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Banarsidas Chaturvedi
Banarsidas Chaturvedi (24 December 1892 - 2 May 1985) was a noted Hindi-language writer, journalist and recipient of Padma Bhushan awarded by Government of India in 1973. He was born on 24 December 1892 in Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh and died on 2 May 1985.
He served as a nominated member of Rajya Sabha for twelve years.
Banarsidas became interested in the plight of indentured labourers (Girmitiya) of Indian origin in Fiji where he spent several years. He wrote extensively about the predicament of
warned against the dangers of homosexuality. However, many readers were scandalised that Ugra had discussed homosexuality at all, believing that by doing so doing so, he was promoting it. Fellow nationalist Pandit Banarsidas Chaturvedi labelled Ugra's work as "Ghasleti" literature - that is, literature that relied on obscenity and scandal to appeal to readers. Alongside critics "were some homosexual men who were happy to find any representation of their lives, even a negative one." 
The first edition of "Choklat" sold out swiftly,