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Humanists I Met Susheel Mukherjee
Avula Gopalakrishna Murthy Sushil Mukherjee was the founder publisher of Minerva
Associates in Kolkata. He brought out most thought
provoking writings of famous authors like Jaya Prakash Narayan, Niran Dhar, V R Narla and others. He was the founder president of Kolkata book
fair. Sushil was
staunch follower of M N Roy thought. I came into contact with him during early 1970s and
invited him to It was occasional sayings and ephoristic thoughts of Narla.It were sold
well and the readers were provoked with the new thought. Sushil also
wished to publish my book on Andhra Pradesh politics but I had already published it
through some other book publisher. Since then we were in constant touch and correspondence. Sushil‘s most
controversial publication: Vedanta and Bengal
Renaissance by Niranjan Dhar
created uproar among orthodox Hindus. I used that book for free articles,
especially on Vivekananda. My articles published in Udayam daily created much controversy and agitation. Sushil
brought out the most dynamic book of late Jaya Prakash Narayan‘s decentralisation policy. In Mr K b Satyanaarayana of Book links was
happy and kept constant correspondence after my introduction to him Much later I went to Kolkata and visited Sushil ji at his residence. By
that time he was octogenarian and sick. He was in wheel chair. Sushil was smoker and pleasant conversationalist. He hosted
us and told us that he is shifting to new house. Mr Muralidhar Isanaka
accompanied me and took photos That was my last visit to Sushil ji .He died in 2007. |