Praful Bidwai

Also known as

P. Bidwai

Praful Bidwai was a political analyst and commentator, a social science researcher, and an activist on issues of peace, global justice, human rights and environmental protection. He died of a cardiac arrest on 23 June 2015 while he was attending a conference in Amsterdam. Bidwai's journalistic career spanned over four decades. His first notable work in journalism was as a columnist for the "Economic and Political Weekly", beginning in 1972. He then worked for magazines and newspapers, including "Business India", "Financial Express" and "The Times of India" between 1981 and 1993, eventually becoming its senior editor. He was "The Times group's" most published journalist for 20 years, writing analytical and investigative articles on themes including politics and political economy; economic policy and industrialization strategies; international relations; energy, the environment and sustainable development; religion, ethnicity and politics; social conflict, communalism and nationalism; science and technology; and nuclear weapons disarmament and peace. Bidwai was a columnist whose articles were published regularly in the Hindustan Times, Frontline, Rediff.com, and other outlets. He had also been published in The Guardian (London), The Nation (New York), Le Monde Diplomatique (Paris), and Il Manifesto (Rome). *Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praful_Bidwai)*

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL23909A
  • WikidataQ3595626

Top Subjects

  • India (2)
  • Politics/International Relations (1)
  • Nuclear disarmament (1)
  • South Asia (1)
  • South Asia -- Military policy (1)
  • Nuclear weapons -- South Asia (1)
  • Nuclear nonproliferation (1)

Books by Praful Bidwai

Total count: 7