Description

b. 1927, KolkataFreedom fighter, 1942 August Movement; compound fracture of the skull due to police lathi, 9.9.42 at Shivaji Park, Mumbai; thrice arrested: once on charge of attempting to burn a policeman alive; again for production, distribution and possession of illegal litera-ture; third time detention without trial, Worli Jail, Mumbai. Trade unionist, 1948-52, as General Secretary, Bombay Press Employ-ees' Union; rejoined Socialist Party, 1956, as Lohia founded the party in Dec. 1956

*Graduation in B.A. (Hons.) with History. Economics and Politics, Mumbai University, 1948; Ph.D for Arts of Transitional India, 20th Century Published by Popular Prakashan in 2 Vols; 1986-88, Se-nior Fellow, ICSSR and UGC 1976-80; Visiting Professor, Film and Television Institue of India, Pune, 1976-85, Visiting Professor, Punjab University, Chandigarh, 1980-82; Visitor, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1981-82. Visiting Professor, Chalmers Institute, Gothenberg, and Royal Institute Stockholm 1982; Visting Scien-tist, CSIR 1980-82. Consultant ILO Project, Maharashtra, 1983-85.
Art, Architectural, Music, Dance, Drama, Film, and Literary critic from mid-fifties for Sanskriti, Design, Times of India, Free Press Journal, Hindustan Standard, Dharmayug, Samakaleen etc.
Designed monumental Gitai Mandir, Wardha, 1965-75
Revived Lohia's Mankind, 1995-2000

Keywords