INTERNATIONAL ACADEMICS CONDEMN ASSAULT ON FREEDOM OF

THOUGHT BY THE INDIAN STATE

“Across India on Tuesday [Aug 28, 2018], from New Delhi to Hyderabad to Ranchi, police officers
carried out similar raids on the homes of at least a half-dozen activists, writers and lawyers. All were
known for supporting resistance movements and marginalized groups, or for speaking out against the
government.” (The New York Times, Aug 31, 2018)

Two prominent academics of international repute, Professors K. Satyanaryana and

Anand Teltumbde were targeted by the Indian police force because of their activism and Dalit
background. In each case, police have unlawfully entered, searched, and seized private
property. This follows a pattern of targeted assaults on, and violence against Dalit and Tribal
activists and writers. Not since the time of the National Emergency (1975-77) has India
witnessed such an extensive and coordinated attack on Indian civil actors.

Dr. K. Satyanarayana, Professor of Cultural Studies and Dean, School of

Interdisciplinary Studies, has made seminal contribution to the study of caste and to the field
of Dalit Studies. The Indian police conducted an illegal raid on Dr. Satyanarayana’s house
under the pretext of searching for his father-in-law, the renowned poet and activist, Varavara
Rao, who was already under police custody. The Indian police entered his house without any
search warrant and chastised Dr. Satyanarayana and his wife for not having any pictures of
Hindu gods on their walls. They demanded to know why Dr. Satyanarayana read books by
Marx and Ambedkar. The police seized three laptops, hard drives, pen drives, research
material, and books. Dr. Satyanarayana’s thirty years of research is now in danger of being
completely destroyed. His prominent books include, Dalit Writings in South India: No
Alphabet in Sight, 2011; Steel Nibs are Sprouting, 2013; and Dalit Studies, 2016. In January
2018, Dr. Satyanaryana organized the Dalit Studies conference at CSDS, Delhi, together with
a group of scholars.

Dr. Anand Teltumbde, Senior Professor and Chair Big Data Analytics at the Goa
Institute of Management, India, is among India’s most important public intellectuals writing
on Dalit issues today. An alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and well-known human right activist
and a regular commentator in Indian media, Professor Teltumbde has published books and
articles on Dalit related issues. His prominent books include, The Persistence of Caste: The
Khairlanji Murders and India’s Hidden Apartheid, 2010; Hindutva and Dalits, 2017. He is a
regular contributor to the renowned journal, The Economic and Political Weekly. The police
broke into his house even though his entire family was away. The police also seized Professor
Teltumbde’s computer, research materials, and books.

As academics from across the world—the United States, Canada, United Kingdom,
Europe, Singapore, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Africa—we are distressed
and deeply concerned about this assault on Indian academics belonging to the Dalit
community. If India is to remain the world’s largest democracy in any meaningful sense, it is
incumbent on the current government in India to observe the rule of law and respect citizens’
right to freedom of thought, religion, and speech. We oppose and protest the concerted attack
on academic freedom and progressive traditions within Indian universities that the Indian
government led by Prime Minister Narender Modi has launched.
 We demand that personal belongings and research materials which were illegally
seized by the police be returned immediately to Professors Satyanarayana and
Teltumbde. We condemn the targeting of individuals under spurious charges of anti-
national activity. We demand that the other activists who have been detained should be
immediately released from the custody in which they are unlawfully and unjustly held.

Signed,

1. Ramnarayan S Rawat, University of Delaware

2. Lucinda Ramberg, Cornell University
3. Anjali Arondekar, University of Irvine, California
4. Lisa Mitchell, University of Pennsylvania
5. Anupama Rao, Barnard College, Columbia University
6. Sharika Thiranagama, Stanford University

The Petition is addressed to following individuals

Shri Ram Nath Kovind, President of India
Dipak Misra, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, India
Ram Shankar Katheria, Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
Chairman, National Human Rights Commission
Dear Shri Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, Dipak Misra, Justice, Supreme Court, India, Ram Shankar
Katheria, Chairman, Nationl Commission for Scheduled Castes, and Chairman, National Human Rights
Commission,

We are pleased to present you with this petition affirming this statement:

"We demand that personal belongings and research materials which were illegally seized by the police
be returned immediately to Professors Satyanarayana and Teltumbde. "

Attached is a list of individuals who have added their names to this petition, as well as additional comments
written by the petition signers themselves.

