Ramchandra Siras

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Ramchandra Siras (* 1948 in Nagpur ; † April 8, 2010 in Aligarh ) was an Indian linguist , author and university professor.

Life

Siras grew up in Nagpur. He studied at the local Hislop College and attended Nagpur University , where he received a PhD in Marathi in 1985 and a Masters in Psychology . He wrote his doctoral thesis on the work of the author Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar . Siras worked as a research assistant at Ranchi University and then received a position as a university professor in the state of Uttar Pradesh at Aligarh Muslim University , where he was appointed reader in 1998 and served as chairman of the Department of Modern Indian Languages . He specialized in Comparative Indian Literature and Modern Marathi Literature. He also worked as an author. In 2002 he received the prize of the Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad literary society for his volume of poetry Paya Khalchi Hirawal (Grass Under My Feet) .

In February 2010, he was suspended from university administration for having sex with a man, which sparked protests from gay activists. The suspension was lifted in a lawsuit against Sira's original request. A few days later, Siras died in his private apartment at the age of 62.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b indiatimes.com : Vaibhav Ganjapure: Gay prof was known as a literary genius. The Times of India , April 9, 2010
  2. ↑ a b amu.ac.in ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Aligarh Muslim University: Department of Modern Indian Languages, accessed April 15, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.amu.ac.in
  3. ↑ a b c indiatimes.com : Pervez Iqbal Siddiqui: Siras issue may snowball . The Times of India , April 8, 2010
  4. ↑ indiatimes.com Manjari Mishra: Aligarh Muslim University professor suspended for being gay. The Times of India , February 18, 2010
  5. ↑ advocate.com ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Julie Bolcer: Indian Professor Reinstated After Gay Entrapment . The Advocate , April 2, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.advocate.com
  6. ↑ ndtv.com : Online campaign for justice in gay prof's death. New Delhi Television Limited , April 13, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Siras, Ramchandra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Siras, Shrinivas Ramchandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian linguist
DATE OF BIRTH 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Nagpur
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2010
Place of death Aligarh