M. V. Kamath

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M. V. Kamath
Born(1921-09-07)7 September 1921
British India
Died9 October 2014(2014-10-09) (aged 93)
, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Journalist, broadcasting executive, academic administrator
Years active1940-2014
AwardsPadma Bhushan

Madhav Vittal Kamath (7 September 1921 – 9 October 2014)

The Sunday Times for two years from 1967 to 1969, as Washington correspondent for The Times of India[4] from 1969 to 1978 and also as editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India.[5] He had also written numerous books[6][7][8][9] and was conferred with the Padma Bhushan award in 2004.[10][11]He was born in a brahmin family[12]

In 2009, Mr. Kamath co-authored a biographical sketch of Narendra Modi book titled Narendra Modi: The Architect of a Modern State, at a time when Modi's reputation was considerably affected as a result of the 2002 Gujarat riots; post his ascent into national politics, a newer version of the book was published as The Man of the Moment: Narendra Modi.[13][14] Kamath was a board-member of Manipal Academy of Higher Education and was also the Honorary Director of the School of Communication, since its inception in 1997.[15]

He died on the morning of October 9 2014, from a cardiac arrest at

Kasturba Hospital;[13] he was hospitalized since a few days back due to geriatric ailments.[2][16]

Malini Parthasarathy notes him to have longstanding sympathies with Hindutva -- one of his columns following the murder of Graham Staines by Hindutva extremists sought to justify the incident as a spontaneous repercussion against conversions, if the government were not willing to step in -- in what she deems that as a blatant incitement of hate crimes.[17] Others have shared similar views[18] and he has also extensively written in the official mouthpiece of RSS - Organiser.[19][20] Kamath has been noted to be an astute journalist, whose opinions swayed with the tune of the majority; his stance on the Babri Masjid demolition was quite negative in the immediate aftermath but after about a decade, he deemed that as an act of valiance that restored the self-respect of Hindus and rejoiced about how the state, of Hindu India being under continual siege since the first Islamic invasions, was reversed for the first time.[21][22][18] In the immediate aftermaths of the enactment of Mandal Commission recommendations, when RSS increasingly leaned towards a hardcore Brahmanical approach, Kamath had written of the need to maintain Hindu unity and negate the fall-outs of an impending Shudra revolution.[23] Alexander Evans had noted his efforts in racist communalisation of the Kashmir conflict; Kamath deemed the region to belong solely to the Pandits and not to the Muslims, who were allegedly alone-responsible for the decline of their culture.[24] Rajmohan Gandhi notes him to be a staunch Hindu.[25]

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References

  1. ^ "Veteran journalist MV Kamath dies at 93". The Times of India. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Veteran journalist MV Kamath dies at 93". India Today. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. ^ Govind, Nikhil (3 August 2013). "An independent voice". The Hindu.
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  10. ^ "Shri Madhav Vittal Kamath : Padma Bhusan". Government of India. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  11. ^ Ninan, Sevanti (2 February 2003). "Saffron selections". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
  12. ^ Ashraf, Syed Firdaus. "'Only Brahmins can defeat Brahminism'". Rediff. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  13. ^ a b Prabhu, Ganesh; Reddy, B. Muralidhar (9 October 2014). "Veteran journalist MV Kamath". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  14. ^ "Veteran journalist MV Kamath dies at 93". The Times of India. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  15. ^ Ninan, Sevanti (2 February 2003). "Saffron selections". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
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  26. ^ "A Reporter at Large". Bhavan's Book University. Archived from the original on 14 December 2010.

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