Lord Meghnad Desai, the prominent British-Indian economist, parliamentarian, and public intellectual, died on Tuesday at the age of 85. He passed away in a hospital in Gurugram following a recent health issue, sources close to his family in London said. Tributes poured in from leaders and colleagues, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembering Desai as a “distinguished thinker” and “a bridge between India and the UK”.
