Veteran journalist-author-columnist Shirish Kanekar passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday due to a heart attack. He was 80 years old.
 
Mr. Kanekar worked at Marathi and English language publications like Loksatta, Indian Express, Samana, and Free Press Journal. His collection of stories ‘Lagaon Batti’ was awarded the Maharashtra Literary Parishad Award for Best Comedy.
 
He was known for his books on cricket, Bollywood movies such as ‘Nut Bolt Bolpat’, ‘Kanekari’, ‘Cricket Vedh’, among others. He is survived by wife and two children. Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais and Chief Minister Eknath Shinde expressed their condolences on the death of the Veteran author.