Siddhartha Mishra, Sports Editor of The New Indian Express since 2008, passed away at his residence on Tuesday. He was 40. He breathed his last after battling cancer for the last 11 months. Despite undergoing pain owing to treatment, he kept working till about two weeks before the end came. After completing his Masters in Geology, he began his journalism career as a sub editor in Times of India, New Delhi, in 1997, where he had a long stint. He is survived by his wife Prachi, daughter and son.
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Deeply saddened by the passing away of my friend and fellow sports journalist Sid. May his soul rest in peace. Please see my tribute to Sid on Facebook.
Posted by Gulu Ezekiel at 10/31/2012 02:29 Reply to this Report abuse
He was such an amazing writer! May his soul rest in peace.
Posted by Sureshbabu at 10/31/2012 02:33 Reply to this Report abuse
Agreed
Posted by Gulu at 10/31/2012 02:41 Reply to this Report abuse
I am sorry to hear about the passing away of Mr Siddhartha Mishra. I have not met him but I have been reading the Sports pages of the NIE and, therefore, knew him by his work. I am all the more saddened as he went away so early in life. I express my heart-felt condolences to his wife and children. May his soul rest in peace. Yours in grief. A.J. Philip, a contributor to the New Indian Express.
Posted by A.J. Philip at 10/31/2012 07:57 Reply to this Report abuse
Shocked to hear about the sad news. May his soul rest in peace and may God give enough strength to his family to cope with the tragedy. Though, over the last few years, I have not been much of a sports buff, but it was his insightful analysis of the career and performance of the people in sports that always drew me back to Sports. RIP Sid.
Posted by Gurbir Singh at 10/31/2012 08:53 Reply to this Report abuse
Sidharth Mishra is one of the few Odia journalists who had been able to get name and fame by his knowladge in the concern field, prolific writing skill and hard work; out side Odisha; in the national level. I happend to meet him once. I still remember his decent behaviour..... Rest in peace. G S PATI, Bhubaneswar.
Posted by G S PATI at 10/31/2012 11:54 Reply to this Report abuse