Rajinder Puri
| Rajinder Puri | |
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| Founder General Secretary of the Janata Party | |
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In office 1977 - 1988 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
20 September 1934 Karachi (now in Pakistan) |
| Died |
16 February 2015 (aged 80) Delhi, India |
| 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. Currently, his column appeared in Outlook magazine.
Puri was born on 20 September 1934 in Karachi, now in Pakistan. He drew cartoons for The Statesman in 1956-57, after which he went to London, where he drew cartoons briefly for The Guardian and 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.[2]
Rajinder Puri moved into politics in 1977, associated first with the Janata Party, then with some of the parties that splintered from the Janata Party. Since 1988 he has not been attached to any political party.[3]
He died in his sleep on 16 February 2015 at the age of 80.[4]
Bibliography
- India 1969: a crisis of conscience, by Rajinder Puri (1971)
- India, the wasted years: 1969-1975, by Rajinder Puri (Chetana Publications, 1975)
- Government that works-- and how!, by Rajinder Puri (Scan Publishers, 1989)
- Recovery of India, by Rajinder Puri (Har-Anand Publications, 1992)
- Bull's Eye, by Rajinder Puri (Hope India Publications, 2004)
- A tale of two countries: chronicles of a columnist, 2004-2008, by Rajinder Puri (Har-Anand Publications, 2008)
References
- ↑ Personal Blog Rajinder Puri
- ↑ India News and Feature Alliance (2003). India who's who. INFA Publications. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ↑ Boloji : Rajinder Puri
- ↑ Indian Express: Rajinder Puri
External links
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