Congress MP and St Stephen's alumnus Shashi Tharoor paid tribute to his college classmate and legendary adman Piyush Pandey, who died on Friday at the age of 70 after a brief illness.

“Devastated & heartbroken to mourn the passing of my dear St Stephen's College classmate, the iconic adman Piyush Pandey,” Tharoor wrote on X, sharing a photograph of the varsity’s 1978 college cricket team featuring a young Pandey.

Besides Pandey, who’s seated in the front row, the all-star image also included ex-India cricketers Arun Lal, Rajinder Amarnath, and acclaimed historian Ramachandra Guha.

"Before he gave a voice to modern India's brands, he was a Stephanian—full of life, laughter, and an earthy wit—and (as the pic below confirms) a pretty good college cricketer as well," Tharoor said.

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