/Tag: Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

Friends and Icons


The Telegraph

In terms of ancestry, I am a fourth-generation resident of Bengaluru. My paternal great-grandfather moved here in the 19th century from a village in the Thanjavur district, to become a lawyer. His children were raised and educated in this town, as were their children, among them my father, who studied at St. Joseph’s College and later [...]

In Praise of Madhu Dandavate


The Telegraph

The Indian socialist tradition is now moribund, but there was a time when it had a profound and mostly salutary influence on politics and society. Yet few people now know of its past vigour and dynamism. The Congress, the Communists, the regional parties, the Ambedkarites, and (especially in recent years) the Jana Sangh and the BJP—all [...]