CONSTANT COMPANION: Jaikrishna Ghosh, personal secretary of the veteran leader Jyoti Basu, grieves at the CPI-M party headquarters at Alimuddin Street in Kolkata. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
A GREAT LOSS: Brinda Karat paying tribute. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
UNITED IN GRIEF: Politburo members and party leaders pay homage. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
SIGN OF RESPECT: Politburo members and party leaders salute their leader at the CPI-M party headquarters in Kolkata. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
LAL SALAM: Politburo members Prakash Karat, Brinda Karat, Biman Bose and others carry the body from the party headquarters. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
DEATH OF AN IDOL: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee paying floral tributes in front of the State Secretariat Building. Photo: PTI
A CITY IN MOURNING: The people of Kolkata throng the streets to join the last journey of their leader. Photo: PTI
GUARD OF HONOUR: A policeman escorts the body of Communist patriarch Jyoti Basu in front of the State Secretariat. Photo: PTI
GRIEF-STRICKEN: The people of Kolkata paying their last respects to the veteran CPI-M leader Jyoti Basu. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
PAYING HOMAGE: Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achudananthan paying his last respects to Jyoti Basu in the premises of the West Bengal State Legislative Assembly. Photo: N. Ram
LAST JOURNEY: Marxist comrades carrying the body of Jyoti Basu from the party headquarters. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
FOR A LAST GLIMPSE: Admirers of Jyoti Basu throng the streets to witness the last journey of the veteran leader. Photo: Arunangsu RoyChowdhury