post. She is referring to a landmark conviction in a sedation case against him earlier this year where the Supreme Court notes that every journalist has a right to protection. “No journalist will randomly get caught up in a seduction case because Vinod Dua fought that war for them, as he always did,” she said.
Mr. Dua passed away tonight after a long illness. He is 67 years old.
“There will never be another like you. My first and best friend. My Papaji. Few people live a life as big and glorious as you. Always ready for a good time. Always ready for a challenge. Love a good fighter,” Mallika Dua said on social media, recalling her memories with “the most courageous, careless, kind and funny man.” that she knows.
Earlier this year, the comic also lost her mother, radiologist Padmavati Dua, to Covid in a second wave in June. “I’m sure you and mom are eating chapli kebab and discussing” mallika itna kyun ladti hai sabse. Kaise manages karegi (Why is Mallika fighting so much with everyone. How will she manage.), “She added.
Messages of condolence have been sent from around the world to the veteran journalist, known for his uncompromising ability to interrogate state authority. Several prominent political leaders and journalists paid their respects on social media.
Prannoy Roy of NDTV, who has worked closely with Vinod Dua, said “Vinod was not only one of the greatest. He was also the greatest of his time”.
Mallika Dua says that he is always with his children. “A self-made, lion-hearted legend who roared in rebellion until his last breath,” she said.
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