Eminent journalist and orator, Yadhati Kasipathi, who was a sympathiser of the then People’s War Group, passed away here on Thursday. He was 75 and is survived by wife Pushpa and two daughters – Pragathi and Vennela.

He had been ailing for a few years. A native of Anantapur district, he spent most of his life there.

For long he worked for the Telugu daily ‘Andhra Prabha’ and given his flair for writing in English, his news items were also published in The Indian Express .

A voracious reader, he used to be found in his stuffy office surrounded by papers. An accused in the Parvathipuram conspiracy case, he was also jailed for a while.

Interestingly, as a youth, he initially worked for the Youth Congress as a National Council member and also with the Red Cross Society of India.

He also did a Bachelor’s programme in Journalism and was helped financially in the endeavour by former Andhra Pradesh Speaker Kalluru Subba Rao.

He was then attracted by the Leftist ideology primarily due to top Communist leader Tarimela Nagi Reddy.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Andhra Pradesh / by Special Correspondent / Hyderabad – August 12th, 2016