Sincerely,
Ramnarayan Rawat; Lucinda Ramberg; Anjali Arondekar; Sharika Thiranagama; Lisa Mitchell;
Anupama Rao

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 Xavier Houdoy

Sep 6, 2018

i strongly condemn the arbitrary arrests and raids against the human rights activists by the b.j.p. government.

dalit murasu
CHENNAI,
Sep 6, 2018

Jai Sen

Sep 6, 2018

I condem arbitrary arrest of the arrest of the Indian civil rights activists

SHANKARE GOWDA
New delhi,
Sep 6, 2018

Sanjana sarkar
Jaipur,
Sep 6, 2018

Stéphanie Tawa Lama

Sep 6, 2018

Mathieu Quet

Sep 6, 2018

Ruchira Bhattacharya
Hyderabad,
Sep 6, 2018

Floriane Bolazzi
Carvico,
Sep 6, 2018

Peter Kriesler
UNSW,
Sep 6, 2018

Reju George Mathew

Kozhikode,
Sep 6, 2018

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Arnaud Kaba
Marseille,
Sep 6, 2018

Shumaila Hussain Shahani

Karachi,
Sep 6, 2018

Laetitia Zecchini

Sep 6, 2018

Chris Fuller
London,
Sep 6, 2018

Zilpha

Sep 6, 2018

Zilpha Modi

Sep 6, 2018

Rosemary Wiss
Sydney,
Sep 6, 2018

Dr Manali Desai

Sep 6, 2018

Jonathan Cook
Minchinhampton,
Sep 6, 2018

Jeevan Sharma

Sep 6, 2018

Hanna Klien-Thomas

Sep 6, 2018

Nassar

Sep 6, 2018

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Philipp Zehmisch

Sep 6, 2018

Professor Gavin Smith

Toronto,
Sep 6, 2018

Maarten Bode
Amsterdam,
Sep 6, 2018

Christopher Maud

Sep 6, 2018

Braj Ranjan Mani

Sep 6, 2018

Pip Hare

Sep 6, 2018

Jovan Maud

Sep 6, 2018

Janna Fuhrig
Michelstadt,
Sep 6, 2018

Romola Sanyal
London,
Sep 6, 2018

gillian hart
Berkeley, CA 94709
Sep 6, 2018

Martin Scott

Sep 6, 2018

antonella costanzo
Genova,
Sep 6, 2018

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 Felix A Pinto
Siliguri,
Sep 6, 2018

Hamza Tariq

Sep 6, 2018

RITU VARUNI
NEW DELHI,
Sep 6, 2018

I completely support the protest and the movement to rise against the illegal arrests of Prof Satanarayana and
Prof Shoma Sen who are personally known to me.They will never indulge in any anti national activity

Prof Shobha Padmakar Shinde

Dhule,
Sep 6, 2018

I condemned such acts

Amulya KumarTripathy
Brahmapur,
Sep 6, 2018

priyadarshini vijaisri
Delhi,
Sep 6, 2018

Varsha Rajan Berry

Mumbai,
Sep 6, 2018

Sudha Vasan
New Delhi,
Sep 6, 2018

Pamela Philipose

Sep 6, 2018

Thanuja M
PONDICHERRY,
Sep 6, 2018

fred lee
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Sep 6, 2018

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 Vijay Naidu
Suva,
Sep 5, 2018

Amy Bell
London,
Sep 5, 2018

annelies moors
amsterdam,
Sep 5, 2018

Susan S. Wadley
Syracuse, NY 13214
Sep 5, 2018

Neil Fraser
Edinburgh,
Sep 5, 2018

Tom chambers
BELFAST,
Sep 5, 2018

Bashabi Fraser
Edinburgh,
Sep 5, 2018

Agnès Deboulet

Sep 5, 2018

jai
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Dr. Anat Matar

Tel Aviv,
Sep 5, 2018

Development can be reflected by how human rights and local community rights are realized, not by profit
making and GNP estimates.

