<P> Rajni Kothari (16 August 1928--19 January 2015) was an Indian political scientist, political theorist, academic and writer . He was the founder of Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) in 1963, a social sciences and humanities research institute, based in Delhi and Lokayan (Dialogue of the People), started in 1980 as a forum for interaction between activists and intellectuals . He was also associated with Indian Council of Social Science Research, International Foundation for Development Alternatives, and People's Union for Civil Liberties . </P> <P> One of the great political thinkers of the 20th - century, amongst his noted works include Politics in India (1970), Caste in Indian Politics (1973), and Rethinking Democracy (2005). In 1985, Lokayan was awarded the Right Livelihood Award . </P> <P> Kothari was an only son of his father, a Jain trader . His mother died early in life . </P>

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