Rajni Kothari, a noted political scientist, scholar and founder of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), passed away a few hours ago, sources said.
Kothari, , who is involved with the People’s Union of Civil Liberties, the Indian Council of Social Science Research and the International Foundation for Development Alternatives, has a vast body of academic work on Indian politics and society, such as Caste in Indian Politics (1973); Footsteps into the Future: Diagnosis of the Present World and a Design for an Alternative (1975); Politics in India (1982); In Search of Humane World Order (1989); Poverty: Human Consciousness and the Amnesia of Development (1995); and Communalism in Indian Politics (1998).
His memoirs, 'Uneasy is the Life of the Mind', was published in 2002