Kai Vaara
Mänttä-Vilppula,
Sep 5, 2018

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BEV SKEGGS
London,
Sep 5, 2018

maria cristina naso

roma,
Sep 5, 2018

giancarlo de vivo
Napoli,
Sep 5, 2018

John Libni Bathuka

Sep 5, 2018

Jason Sunder
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Vamsi Vakulabharanam
Amherst, MA 01002
Sep 5, 2018

Catherine Weinberger-Thomas

Sep 5, 2018

Bengt G. Karlsson

Sep 5, 2018

Y T Vinayaraj
Kottayam, Fa 686001
Sep 5, 2018

Paritosh Kumar from Kingston, Canada

Sep 5, 2018

Vidya Natarajan
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Aniruddha Dutta
Iowa City, IA 52246
Sep 5, 2018

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 Gaurav Pathania
Washington DC, DC 20019
Sep 5, 2018

MANAS KANDI
GANDHINAGAR, Fa 382030
Sep 5, 2018

Gyanendra Pandey

Sep 5, 2018

Piya Chattwrjee
Riverside, CA 92506
Sep 5, 2018

What Pune police did is tantamount to robbery. The material should be immediately returned and the police
personnel should be charged with robbery.

Ashok Beera
Madrid,
Sep 5, 2018

Philippe Bourgois
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Sep 5, 2018

I wish democratic rights of the people to be protected by the state.

Prof. Raj Kumar

Delhi,
Sep 5, 2018

Vickery Pentz

Sep 5, 2018

Putul Sathe
Thane,
Sep 5, 2018

I condemn the act of the police and the state which has been targeting human right activists, More so the
victimization of Professor Satyanarayana and Teltumbde

rajshree Dhali
Delhi,
Sep 5, 2018

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 Gerald A Epstein
Amherst, MA 01002
Sep 5, 2018

Professor of Digital Humanities, Tuscia University, ITALY

Gino Roncaglia
Roma,
Sep 5, 2018

Professor Teltumbde is a professor of international standing and the world is watching with concern India’s
attack on freedom of thought and expression. Stop the persecution of Dalits.

Jay Smith
Qualicum Beach,
Sep 5, 2018

Massoud Karshenas
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Adam Sitze
Amherst, MA 01002
Sep 5, 2018

Insa Koch

Sep 5, 2018

Free thoughts and antinational activities should not be treated as synomynous for the purpose of oppressing
individuals belonging to any opposite camp, whatsoever.

Subhash Kar
Kolkata-102,
Sep 5, 2018

Dr. Linga Reddy kasula

Sep 5, 2018

Professor Teltumbde's work on the Khairlanji massacre was crucial to my senior thesis work at Yale
University. It is deeply alarming that his belongings and research materials have been seized - please release
them immediately.

Emily Hays
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Sep 5, 2018

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 Rushaan Kumar
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
Sep 5, 2018

Jairus Banaji

Sep 5, 2018

Gianni Vaggi
Pavia,
Sep 5, 2018

Vizayakumar K
Bapatla,
Sep 5, 2018

Augusto Pinto
Mapusa,
Sep 5, 2018

I confirm it

Dr Bijender Singh
Sriniwaspuri,
Sep 5, 2018

Such shocking attacks on Dalit activists and their supporters in what is supposed to be the world's largest
democracy.

Teresa Hubel
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Mario Tonveronachi
Castellina in Chianti,
Sep 5, 2018

Subhash Chandra Das

Kolkata,
Sep 5, 2018

Shreya shaw
Kolkata,
Sep 5, 2018

Valérie Clerc

Sep 5, 2018

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 Srimati Basu
Lexington, KY 40515
Sep 5, 2018

M T Ansari
Hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

We must commend the attack on academic freedom in the country.

Venkatesh Vaditya
Hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

Laxmidhar Nanda
Bhubaneswar,
Sep 5, 2018

Patrik Oskarsson

Sep 5, 2018

dipen dutta

Sep 5, 2018

Brian A. Hatcher

Sep 5, 2018

Kenta Funahashi

Sep 5, 2018

B Venkat Rao
Hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

Ahameful. But this very ham-handed operation has turned them into household names, just like Kanhaiya
Kumar earlier ! Thanks !

