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Of love and longing: Lalit Modi remembers wife Minal who lost her life to cancer

Minal Modi had been battling cancer for more than a decade.

By ET Bureau |
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File photo: Lalit and Minal Modi pictured together at an event.
“You have been my life and my journey,” Lalit Modi wrote in an emotional tribute to his wife, Minal. Minal, who had been battling cancer for more than a decade, passed away on Monday.

A young Modi had met Minal, ten years his senior, in New Delhi in the 1980s. She was separated from then husband Jack Sagrani and was friends with Modi’s mother, Bina. Back then, the announcement of their marriage caused quite a stir in Delhi’s social circles and Modi’s parental home.

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Undettered, the couple got married in October 1991, moved to Mumbai and raised two children, Ruchir and Aliya. The couple had made London their home after the former IPL chief controversially left India in 2010, dogged by a range of allegations, including financial impropriety.



Over the past few days, Modi had been Instagramming old photos of Minal in the prime of health and recalling fond memories of their togetherness.
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