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| A follower of Mahatma Gandhi, Swachid Kasturi Rangan founded the movement SWACHID (Soldiers of War Against Corruption, Hunger, Ignorance and Disease.) He is a resident of Chennai. India. Born 1933, a journalist by profession he has been the New Delhi correspondent of The New York Times for over 20 years since 1961. He retired as Editor, Dinamani, a leading Tamil language newspaper in Tamil Nadu State He was the founder-editor of Kanaiyazhi, a renowned Tamil monthly devoted to social reform and literature. He has been the founder-secretary of Gandhi Mission. |