The “multifaceted personality”, Lord Meghnad Desai was an eminent economist, holder of India’s third-highest civilian honour and a member of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords has passed away on Tuesday (July 29th, 2025) at the age of 85.
One of his brothers was a freedom fighter against the British while another sibling was shot to death, Ngugi Wa Thinog’o found his home destroyed when one day he returned from school. The population had been herded to a “protected village” set up by the British to cement control on their colonial subjects.
But instead of picking up arms following the example of his brothers Ngugi used his pen all his life to express his protest against inhumanity. The topics of his writings were all around him.
