Obituary: Professor T. V. Sathyamurthy

✍ Scribed by David Edwards

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 101 KB
• Volume: 11
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0954-1748
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1328(199901/02)11:1<147::aid-jid572>3.0.co;2-a

✦ Synopsis

for 30 years, was a larger-than-life personality whose great abilities as a scholar and teacher were eclipsed by his skills as a facilitator and co-ordinator of interdisciplinary studies in the social and human sciences.

He was the originator, sustainer and editor of the landmark series Social Change and Political Discourse in India (1994±96) which refocussed understanding of the political cultural of the subcontinent. Yet this concentration on the study of India came late in his life, was by no means exclusive even then, and it followed much journeying, both physical and intellectual.

A compulsive writer (abstinence for any length led to withdrawal symptoms) Sathyamurthy was the author of several books and a long stream of articles. His intellectual span was remarkable; included in the range were developmental studies,