Senior journalist and former assistant news editor of The Hindu R.P. Sarathy died here on Wednesday. He was 87. He is survived by wife Saroja Parthasarathy, son Venkatesh Parthasarathy and daughter Nalini Ramanujam.

The last rites would be performed at Besant Nagar crematorium at noon on Thursday.

A history graduate from St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchi, Sarathy was in charge of editorial administration in The Hindu .

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> National> Tamil Nadu / Chennai – December 11th, 2014