Congress MP Shashi Tharoor mourned the passing of adman Piyush Pandey, his classmate at St Stephen's College. Sharing a picture of their cricket team, he wrote, "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 added, "May his family find peace to bear this loss."