Akshay BAKAYA
Pantin,
Sep 5, 2018

Maria Lucia G. Pallares-Burke

Cambridge,
Sep 5, 2018

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 Sameer taware
New Delhi,
Sep 5, 2018

Sandeep Bakshi
Paris,
Sep 5, 2018

Jacob Copeman
Edinburgh,
Sep 5, 2018

Reena Kukreja
Kingston,
Sep 5, 2018

Devi Vijay

Sep 5, 2018

Dr.Mohan Rao
Bengaluru,
Sep 5, 2018

Personal belongings should be returned, howsoever the criminal might be.

Damodar
Panaji,
Sep 5, 2018

Gerard Oonk

Sep 5, 2018

Joseph Xavier

Sep 5, 2018

Barbara Harriss-White
Oxford,
Sep 5, 2018

I am particularly upset by the unwarranted arrest of Sudha Bharadwaj, whom I know as a kind and dedicated
person, and request her immediate release

Alessandro Roncaglia
Roma,
Sep 5, 2018

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This is a most shameful and shocking abuse of human rights. It is simply awful that the Indian state has
descended to such depths!

Dr. Simeran Gell

Cambridge,
Sep 5, 2018

Komaki Matsui
Fremont, CA 94536
Sep 5, 2018

In solidarity - PhD Scholar at Goa University

Nawoo Varak

Sep 5, 2018

Sendil Chandran
Bangalore,
Sep 5, 2018

Diane Perrons
BRIGHTON,
Sep 5, 2018

Claire Ashley
Oak Park, IL 60302
Sep 5, 2018

Abha Sur
Inman Square, MA 02139
Sep 5, 2018

Nandita Narain
Delhi, India,
Sep 5, 2018

Ashwin Parulkar

Sep 5, 2018

Duncan Large
Cambridge,
Sep 5, 2018

Dr N Sjoman
Calgary,
Sep 5, 2018

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In Solidarity- UMAKANT, Ph. D Independent Scholar, New Delhi, India

UMAKANT
New Delhi,
Sep 5, 2018

Radhika P
M G University,
Sep 5, 2018

Akanksha Bapna

Sep 5, 2018

Robert Pollin
Amherst, MA 01002
Sep 5, 2018

Vm
West Acton, MA 01720
Sep 5, 2018

Nathaniel Roberts
Cambridge, MA 02138
Sep 5, 2018

In solidarity

Nandini Sen
EDINBURGH,
Sep 5, 2018

Hilary Silver

Sep 5, 2018

Marie-caroline Saglio
Paris,
Sep 5, 2018

Susannah Glickman
New York, NY 10027
Sep 5, 2018

In solidarity and in search for a livable society.

Ravi Shankar Kumar

New Delhi-110067,

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 Sep 5, 2018

Rowena Hill
Merida,
Sep 5, 2018

Sarandha

Sep 5, 2018

Sipra Mukherjee
Kolkata,
Sep 5, 2018

Akeel Bilgrami
New York, NY 10027
Sep 5, 2018

i have signed the petition

Nabin Sapkota
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Revati Patil
NORTH GUWAHATI,
Sep 5, 2018

T. Bandakova

Sep 5, 2018

Professor Robert Jenkins

New York, Fa 10065
Sep 5, 2018

Bireshwar Choudhury

Sep 5, 2018

Jayati Ghosh

Sep 5, 2018

Sangashetty Kanshette
BIDAR,
Sep 5, 2018

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 Michael W Morgan
Sunnyvale,
Sep 5, 2018

K. NARAYAN RAO
CHENNAI,
Sep 5, 2018

This is highly deplorable. The Indian state has become totalitarian.

Khusheed Alam
New Delhi,
Sep 5, 2018

Professor Lyla Mehta

Sep 5, 2018

K. Srilata
Chennai,
Sep 5, 2018

Itamar Shachar
Israel
Sep 5, 2018

Divya Ramakrishna Rao

Bangalore,
Sep 5, 2018

Divya Rao

Sep 5, 2018

Florence Nowak

Sep 5, 2018

Rajkumar Eligedi
Hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

G.Rajaratnam
The Hague,
Sep 5, 2018

P B G TILAK
Visakhapatnam,

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Sep 5, 2018

Cormier

Sep 5, 2018

Rajaram Tallur
UDUPI,
Sep 5, 2018

Shireen Hassim

Sep 5, 2018

Heid Jerstad
Edinburgh,
Sep 5, 2018

Manu V. Devadevan

Sep 5, 2018

Stefan Zene

Sep 5, 2018

Shelagh Patterson
Newark, NJ 07103
Sep 5, 2018

shashi kumar
Bengaluru,
Sep 5, 2018

Dr Sarah Newport
Manchester,
Sep 5, 2018

Phulmoni das
DIBRUGARH,
Sep 5, 2018

Cosimo Z
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Madhu
Thrissur,
Sep 5, 2018

