Madanjeet Singh
Madanjeet Singh (April 16, 1924 – January 6, 2013) was an Indian artist, writer, diplomat and philanthropist. From the year 2000, he was a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
Singh was born in Lahore. He sponsored the bi-annual UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the promotion of tolerance and non-violence.[1] He created the South Asia Foundation in 2000 as a regional youth movement and it has now grown to have chapters in eight countries.[2] He was praised as a "freedom fighter and a secular humanist" by Taslima Nasreen, for whom he had helped secure Indian Residency.[3] He is a Secular Humanist.[3] The South Asia Foundation (SAF) has offered scholarships to South Asian students under various disciplines in its 12 UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institutions of Excellence. These institutions are located in all 8 countries of South Asia and are teaching fine arts, journalism, regional cooperation, green technology, etc. Nishchal N. Pandey, in his book "New Nepal: The Faultlines", called him 'a lifelong adherent and a supporter of India's secular and plural culture'.
Death
On January 6, 2013, Singh died in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, at the age of 88 from a stroke.[4]
Books
His many publications include:
- Culture of the Sepulchre (2012) (his experiences as Indian Ambassador to Uganda at the time of Idi Amin), ISBN 0670085731[5]
- Kashmiriyat - The pluralistic Sufi-Bhakti-Rishi Culture, South Asia Foundation (2009)
- SASIA Story UNESCO (2005)
- Himalayan Art (UNESCO art books series), New York Graphic Society/UNESCO (1968) ASIN B000LY5LNG - revised edition Macmillan (1971), ISBN 0-333-12066-3 [6]
- Ajanta, painting of the sacred and the secular, Edita Lausanne, 1965
Notes
- ↑ "UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence". UNESCO.
- ↑ Indian foundation helps Pakistan’s poor students, Daily Times (Pakistan), Jan 4, 2004
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mukherjee, Susmita (2009-09-09). "Q&A: 'It's worth upholding ideals that are good for mankind'". The Times Of India. p. 12. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ↑ "Madanjeet Singh passes away". thehindu.com. 2013-01-07. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
- ↑ Pandey, Ramesh Nath (Nov. 09-2012 (Kartik 24, 2069)). "Book Review: Culture of the Sepulchre". New Spotlight Magazine 06 (10). Retrieved August 2014. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Perilous Pilgrimage (book review), Time magazine, Feb 14, 1969
External links
- Bio details, South Asia Foundation
- "Diplomat, writer, philanthropist Madanjeet Singh passes away". Tehelka Daily. January 7, 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
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