Sanatan Mission has been founded at the initiative of Guru Lalitendra
Guru Lalitendra is a spiritual motivator. He is also an acclaimed environmentalist and wildlife film maker.
Guru Lalitendra, who is also known as Lalit Shastri in journalistic circles, has a long-standing reputation as a distinguished journalist, whose career has spanned more than four decades of reporting, public affairs and independent journalism. He headed the Madhya Pradesh Bureau of two of India’s leading English-language newspapers, The Hindu and The Asian Age, bringing extensive ground-level reporting and political and social analysis to a national readership.
His journalism has included extensive coverage of public affairs, governance and issues affecting ordinary citizens. His work has consistently been rooted in the belief that journalism’s first responsibility is to place accurate, credible and meaningful information before the public.
His commitment to journalism took a decisive turn in the aftermath of the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. He left behind a corporate career to investigate the causes and consequences of the world’s worst industrial disasters, eventually becoming a full-time journalist and documenting the continuing human and environmental dimensions of the tragedy.
His engagement with the Bhopal disaster has continued over the decades. In November 2022, marking the 38th anniversary of the disaster, he addressed Italian lawmakers at the Chamber of Deputies in Rome on “Bhopal Disaster and Lessons”, reflecting on the tragedy and the lessons it holds for governance, corporate responsibility, public safety and institutional accountability.
He has authored Bhopal Disaster—an eyewitness account (1986). It underscores the causes that led to the poisonous gas leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal during the intervening night of 2 and 3 December 1984. The book titled “Bhopal Disaster—an eyewitness account”, was released by the then President Giani Zail Singh.
His second book, Political Mirage—50 years after India became Republic (2000), raises issues concerning civil society and is a collection of articles published in The Hindu. This book was launched by the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi in June 2000.
Guru Lalitendra is always in the forefront raising his voice for a society that is inclusive and not divided by narrow religious, caste, regional or linguistic lines. he stands committed to the cause of equality, social harmony and equal opportunity for all.
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