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Sruthi
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Christina

Sep 5, 2018

Beatrice Renzi

Sep 5, 2018

Mehala
Pondicherry,
Sep 5, 2018

Dr Mireille Ribière
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Mayur Suresh
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Raamesh

Sep 5, 2018

Parag Yadav

Sep 5, 2018

Georg Pfeffer
Berlin, GA 14195
Sep 5, 2018

Mudnakudu Chinnaswamy
Bengaluru,
Sep 5, 2018

Jesus Chairez-Garza from Manchester

Sep 5, 2018

Julien Levesque

Sep 5, 2018

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 Ravinder Rana
Montpellier,
Sep 5, 2018

Headley
Paris,
Sep 5, 2018

Govind Vijaya
Hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

T.V.MADHU
Calicut,
Sep 5, 2018

Alito Siqueira
Dona Paula,
Sep 5, 2018

Dolores Herrero
Zaragoza,
Sep 5, 2018

Cecilia Rossi

Sep 5, 2018

Such actions by the state damage India's reputation for international research of a high standard. The harm
done to India's international reputation on celebrating the ability to dissent will harm all aspects of its society
and economy.

Samiksha Sehrawat

Sep 5, 2018

Marcus Banks
Oxford,
Sep 5, 2018

Sandra Ataíde Lobo

Sep 5, 2018

Edward Anderson
Cambridge,
Sep 5, 2018

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Bijayini jena

Sep 5, 2018

Pooja Pant

Sep 5, 2018

Kavita Bhanot

Sep 5, 2018

Annapurna Wuaghray
Manchester,
Sep 5, 2018

Dan Rycroft

Sep 5, 2018

John Clammer
Oxford,
Sep 5, 2018

Picherit David

Sep 5, 2018

Vlad Naumescu

Sep 5, 2018

BOUILLIER Véronique
Paris,
Sep 5, 2018

Cláudia Pereira

Sep 5, 2018

Arundathi

Sep 5, 2018

Murali Shanmugavelan
LONDON,
Sep 5, 2018

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 Udaya Kumar
New Delhi,
Sep 5, 2018

Damien Krichewsky from the University of Bonn

Sep 5, 2018

kadambari

Sep 5, 2018

Paul Spencer

Sep 5, 2018

peter van der Veer

Sep 5, 2018

Zoe Headley CNRS

Sep 5, 2018

Sasidharan nair
Vadodara,
Sep 5, 2018

Prof. Saskia E. Wieringa

Amsterdam,
Sep 5, 2018

Richard Williams

Sep 5, 2018

Release all political prisoners immediately

Nalamasa krishna.
Hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

Jan Breman
Amsterdam,
Sep 5, 2018

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The protest against this campaign of intimidation must be loud and clear

Francesca Orsini
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Oliver Human

Sep 5, 2018

Andrew Sanchez
University of Cambridge,
Sep 5, 2018

Bhanu Pratap Singh

Motihari,
Sep 5, 2018

Sanjay

Sep 5, 2018

Professor Emeritus of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London, and Adjunct Professor, China
Agricultural University, Beijing

Henry Bernstein
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Emma Mawdsley
Cambridge,
Sep 5, 2018

Ben Cousins
Cape Town,
Sep 5, 2018

Rashmimala
vadodara,
Sep 5, 2018

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To be delivered to Shri Ram Nath Kovind, President of India, Dipak Misra, Justice, Supreme Court, India,
Ram Shankar Katheria, Chairman, Nationl Commission for Scheduled Castes, Chairman, National Human
Rights Commission We demand that personal belongings and research materials which were illegally seized
by the police be returned immediately to Professors Satyanarayana and Teltumbde.

