ENCYCLOPEDIA BIOGRAPHICA (8 VOLUME)

John Printip Hazet (b. 1946)
studied in Public Schools in
Kolkata and Shillong. On his
parents’ return to their
homeland in South Africa in
1966, he enrolled at the
University of Durban and
lived through the tumultous
years of the antiapartheid
struggle.
After a graduate degree in
English with History, he went
to the UK at the University of
Sussex. He obtained a
Master’s in English and a
second Master’s in History,
passing with distinctions.
He has worked with several
reputed newspapers and
news agencies in UK, the
USA, and Europe. His love for
his birthplace, Kolkata,
brings him back often, during
which he has been collecting
materials and notes for a
forthcoming book on the
architecture of the city,