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Holenarasipur Yoganarasimham "H. Y." Sharada Prasad (15 April 1924 - 2 September 2008) was a well-known Indian journalist, writer, civil servant, scholar and freedom fighter. He served as Information Adviser to 3 Prime Ministers of India: Indira Gandhi, Morarji Desai and Rajiv Gandhi. Sharada Prasad is most closely associated with the tenure of Indira Gandhi, for whom he was a principal speech-writer. Born in Bangalore on 15 April 1924 (9 Lane Cottonpet Bangalore) to Holenarasipur Yoganarasimham, a musicologist, composer and Sanskrit scholar, and H. Saraswathamma (Vajapeyam), active in the Makallakoota and other social causes. Sharada Prasad, known as Shouri to friends and family, was the oldest of eight children. (schooling) Involvement in 1942 Quit India movement Maharaja's College. Friends and contemporaries. Teachers. Influence of Kannada literary figures. Freedom fighter. Jail terms. Translated Swami and Friends

Career as a Journalist Sharada Prasad joined the National Standard, soon to be renamed The Indian Express in Madras (now Chennai) in 1945. He moved to Bombay (now Mumbai) in 194?, as a Sub-editor, and soon became News Editor. He was an active member of the Working Journalists Union, and in 1955 quit the Indian Express. Soon afterwards, he was selected as the first Indian Nieman Fellow at Harvard (Class of 1956). On returning to India, he joined the Government of India's Information Service in 1957, and moved to Delhi. Career in Government Publications Division Editor, Yojana 1966: PM's Secretariat with Indira Gandhi.