News of Shailender Dhawan's demise has come as a shock. He was 65. But he himself said he could have continued for many more years. He was closely associated with The Free Press Journal as its editor for almost two decades.

He recently relocated to Chandigarh following the retirement of his wife from the Reserve Bank. I told her this morning that his heart was still in Mumbai. She corrected me saying "his heart was in FPJ." Indeed it was.

Each afternoon his Man Friday Koli would drive him from his apartment in "Bank House" ensconced behind Mantralaya and drop him at the FPJ House at Nariman Point. Even before........

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