KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 -- File picture of M. Santhiran, Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) India foreign correspondent.The Delhi Diary Column bids farewell to its contributor Santhiran, 48, who passed away on March 13 in New Delhi after a short illness. He will always be remembered as Bernama's first journalist to pen his own column.His first Delhi diary piece appreared on Feb 6, 2015 and Santhiran continued writing enthusiastically until his last piece on March 7, 2016, just two days before he fell ill.--fotoBERNAMA (2016) COPYRIGHT RESERVED

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