Being GG Parikh

Thu, 28 December 2023

13:32

Dr GG Parikh -- freedom fighter and Gandhian -- turns 100 on December 30. There will be a programme tomorrow at the Bombay University convocation hall, Fort, from 4:30 pm to 7 pm. The keynote lecture will be by author and historian Rajmohan Gandhi, while NCP chief Sharad Pawar will be the chief guest. The programme commemorates Parikh's remarkable life and legacy.

Read GG Parikh's interview to Rediff.com here: 'Unity in diversity has helped us survive' and part I of the interview here: 'Those days, 'jail-returned' was like 'foreign-returned', something to aspire for'

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