 He became the Director of the Press Institute of India in 1995, where he edited the institute's journal "Vidura" and also launched, a monthly journal "Grassroots", on the reportage of local development issues from English and Indian-language press.In the 1980s, he opposed the infamous Defamation Bill proposed by then Rajiv Gandhi union government, and which was later withdrawn in 1988.He was long associated with RTI movement in Rajasthan and civil liberties movement of Kashmir and Chhattisgarh.