sentences:  The Hindi weekly newspaper (later converted into a monthly magazine) won a wide and devoted readership, particularly in rural areas of the Hindi heartland.As a monthly, it was acclaimed as one of the leaders in “alternative” journalism as opposed to the “mainstream”.As Managing Trustee of the Kisan Trust, he worked closely with veteran Socialist leaders Madhu Limaye and George Fernandes, Shri Biju Patnaik, Karpoori Thakur Bihar, Biju Patnaik (Orissa) and Mulayam Singh Yadav.