Purushottam Agrawal (born 25 August 1955) is an Indian writer and an ex-member of the

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board.

Early life and career

He was born in the city of

Gwalior Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...

, Madhya Pradesh, on 25 August 1955. He did his M.A. in Political Science from Jiwaji University (Gwalior) in 1977 and then moved to Delhi where he got an M.A. in Hindi literature at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was awarded a Ph.D. degree by Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1985 on the topic of ''The Social Meaning of

Kabir Kabir Das (1398–1518) was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint. His writings influenced Hinduism's Bhakti movement, and his verses are found in Sikhism's scripture Guru Granth Sahib, the Satguru Granth Sahib of Saint Garib Das, ...

's Bhakti'' under the supervision of Prof.

Namvar Singh Namvar Singh (Hindi: ) (28 July 1926 – 19 February 2019) was an Indian literary critic, linguist, academician and theoretician. He received his doctorate degree from Banaras Hindu University where he also taught for some time. He served as a ...

. Between 2 July 2007 – July 2013, he was a member of the

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. He was the anchor and interviewer on the TV show 'Kitab', telecast on Rajya Sabha TV (now Sansad TV).

Bibliography

* Teesara Rukh * Shivdan Singh Chauhan * Sanskriti: Varchsva aur Pratirodh * Nij Brahma Vichar: Dharma, Samaj aur Dharmetar Adhyatma * Vichar ka Ananta * Akath Kahani Prem Ki: Kabir ki Kavita aur Unka Samay * Hindi Saray: Astrakhan via Yerevan * Scholaris ki Chhanv Men * Nacohus * Kabir, Kabir: The Life and Work of Early Modern Poet-Philosopher

References

External links

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The Union Public Service Commission (Annual Report) 2013-14
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