Sashi Kanth thavudoz

Vadodara,
Sep 5, 2018

Rita Astuti
London,
Sep 5, 2018

Julia Eckert
3011 Bern,
Sep 5, 2018

RAHUL ARYA
Delhi,
Sep 5, 2018

We ask that India respect its legal constitution and show itself to be a functioning democracy for all its
citizens.

caroline osella
worthing west sussex,
Sep 5, 2018

Coel Kirkby
Blackheath,
Sep 5, 2018

Prof an Scoones
Brighton,
Sep 5, 2018

Cola
Paris,
Sep 5, 2018

Yogesh puri

Sep 5, 2018

Nazrin
KARUNAGAPPALLY,
Sep 5, 2018

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Manthan Gurung
Siliguri,
Sep 5, 2018

Kristina Nielsen, University of Pennsylvania

Sep 5, 2018

Nalini Nayak
New Delhi,
Sep 5, 2018

Favita Dias

Sep 5, 2018

Nidhi

Sep 5, 2018

P Madhavan
hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

Thomas Blom Hansen

Stanford, CA 94025
Sep 5, 2018

Deeptha Achar

Sep 5, 2018

Nitya Rao
Norwich,
Sep 5, 2018

Mae mehra
Los Angeles, CA 90041
Sep 5, 2018

Arun Kumar Patnaik

Hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

Koshy Tharakan
Panaji,
Sep 5, 2018

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 Vasudha Sawaiker

Sep 5, 2018

Christina Phebe Kiruba

Sep 5, 2018

R Robinson

Sep 5, 2018

Sarada Natarajan

Sep 5, 2018

Lauren Leve
Carrboro, NC 27510
Sep 5, 2018

John Rogers
Belmont, MA 02478
Sep 5, 2018

balreddy j
Telangana,
Sep 5, 2018

Sherin BS
hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

Shreya Sinha

Sep 5, 2018

Rajan Gurukkal
Thiruvananthapuram,
Sep 5, 2018

I support this petition

Shailaja
Hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

Inderpal grewal
new haven, CT 06511

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 Sep 5, 2018

Abha Dev Habib

Dr., Fa 110009
Sep 5, 2018

Dr. Elisa T. Bertuzzo

Berlin,
Sep 5, 2018

A K Prabhakar

Sep 5, 2018

Surinder S. Jodhka
New Delhi,
Sep 5, 2018

In solidarity.

Amit Bhattacharyya
Kolkata,
Sep 5, 2018

Naveen Vasireddy
Secunderabaf,
Sep 5, 2018

debjani sengupta
NEW DELHI,
Sep 5, 2018

Manisha

Sep 5, 2018

In our Indian tradition teachers are assumed as gods.But your government is treating them as traitors. It is a
shame to our culture.

Alla Durgarao
A.P,
Sep 5, 2018

Monica Nanjunda

Sep 5, 2018

Dr.Binumol Abraham
Kottayam,

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 Sep 5, 2018

Laxman
Hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

Aditi Chandra

Sep 5, 2018

david white
los angeles, CA 90049
Sep 5, 2018

Anjali Arondekar
Los Angeles, CA 90027-3150
Sep 5, 2018

Cynthia Stephen
Bangalore,
Sep 5, 2018

Katyayani kethavarapu
Warangal-,
Sep 5, 2018

Sitaramayya Ari
West Bloomfield, MI 48324
Sep 5, 2018

Mike Gismondi
Athabasca,
Sep 5, 2018

We demand freedom of speach. stop illigal arests of human right activists..and also demand to stop the upa act

Vijaya bhandaru
Hyderabad,
Sep 5, 2018

Chandu

Sep 5, 2018

Sudhir Mahadevan

Sep 5, 2018

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 Samar Sinha
Gangtok,
Sep 5, 2018

Attack on Dalits, Adivasis, intellectuals and civil liberties activists accusing them of being 'urban naxals' and
Maoists must stop if state ia not fascist.

