Bhisham Sahni died a few hours ago. Tamas may have become the iconic Partition novel, alongside the short stories of Manto, but Sahni's range was far broader than most fans of either the TV serial or the book realised: he will be remembered as a member of the Progressive Writers movement, as a short story writer, a playwright and a teacher. * Outlook carried an interview with the author in 2001; the Library of Congress has voice recordings and a capsule biography. As far as the Babu knows, one of the last pieces written by Bhisham Sahni appeared in the Little Magazine's Crime issue, but this is available only in the print edition.