 Ian Melville Stephens 1903 28 Kurume 1984 aive mupepeti wepepanhau reIndia The Statesman ipapo raive reBritish muKolkata, West Bengal, kubva muna 1942 kusvika muna 1951. Akazozivikanwa nokuda kwemashoko ake akazvimirira panguva yehurumende yeBritain muIndia, uye kunyanya nokuda kwesarudzo yake yekubudisa mifananidzo yakajeka, muna August 1943, yenzara yeBengal ya1943, iyo yakauraya vanhu vari pakati pe1,5 ne3 miriyoni. Kubudiswa kwemifananidzo yacho, pamwe chete nezvinyorwa zvaStephens, kwakabatsira kupedza nzara nokunyengetedza hurumende yeBritain kuti ipe rubatsiro rwakakwana kune vakawirwa nenzara. 