Balmurli Natrajan

Sep 5, 2018

Sherry B. Ortner
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Sep 4, 2018

Ranu Jain
Sydney,
Sep 4, 2018

Susana Sardo
Aveiro, Fa 3810193
Sep 4, 2018

Subho Basu
montreal,
Sep 4, 2018

Chandra T Mohanty
Ithaca, NY 14850
Sep 4, 2018

Jason Hickel
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Priya Jaikumar
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Sep 4, 2018

John Harriss
Vancouver,
Sep 4, 2018

Yogesh Chandrani

Sep 4, 2018

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Paola Tinti

Sep 4, 2018

Christian Strümpell

Sep 4, 2018

Jonathan Spencer
Edinburgh,
Sep 4, 2018

Jonathan Pattenden

Sep 4, 2018

Nalamala Chandra Bhanu Murthy

Goettingen,
Sep 4, 2018

Alice Creischer
10247 Berlin,
Sep 4, 2018

Rosa Maria Perez

Sep 4, 2018

Sajan Mani

Sep 4, 2018

Sajee gopal
Dallas, TX 75001
Sep 4, 2018

Neepa Majumdar
Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Sep 4, 2018

Alessandra Mezzadri
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Carole Spary

Sep 4, 2018

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 Arnab Roy Chowdhury
Moscow,
Sep 4, 2018

We condemn the Talibanisation of India

Nikita Sud
Oxford,
Sep 4, 2018

Raju Doma

Sep 4, 2018

Vinay Gidwani
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Sep 4, 2018

Freedom of Speech and Press is essential in a democracy. Current government in india suppressing dissenting
voices, it is a dangerous practice!

Roy Manthena

Sep 4, 2018

Rochana Bajpai

Sep 4, 2018

Viren Murthy
Madison, WI 53706
Sep 4, 2018

Partha Chatterjee
New York, NY 10027
Sep 4, 2018

Ashok Kumbamu

Sep 4, 2018

Srinivas Deekonda

Sep 4, 2018

David Mosse
London,
Sep 4, 2018

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Ravi Menezes

Sep 4, 2018

Sumi Madhok
London,
Sep 4, 2018

David Gellner

Sep 4, 2018

Stephan Feuchtwang
London,
Sep 4, 2018

James C. Scott
Durham, CT 06422
Sep 4, 2018

Carole McGranahan
Nederland, CO 80466
Sep 4, 2018

Tania Li
Toronto,
Sep 4, 2018

Swamy Venkatayogi

Sep 4, 2018

Abhijit

Sep 4, 2018

Debaditya Bhattacharya
ASANSOL,
Sep 4, 2018

Debjani Dutta

Sep 4, 2018

Sathianathan Clarke
Kensington, MD 20895
Sep 4, 2018

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 Andrew Jordan
London,
Sep 4, 2018

sagar
guntur,
Sep 4, 2018

We demand that the country be returned to sanity!

P K Vijayan

Sep 4, 2018

Krishna
Hyd,
Sep 4, 2018

amit sengupta

Sep 4, 2018

Aarti Sethi

Sep 4, 2018

Rahul Nair

Sep 4, 2018

Nandini Chandra
New Delhi, India
Sep 4, 2018

Debashree Mukherjee
New York, NY 100027
Sep 4, 2018

One expects more from a state that lays claim to being the largest democracy in the world.

Jason Keith Fernandes

Lisbon,
Sep 4, 2018

Nitin Sharma
ajmer,
Sep 4, 2018

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 Manjita Mukharji
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Sep 4, 2018

Suniti

Sep 4, 2018

Arvind Elangovan
Dayton, OH 45324
Sep 4, 2018

Linda Hess
Berkeley, CA 94703
Sep 4, 2018

BINDU M
New Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Arunabh Ghosh
New York, NY 10027
Sep 4, 2018

Projit Bihari Mukharji

Philadelphia, PA 19104
Sep 4, 2018

Dr. Aftab Alam

New Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Adam Knowles
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Sep 4, 2018

Manjunath
Pune,
Sep 4, 2018

Ayelet Ben-Yishai

Sep 4, 2018

I fully agree with the contents

K.Venkateswarlu
vijayawada,

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 Sep 4, 2018

Gabriela Vargas-Cetina
Merida,
Sep 4, 2018

Amrita Datta

Sep 4, 2018

Aravind
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Ayesha Kidwai
New Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

We demand that personal belongings and research materials which were illegally seized by the police be
returned immediately to Professors Satyanarayana and Teltumbde. We condemn the targeting of individuals
under spurious charges of anti-national activity. We demand that the other activists who have been detained
should be immediately released from the custody in which they are unlawfully and unjustly held.

