Chandra Bhan Prasad
{{short description|Indian writer}}
{{about other people|the journalist|Chandrabhan Singh}}
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| nationality = Indian
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| birth_date = 1958
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| occupation = Journalist, writer, activist and political commentator
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Chandra Bhan Prasad (born September 1958) is an Indian journalist, writer, activist and political commentator.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12355740|title=An 'English goddess' for India's down-trodden|date=February 15, 2011|via=www.bbc.com}}[https://casi.sas.upenn.edu/visiting/prasad Chandra Bhan Prasad: Journalist and Columnist]. Center for the Advanced Study of India. Retrieved on 9 February 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/dalit-capitalism-can-turn-the-caste-order-activist-chandrabhan-prasad-118122900470_1.html|title=Dalit capitalism can turn the caste order: Activist Chandrabhan Prasad|website=Business Standard}}
Life
In 2007-08 Prasad was a visiting scholar at the Centre for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been profiled by The New York TimesSomini Sengupta. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/world/asia/30caste.html Crusader Sees Wealth as Cure for Caste Bias]". The New York Times. August 29, 2008. Retrieved on 9 February 2015. and The Washington Post.Emily Wax. "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/30/AR2008083002299.html In an Indian Village, Signs of the Loosening Grip of Caste]". The Washington Post. August 31, 2008. Retrieved on 9 February 2015.
References
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Further reading
- [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-12355740 An 'English goddess' for India's down-trodden]
- [http://zeenews.india.com/videos/dalit-entrepreneurship-can-change-the-communitys-social-status-chandra-bhan-prasad_24172.html Dalit entrepreneurship can change the community`s social status: Chandra Bhan Prasad]
- [http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/for-a-new-paradigm-of-social-justice/article6367261.ece For a new paradigm of social justice]
- [http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/mar/05inter.htm 'Indian languages carry the legacy of caste']
- [http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-dalit-entrepreneurship-can-change-the-communitys-social-status-chandra-bhan-prasad-1906759 Dalit entrepreneurship can change the community's social status: Chandra Bhan Prasad]
- [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/deep-focus/D-is-for-Dalits-and-E-is-for-the-English-Goddess/articleshow/5908486.cms D is for Dalits and E is for the English Goddess - Times of India]
External links
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- {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20090328115348/http://chandrabhanprasad.com:80/}}
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