Kuldip nayar biography
Kuldip Nayar
Indian author and journalist (1923–2018)
Kuldip Nayar (14 August 1923 – 23 August 2018) was an Indianjournalist, syndicated columnist, human rights activist, author and former High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom noted for his long career as a left-wing political commentator. He was also nominated as a member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament in 1997.[2]
Early life and education
Nayar was born at Sialkot, Punjab, British India on 14 August 1923, in a Punjabi Sikh family.[3] He was educated at Murray College.[4] He completed his B.A. (Hons.) from the Forman Christian CollegeLahore and LL.B. from the Law College Lahore.[5][6][7] In 1952, he studied journalism from the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University on a scholarship.[8][9]
Career
Nayar was initially an Urdu press reporter. He was editor of the Delhi edition of the English new Kuldip nayar profile.