Illustration by Saahil Rajeev Nayan Bahuguna May 27, 2021 00:00 IST Bahuguna Diary: Sunderlal Bahuguna, My Father, Is No Longer With Us… outlookindia.com 2021-05-28T15:02:02+05:30
Passing By Nature
Sunderlal Bahuguna, my father, is no longer with us. He breathed his last at the age of 94 on May 21. I began to feel his absence only when I started receiving hundreds of calls from well-wishers offering condolences. But his absence is just physical and insignificant. Way back in 1996, while my father was sitting on his longest fast, 72 days, and his health was deteriorating fast, the Dalai Lama had sent a message telling him that death is inevitable, but it should be natural like a ripe fruit falling to the ground from the tree. In keeping with my father’s innate spirit and nature, I consider his passing during a national calamity a natural one.
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Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna passed away on Friday afternoon due to COVID-19
Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna passed away on Friday afternoon due to COVID-19. He breathed his last at AIIMS in Rishikesh, news agency PTI reported quoting hospital authorities.
Bahuguna died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here on Friday after battling COVID-19 for several days. He was 94. He breathed his last at 12.05 pm, AIIMS Director Ravikant said.Â
Condoling the death, Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat described it as a big loss not just for Uttarakhand and India but for the entire world. It was he who made the Chipko movement a movement of the masses, Rawat said.