Anil Ramdas Explained

Anil Ramdas
Birth Date:	1958 2, df=y
Birth Place:	Paramaribo, Suriname
Death Place:	Loenen aan de Vecht, Netherlands
Occupation:	Columnist, correspondent, journalist, television presenter, writer, essayist

Anil Ramdas (Paramaribo, 16 February 1958 – Loenen aan de Vecht, 16 February 2012) was a Dutch-Surinamese columnist, correspondent, essayist, journalist, and TV and radio host.^{[1] [2]} He was generally considered the V.S. Naipaul specialist of The Netherlands.^[3]

His work has been extensively studied by the author Karin Amatmoekrim.^{[4] [5]}

In 1997 he was awarded the E. du Perron prize for all of his works.^[6]

Works

Fiction

Anil Ramdas published his autobiographical novel Badal in February 2011. In the article "A Matter of Identity: Anil Ramdas and His Autobiographical Novel Badal", Kees Snoek writes :

Death

Ramdas committed suicide on 16 February 2012.^[7] Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte expressed his regret about Ramdas' death in his weekly press conference.^{[8] [9]}

External links

• Breaking the ‘otherness’ fixation, an indepth analysis of the context "migration and identity" Anil Ramdas wrote and spoke extensively on.
• Anil Ramdas, a media resource base that lists some works of Anil Ramdas.

• Godhra and After: The Role of Media India First Foundation – 6 April 2002

Notes and References

1. "Multicultural Netherlands: Anil Ramdas." Dutch Studies Program, UC Berkeley. Retrieved 1 December 2011. Web site: Anil Ramdas — Multicultural Netherlands . 2 December 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120220004728/http://dutch.berkeley.edu/mcnl/the-debate/anil-ramdas/ . 20 February 2012 .
2. Web site: I Imagined the World Differently . Letterenfonds/ . Dutch Foundation for Literature . 25 December 2021.
3. Web site: Codfried . Egmond . Badal, or the Suicide of a Reformed Housenigger . Werkgroepcaraibischeletteren . Caraïbische letteren . 27 December 2021.
4. Web site: Torch Global South Visiting Fellow . The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities . University of Oxford . 25 December 2021.
5. Web site: Anil Ramdas: Hope and Despair in Dutch Postcolonial Literature . The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities . University of Oxford . 25 December 2021.
6. https://archive.today/20120908005542/http://www.letterkundigmuseum.nl/Collectie/Literaireprijzen/tabid/99/AwardYearID/2714/Mode/DetailsAwardYear/Default.aspx Literaire prijzen E. du Perron-prijs 1997
7. http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2012/02/17/journalist-en-schrijver-anil-ramdas-54-overleden/ Journalist en schrijver Anil Ramdas (54) overleden
8. http://nos.nl/video/342163-rutte-over-anil-ramdas.html NOS website vrijdag 17 februari 2012, 15:49. Retrieved 2 July 2013
9. Web site: Journalist and TV presenter Anil Ramdas dies . Expatica . Expatica Communications B.V. . 27 December 2021.