Kuldip Nayar

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Kuldip Nayar ( Urdu کلدیپ نیر, Panjabi ਕੁਲਦੀਪ ਨਈਅਰ Kuladīpa Na'ī'ara ; * August 14, 1923 in Sialkot , Punjab ; † August 23, 2018 in Delhi ) was an Indian journalist who was known for his political columns , but also wrote non-fiction books and was politically active.

Life

Nayar came from a Sikh - Khatri family; his parents were Gurbaksh Singh and Pooran Devi. His mother tongue was Urdu . He attended Ganda Singh High School and then took up studies, including at Murray College and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in the USA . He holds several academic degrees: BA (Hons.), LL.B., M.Sc. (Journalism) and a doctorate for Ph.D.

After the partition of India and independence from British colonial rule , Nayar returned to India in the late 1940s and lived in Delhi. He began working as a journalist for the Urdu-language daily Anjam ("The End"). During the time of civil unrest and the emergency government (1975-77) under President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed , he was temporarily imprisoned. From 1985 onwards, he wrote newspaper columns that were printed in 80 media in 14 languages ​​in India and abroad, including India's most influential print media.

In 1990 he was appointed High Commissioner to Great Britain . In 1996 he was part of the Indian delegation to the United Nations . In August 1997 he was appointed a member of the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Indian Parliament ).

From May 2007 he wrote for the Urdu-language newspaper Daily Waqt / Daily Jang in Pakistan .

In his texts, Nayar took the position of understanding and peace between India and Pakistan.

Nayar lived in New Delhi . He died in August 2018, a few days after his 95th birthday.

Awards

Fonts

  • Between the lines. Allied Publishers, Bombay 1969.
  • India. The Critical Years. Vikas, Delhi et al. 1971.
  • Distant neighbors. A Tale of the Subcontinent. Vikas, New Delhi 1973.
  • India after Nehru. Vikas, New Delhi 1975.
  • The Judgment, inside Story of the Emergency in India. Vikas, New Delhi 1977.
  • In jail. Vikas, New Delhi 1978, ISBN 0-7069-0647-0 .
  • Report on Afghanistan. RN Sachdev for Allied Publishers, New Delhi 1981.
  • with Khushwant Singh : Tragedy of Punjab. Operation Bluestar & After. Vision Books, New Delhi 1984.
  • India House. Viking, New Delhi et al. 1992, ISBN 0-670-84432-2 .
  • The Martyr. Bhagat Singh - Experiments in Revolution. Har-Anand, Delhi 2000, ISBN 81-241-0700-9 .
  • Wall at Wagah. India-Pakistan Relations. Gyan, New Delhi 2003, ISBN 81-212-0829-7 .
  • Scoop! Inside Stories from the Partition to the Present. Harper Collins Publishers India, New Delhi 2006, ISBN 81-7223-643-3 .
  • Without fear. The Life and Trial of Bhagat Singh. Harper Collins Publishers India, New Delhi 2007, ISBN 978-81-7223-692-2 .
  • with Asif Noorani: Tales of Two Cities (= Lotus Collection. ). Roli, New Delhi 2008, ISBN 978-81-7436-676-4 .

Web links

Commons : Kuldip Nayar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kuldip Nayar, veteran journalist and former Rajya Sabha MP, dies at 95. In: The Indian Express . August 23, 2018, accessed on August 23, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Nayar, Kuldip
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Naīara, Kuladipa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian journalist, columnist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Sialkot , Punjab
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 2018
Place of death Delhi