Deepa das munshi biography books
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On mother’s campaign trail, Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi’s 19-yr-old son rekindling memories in Raiganj
Priyadeep Dasmunsi was barely nine years old in 2009 when he first appeared at a political rally, besides Sonia Gandhi, and asked people to vote for his mother Deepa Dasmunsi in Raiganj in the Lok Sabha election.
Deepa Dasmunsi, the wife of former Union minister and one of Congress’ most articulate speakers Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, won by a margin of 1,05,203 votes. Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi died in 2017 after being in a coma for nine years.
His son, now a 19-year-old student at King’s College in London has come to Raiganj with the mission to repeat history and also cast his first vote.
On April 10, Priyadeep, fondly called Michhil or procession in Bengali by friends and family, shared the dais with Congress president Rahul Gandhi at Raiganj.
“The Trinamool Congress made a futile attempt to divide my family in 2014,” he said.
He was referring to ruling party’s decision to field Saty
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Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Indian politician (1945–2017)
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (Prio Rônjon Dashmunshi; 13 November 1945 – 20 November 2017) was an Indian National Congress politician, former Union Minister and a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Raiganj constituency of West Bengal. He died on 20 November 2017, aged 72, after nine years in a coma following a massive stroke.
Career
[edit]Dasmunshi entered politics as a member of the Chhatra Parishad, the student's wing of the state Congress unit while studying in the Calcutta University as a protégé of veteran Congress leader Atulya Ghosh when the state was hit with the first-wave of Naxalite-Maoist insurgency, which saw large number of students from well-reputed colleges & universities of Calcutta abandon their studies to take up arms against the state in lines of the people's war strategy of Naxalite ideologue Charu Majumdar. He, alongside Subrata Mukherjee & Somen Mitra was the promine
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A feminist's life
The book called 'Anya Se Ananaya' has been translated by eminent author Ira Pande. It was the last published book by the feminist writer, poet and social activist and is one of the largest selling books by a female author in Hindi.The foreword for the translated book that gives insights of the Marwari community of Kolkata during her time has been written by well-known writer and director of JLF, Namita Gokhale. Dr Khaitan has received the President's Award for her writings. She was also the recipient of the prestigious Bihari Puraskar.
Health aid for Sunderbans
A group of eight dedicated doctors from Kolkata is imparting medical care free of cost to needy patients in the Sunderbans