The dimension of Dattopant Thengadi, founder of the largest trade union movement in India, that has been brought out in this volume is his role as an activist parliamentarian through his debates in the Rajya Sabha for two terms from 1964 to 1976. What stands out from the extracts of his speeches in Parliament are his meticulous presentation of facts, highly referenced propositions and dignified response to counter viewpoints. His intense intellectualism and his diverse fields of knowledge are manifest in the range of subjects Thengadi handled, each an area of specialisation for an expert.
This volume is a lesson for young and elder parliamentarians of today on how to be an efficient, a competent and an elegant parliamentarian. To those interested in post-independence India’s political evolution, this volume provides a window through Thengadi’s political activism in his two terms in Parliament which spanned some of the most momentous developments in India’s political history after independence.
About the Author
Dr Anirban Ganguly is Director,
Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, New Delhi. He has authored, edited and co-edited a number of books on public policy, education, culture and politics. He is also a columnist and a political activist.
Navin Kalingan is a post-graduate in Economics from University of Delhi and has served in different capacities in the Research and Information Service of Indian Parliament before retiring as Director in 2011.
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