Ninan Koshy dead

March 05, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 09:13 am IST - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:

Ninan Koshy

Ninan Koshy

Ninan Koshy, who sought to blend Marxism and Liberation Theology as a social and political analyst and foreign affairs expert, died at a private hospital here early on Wednesday. He was 81.

Prof. Koshy, who had unsuccessfully contested the 1999 Lok Sabha elections in the Mavelikara constituency as a Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate, was the director of the Commission of the Churches on International Affairs of the World Council of Churches from 1974 to 1991. He had also served as secretary of the Student Christian Movement and director-in-charge at the Ecumenical Christian Centre, Bengaluru, besides teaching at various colleges in the State.

Born in Thiruvalla on February 1, 1934, Prof. Koshy has several works to his credit, mostly on human rights, disarmament, U.S. imperialism and international nuclear issues. He was an active presence in the State’s cultural scene as a campaigner for peace, human rights and educational reform. He was also a guest faculty at the Harvard Law School and the National Law School of India University. Prof. Koshy’s body is being kept in a mortuary and the funeral would take place after his daughters’ arrival from Switzerland, family sources said.

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