Remembering Latif on a personal note
October 30, 2008
By S.M. Shahid
I was once asked by a journalist friend to write the obituary of a famous artist. “But he is alive!” I said.
“Indeed he is. But he is very ill. We generally keep obituaries of famous people ready just in case… you know what I mean… one should avoid last minute embarrassment….”
Getting a cue from the above and in a moment of light heartedness I suggested to my journalist friend: “You, Latif Kapadia and I are in the same age group and vulnerable in equal measure. What about our obituaries?”
“Good idea!” my friend said.
“But let’s not leave it to others. We can write our own obituaries, can’t we? I can write yours, you will perhaps write Latif’s.”
“Who will write mine?” I asked.
Needless to say, none of us took the matter seriously and forgot all about it. Read more