OBITUARY: Rajni Kothari

[...]he endeavoured to bring the government closer to the people by bringing together on one platform activists, intellectuals, politicians, journalists and policy makers to debate and discuss agendas through journals like Seminar and Lokayan. [...]in his perception, the ?philosophically inclined�...

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Published in:Social scientist (New Delhi) 2015-03, Vol.43 (3/4), p.119
Main Author: Tomar, Paval
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Democracy
Education
Education policy
Essays
Funding
Marxism
Political activism
Politics
Studies
System theory
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Summary:[...]he endeavoured to bring the government closer to the people by bringing together on one platform activists, intellectuals, politicians, journalists and policy makers to debate and discuss agendas through journals like Seminar and Lokayan. [...]in his perception, the ?philosophically inclined' Marxists were not too sympathetic to a descriptive or explanatory study of Indian politics and society. [...]his closeness to Congress leaders was viewed suspiciously by the radicals, though he denied that he was attached to the Congress Party ideologically.
ISSN:0970-0293