Senior journalist Aroon Tikekar passed away

Aroon Tikekar was born in 1944 in a family of authors and journalists. He has served as the Editor of Marathi newspaper Loksatta of the Indian Express Group Newspaper for over a decade from 1992 to 2002. Prior to starting his journalistic career he had worked as a college teacher for some years. He was also Language and Literature Expert and  Acquisitions Specialist at the US Library of Congress Office, New Delhi. He has authored  over 20 books in Marathi as well as in English including The cloister’s pale: A Biography of the University of Mumbai.