Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 24: One of the leading political and social commentators in the Indian media, Praful Bidwai, passed away, while attending a conference at Amsterdam. He was 63.
An active journalist for more than four decades, Bidwai had strong leftwing views and he was a writer-activist who was forthright in airing his strong views on issues of peace, global justice, human rights and environmental protection.
Starting from 1972 as a columnist in “Economic and Political Weekly”, Bidwai worked for the leading newspapers including The Times of India, Financial Express and Business India.
Bidwai helped in founding the Movement in India for Nuclear Disarmament (MIND).
He received the Sean Macbride International Peace Prize. Bidwai started contributing to IPA from 2002 and his last piece on Indian operations at Myanmar border, was released by IPA on June 23 itself.
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