I belong to an erstwhile small zamidar family of a village in District Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. I did my graduation from my hometown college then affiliated to Agra University and was sympathiser of left movement in the country. I did my M.A. in Geography from AMU, Aligarh and obtained my MPhil and PhD from the same university and joined Jamia in 1981 as lecturer. Now I am a religious man
