Rajinder Puri
Rajinder Puri | |
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Founder General Secretary of the Janata Party | |
In office 1977–1988 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Karachi (now in Pakistan) | 20 September 1934
Died | 16 February 2015 Delhi, India | (aged 80)
Profession | Journalist cartoonist political activist |
Website | http://rajinderpuri.com/ |
Rajinder Puri[1] (1934–2015), was an Indian cartoonist, veteran columnist and political activist. He was on the staff of The Hindustan Times and The Statesman as a cartoonist and writer. Later, his column appeared in Outlook.
Puri was born on 20 September 1934 in
The Glasgow Herald (1958–59). He returned to India to become cartoonist for the Hindustan Times from 1959 to 1967. He started working as a columnist and freelancer after this stint. From 1972 to 1977, he was the editor and proprietor of Stir Weekly.[3]
An early critic of the
Puri died in his sleep on 16 February 2015 at the age of 80.[4]
Bibliography
- India 1969: a crisis of conscience (1971)
- India, the wasted years: 1969–1975 (Chetana Publications, 1975)
- Government that works-- and how! (Scan Publishers, 1989)
- Recovery of India (Har-Anand Publications, 1992)
- Bull's Eye (Hope India Publications, 2004)
- A tale of two countries: chronicles of a columnist, 2004–2008 (Har-Anand Publications, 2008)
References
- ^ Personal blog Rajinder Puri
- ^ a b "Comic art for serious people". Frontline. 22 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ^ India News and Feature Alliance (2003). India who's who. INFA Publications. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ a b "Rajinder Puri, ace cartoonist and fierce critic of Emergency, passes away at 80". The Indian Express. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2016.