A giant of his time in the field of journalism, inheriting a legacy, said to be linked with the British of olden days - a myth for all purposes for that matter. As a fan and an avid reader of STATESMAN,right from 1960s fo College days and also to the Paper to which I had contributed articles, during and after my Police career, of my pet field - the Police in yesteryears the 1980/90s, I wish to pay my deepest condolence to an ICON to many in journalistic field, if not the all. VINOD Tuli, a retired POLICE/Para Military Officer and a free lance journalist. G- 61, Sector 39, NOIDA UP