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T. J. S. George is a 95-year-old Indian writer and journalist. He was born on 7 May 1928 in Kerala, India. He is best known for his works in the field of journalism, literature, and politics. He studied at the University of Madras and obtained a degree in English literature. He started his career as a journalist in the 1950s and worked for various newspapers and magazines. He was the editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, The Free Press Journal, and The Sunday Standard. He has written several books, including The Life and Times of N.T. Rama Rao, The Life and Times of Indira Gandhi, and The Life and Times of Rajiv Gandhi. He has also written several novels, including The God of Small Things, The Great Indian Novel, and The Shadow of the Cobra. T. J. S. George has received several awards for his work, including the Padma Bhushan in 2004, the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2005, and the V.K. Krishna Menon Award in 2006. As of 2021, T. J. S. George's net worth is estimated to be around $1 million.

Popular As Thayil Jacob Sony George
Occupation Journalist, author
Age 96 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 7 May, 1928
Birthday 7 May
Birthplace N/A
Nationality India

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Who Is T. J. S. George's Wife?

His wife is Ammu George

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Children Jeet Thayil, Sheba

T. J. S. George Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is T. J. S. George worth at the age of 96 years old? T. J. S. George’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. He is from India. We have estimated T. J. S. George's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

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2022

He was the Editorial Advisor of The New Indian Express. A veteran senior journalist and one of the best known columnists in India, he continued his fight against social injustice, corruption, religious intolerance and in later years right-wing populist tendencies that threatened democracy through his weekly 'Point of View' columns in The New Indian Express which ran for 25 years and ended in June, 2022.

2008

Besides being an editor, columnist, author and eternal wordsmith, he has also been a longtime China watcher. After a gap of 10 years, he went back to China in 2008 to witness the Olympic preparations and wrote a series of articles about modern China.

1950

T. J. S. George has achieved distinction internationally as a professional author, serious political columnist and biographer with a series of major books. After graduating from Madras Christian College in Chennai (then Madras), India, with an Honours degree in English Literature, he began his career in The Free Press Journal in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1950. He moved through the International Press Institute, The Searchlight, and the Far Eastern Economic Review to become the founding editor of Asiaweek (Hong Kong).

1928

Thayil Jacob Sony George (born 7 May 1928) is an Indian writer and biographer who received a Padma Bhushan award in 2011 in the field of literature and education. The fourth of eight siblings, TJS was born in Kerala, India to Thayil Thomas Jacob, a magistrate, and Chachiamma Jacob, a homemaker. Although his roots are in Thumpamon, Kerala, he lives in Bangalore and Coimbatore with his wife Ammu. He has a daughter, Sheba Thayil and a son, Jeet Thayil. American TV journalist Raj Mathai is his nephew.