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He was a student campaigner in early seventies for socialism and fought Emergency as a journalist with Indian Express....
Remembering Gnani Sankaran (1954-2018): Playwright, journalist, and tireless fighter for justice
On Monday evening an ambulance from the Madras Medical College arrived at a house where a crowd of young women and men were gathered.
Multi-faceted personality Gnani Sankaran, who made his mark as a dramatist, writer, journalist and political analyst died here on Monday morning due to illness.As Gnani Sankaran’s body was put in the van to be driven to the anatomy department of the Medical College, the crowd surrounded it, singing “we shall overcome” in Tamil. As willed by him, no ceremonies were performed after his death.
His eyes were donated to the famous Sankara Nethralaya and his body, to the medical college. The young women and men singing outside his house all belonged to Pareeksha, the theatre group started by Gnani over three decades ago.
Gnani was my junior in the Madras Christian College.
Veteran Tamil writer, journalist and theatre personality, Gnani Sankaran, died in the wee hours of Monday at his residence in Chennai.
His father was a veteran journalist, a Nehru follower who worked with The Indian Express. Gnani was a rebel and non-conformist from early on. He used to take the passenger train from his residential town to the college 30 km away, the only afford