Facts: - death date: 18 november 1988 - birth date: 15 august 1957 - name: dhiren bhagat - death place: delhi , india - birth place: tokyo , japan - occupation: journalist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of dhiren bhagat .
dhiren bhagat -lrb- 1957 -- 1988 -rrb- was an indian journalist and poet known for his provocative and distinctly unconventional conservatism .bhagat was born in tokyo in 1957 .he returned to india to school at mayo college , ajmer , before joining merton college , oxford , from where he graduated in 1981 .besides writing regularly for the spectator -lrb- london -rrb- , the sunday observer , the indian post , and the illustrated weekly of india , he also contributed articles to the telegraph and the hindustan times , the indian express , india today , sunday , harpers and queen , and the london magazine .in 1986 , he became the south-east asia correspondent of the observer -lrb- london -rrb- .in addition to his journalism dhiren bhagat wrote short stories and poetry .dhiren bhagat 's articles continue to have an impact on contemporary indian society & politics with his meticulously researched articles being used against public figures like rajiv gandhi , khushwant singh , arun shourie and mani shankar aiyar .bhagat 's views ranged from the fourth estate -lrb- why shourie ca n't think straight -rrb- ; politics -lrb- the new hypocrisy -rrb- ; and the punjab of the early 1980s -lrb- bloodstained whitewash -rrb- to indian writing and theater -lrb- the limited club -rrb- ; conservative morality -lrb- auschwitz for the chickens -rrb- and the seamier side of covert operations -lrb- how disinformation works -rrb- .bhagat was writing a book on the punjab at the time of his death in a car accident in november 1988 .he is well loved by family and friends around the world .