Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Poetic Obituaries: Re-elected to the Lok Sabha for the sixth

consecutive time in 1999, [Ajit] Panja was Minister of State for External Affairs in the NDA Government headed by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

A man of varied talents, Panja was a keen stage actor and had won great appreciation for his portrayal of Ramakrishna Paramhans in the Bengali play 'Noti Binodini'. He was also interested in Rabindra Sangeet and writing poems and dramas.

from Chennaionline: Panja was a lawyer, a former minister and a stage actor

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