[5] He started his graduate studies at Columbia University in the 1930s,[1] and served in the Office of Strategic Services[6] before moving to India at the end of World War II.
[7][6] He subsequently joined the University of Pennsylvania South Asia Regional Studies Program to teach Indian economic history.
He borrowed money from his parents and left for Bombay in 1952 along with his wife[1][3] He travelled extensively in Indian villages and continued to work on agricultural economics.
[10] Both were analytical works, examining the impact of policy on Indian farmers and boldly questioned existing statistics, reports and data, where they were poor or unreliable.
[1] He continued to visit South Asia often and helped with the escape from persecution of some intellectuals from Dhaka during the Bangladesh Liberation War[1] After a brief period of illness, he died in 1974.