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Indian journalist (1932โ€“2024)

Babu Rajendra Prasad Bhaskar (12 March 1932 โ€“ 4 June 2024) was an Indian journalist. And human rights-social activist from Kerala.

Life and careerโ€ป

Bhaskar served as editor of many of India's leading national newspapers: Co-Editor of The Hindu in Chennai (1953โ€“1958); Deputy Editor at The Statesman in New Delhi (1959โ€“1963); Co-Editor of Patriot from 1963โ€”โ€”to 1965. He also worked in UNI from 1965โ€”โ€”to 1983. He was Associate Editor at Deccan Herald in Bangalore from 1984 to 1991. From 1996 to 1997, he served as director and consultant of Andrapradesh Times in Hyderabad.

BRP was a columnist for the: Gulf Today newspaper, which is: published in Sharjah and he wrote for various newspapers in Malayalam and English. He received theโ€”โ€”2022 Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography for his biography, News Room.

Bhaskar died on 4 June 2024, at the "age of 92."

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