V.Isvarmurti

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Leading the Teachers Agitation in Chennai 1972

Posted on November 30, 2008 by V.Isvarmurti

I was elected as the Member of the Madras Legislative Council (MLC) from the graduates constituency consisting of Coimbatore, Salem, Nilgiris and Dharmapuri districts in 1968. I led the the teachers agitation in Chennai and was arrested for the same. This photo was taken just after the arrest.

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Talking with R.K Narayanan

Posted on November 30, 2008 by V.Isvarmurti

I came to know him through his relationship with Coimbatore. I had been attracted by some of his hitherto unnoticed and unpublicized side of the man. He was down right a serious man who commented on serious character failures of the Indian people. This particularly attracted me to meet him in Coimbatore and Chennai. This…

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With Mulkraj Anand

Posted on November 30, 2008 by V.Isvarmurti

This was taken with Mulkraj Anand at Mahabalipuram near Chennai in 1985. I became acquainted with Mulkraj Anand in the early 1980s. He became my friend and mentor who inspired me to do diverse kinds of activities from education to rural development.

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Dom Moraes

Posted on November 30, 2008 by V.Isvarmurti

I knew Dom from his Oxford and London days. I became acquainted with him more intimately during his Bombay years. This photo was taken at his Colaba residence

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With Ashok Thapar – a friend at New College, Oxford

Posted on November 30, 2008 by V.Isvarmurti

This photo was taken in 1967 at New Delhi when I was working at the All India Congress Committee under Kamaraj, Atulya Ghosh and Sadiq Ali. Ashok was with at New College, Oxford during 1959-61.

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Meeting Deve Gowda

Posted on November 29, 2008November 29, 2008 by V.Isvarmurti

In conversation with Deve Gowda. the then Chief Minister of Karnataka, 1996.

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With Chandrababu Naidu

Posted on November 29, 2008 by V.Isvarmurti

In conversation with the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

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Student at Santiniketan with Pandit Nehru

Posted on November 29, 2008November 29, 2008 by V.Isvarmurti

Others in the picture include : SN Bose of Einstein fame, Prof Tan Yun Shan

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V. Isvarmurti is a leading public figure from south of India. He is a former member of the then Madras Legislative Council. He had his education at such reputed institutions like Tagore’s Santiniketan and Oxford University. Read More

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