Prakash Karat is a communist politician from India. He is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) – CPI (M). He was born on October 19, 1947 in Myanmar.
Karat finished his education from Madras Christian College. He has also studied at the University of Edinburgh. He was rusticated for anti-apartheid protests but was taken back on good behavior.
Karat retuned to India in 1970 and joined the Communist Party of India - CPI (M). He was involved with the student politics and was elected the President of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Student's Union. He was also the first President of the Students Federation of India between 1974 to 1979. He was spotted and noticed by E.M.S Namboodiripad, the first Chief Minister of Kerala. He had also worked with A.K Gopalan, CPM leader in the Lok-Sabha. He was elected as Secretary of the Delhi State Committee of the party in 1985, to the Central Committee in 1985 and the Politburo in 1992.
Karat is the managing director of LeftWord Books, a publishing house. He has authored books such as Language, Nationality and Politics in India (1992), A World to Win (1999) and Across Time and Continents (2003).
He married Brinda Karat in November 1975. Brinda is also a member of the CPI (M) Politburo. She had been the general secretary of the All India Democratic Women's Association for 10 years.
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