This book embodies Professor Madhu Dandavate's Quest of Conscience. It contains his reflections on recent national and international developments. Written with the sensitivity of a political activist, who has succeeded in fusing ideologywith struggle and commitment with values, this book strings together the author's perspectives and analysis of events, issues and personalities.
Professor Madhu Dandvate, vateran Socialist Leader, former Railway Minister and Union Finance Minister, is now the Deputy Chairman of the Planning commission. Born in 1924 in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, Dandvate secured his Master's degree in Physics from the Royal Institute of Science, Bombay. He taught physics in Bombay University for twenty five years form 1946 to 1971. As a student he participated in Quit India movement of 1942