Shrii Prabhatrainjan Sarkar (1922-1990)

Socio-economic Teachings of P.R. Sarkar
A Brief Assessment of P.R. Sarkar’s Work
PROUT and Its Propounder
Prabhat Rainjan Sarkar’s Social Cycles, World Unity and Peace, J. Galtung
Locating Sarkar: Economy, Epistemology, and Social Theory, S. Inayatullah

“Sarkar, in his own way, is more than the equal of the great historian Arnold Toynbee. Sarkar not only illuminated the growth and inevitable decline that comes from the ‘acquisitive-Capitalist’ stage in societal evolution that has now deeply infected the West, but offers wise counsel on what to do instead.” – Oliver W. Markley, Professor of Human Sciences, University of Houston at Clear Lake

“Sarkar’s theory is far superior to Adam Smith’s or that of Marx.” – Johan Galtung, Founder UN Institute of Peace Studies

“P.R. Sarkar was one of the greatest modern philosophers of India.” – Giani Zail Singh, former President of India

“Sarkar, who did more than thirty years of studies and practical concrete work with the poor population of India, is very important for all who yearn for a liberation which starts from economics and opens to a totality of personal and social human existence . . .” – Leonardo Boff, Brazilian founder of Liberation Theology

Numerous anecdotal and semi-biographical works have been published by contemporary disciples and followers of Sarkar. An official five volumes biography collaborated with the Ananda Marga Archives are under production, the first volume of which was published in 2010: Anandamurti, The Jamalpur Years.

Other sources

Ananda Marga on Sarkar
Wikipedia on Sarkar
Beacon of Hope for Suffering Humanity, by Garda Ghista