Chandigarh : Columnist of The Pioneer Anil Amar expired on Sunday at the Army Hospital here after experiencing the travails of lung cancer for three years. His column, ‘Talking Point’ published every Sunday in the Dehradun and Chandigarh editions of The Pioneer since 2009 had won him many admirers. He had recently started to write for the ‘Agenda’ supplement.
His mentor, Japanese philosopher Dr Daisaku Ikeda, and his adherence to Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism inspired Amar to write inspiring articles on spiritualism and human values, motivated him to live what he wrote about and to motivate others, especially the youth to transform their lives for the better. His columns published in the past three months had been written from the hospital. So committed was he to his work that once when the doctors wanted to sedate him for 48 hours due to water accumulation in his lungs, he allowed them to sedate him only for some hours because he had to write his column.
The director of InvestCare Publications Pvt Ltd. Ajit Sinha said, “The ever-inspiring soul of Anil Amar embarks on its journey to the pure land. We pray and warmly treasure the joy he spread around us. The strength and the spirit in our journey with each other have cemented our everlasting bond.” The general manager of the Chandigarh and Dehradun editions, RBS Rawat, said that readers appreciated his column and will miss this column.