D.V.Ramakrishna Rao
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Asiya Alam
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Sep 4, 2018

Parthasarathi Muthukkaruppan
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Harpreet Kaur Gill

Ottawa,
Sep 4, 2018

Subir Datta
Kolkata 700019,
Sep 4, 2018

Ratheesh Radhakrishnan

Sep 4, 2018

Prasenjit Duara
Durham, NC 27705

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Sep 4, 2018

Hephzibah Israel
Edinburgh,
Sep 4, 2018

Arun Iyer

Sep 4, 2018

Aishwarya

Sep 4, 2018

Sunitha b nair
PAYYANNUR, KANNUR,
Sep 4, 2018

David Lelyveld
New York, NY 10040
Sep 4, 2018

G. Arunima
New Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Kalpana Kannabiran

Sep 4, 2018

Payoshni Mitra
London,
Sep 4, 2018

MV Ramana
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Deepti Misri
Boulder, CO 80304
Sep 4, 2018

Kanthi Krishnamurthy

Sep 4, 2018

Dag-Erik Berg

Sep 4, 2018

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John Zavos

Sep 4, 2018

Sean Pue
East Lansing, MI 48824
Sep 4, 2018

Mandeep sanehi
Chandigarh,
Sep 4, 2018

Aditya Menon
Somerville, MA 02143
Sep 4, 2018

Anwesha Ghosh

Sep 4, 2018

Joseph M.T.
Mumbai,
Sep 4, 2018

Mayurika Chakravorty
Ottawa,
Sep 4, 2018

Steven Pierce
Manchester,
Sep 4, 2018

Ira Raja
new delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

rimli bhattacharya
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Ravi Ahuja

Sep 4, 2018

Shira Avni
Montreal,
Sep 4, 2018

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 Miriam Angress
Durham, NC 27707
Sep 4, 2018

Ritwajit
New Delhi11,
Sep 4, 2018

Debjani bhattacharyya
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Sep 4, 2018

M.P.S.Ishar
Bathinda,
Sep 4, 2018

Thomas Jeffrey Miley

Cambridge,
Sep 4, 2018

Kamala Visweswaran
San Diego, CA 92116
Sep 4, 2018

IN SOLIDARIY WITH PROF. SATYANARAYANA AND PROF.ANAND TELTUMBDE

Sanal Mohan
KOTTAYAM,
Sep 4, 2018

Vanaja

Sep 4, 2018

Ramya Sreenivasan

Sep 4, 2018

Nandini Dutta
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Dia Da Costa

Sep 4, 2018

Sudipa Topdar

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 Sep 4, 2018

Joel Lee
Williamstown, MA 01267
Sep 4, 2018

Nivedita Menon

Sep 4, 2018

Rupal Oza

Sep 4, 2018

Rafiq

Sep 4, 2018

Lauren Anderson
New Haven, CT 06511
Sep 4, 2018

Sheetal Chhabria
East Lyme, CT 06333
Sep 4, 2018

Musab

Sep 4, 2018

Rakesh Ranjan
Delhi, India
Sep 4, 2018

A democracy is defined by freedom of speech and thought.

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew

Providence, RI 02906
Sep 4, 2018

Usha Iyer
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Sep 4, 2018

MUKULIKA BANERJEE
LONDON,
Sep 4, 2018

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Dr.K.S.Kusuma

Sep 4, 2018

Manu Bhagavan

Sep 4, 2018

Puran Jeet ram Singh

Palam, Fa 110071
Sep 4, 2018

Smita Ramnarain
WAKEFIELD, RI 02879
Sep 4, 2018

dr. PS Bisht

Sep 4, 2018

Rahul Nigam

Sep 4, 2018

Ramani
Boston, MA 02118
Sep 4, 2018

Anand Awasthi
Noida,
Sep 4, 2018

Rina Ramdev
Gurgaon,
Sep 4, 2018

Yael Rice
Amherst, MA 01002
Sep 4, 2018

Vinober
New Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Emily McDonald
Washington, DC 20007-1317
Sep 4, 2018

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 Naveen Gaur
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Timothy Amos

Sep 4, 2018

To criticise , to raise voice against anti people policies and express dissent is a citizen's right given by Indian
Constitution.

AS Vasantha Kumari
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Spencer A. Leonard
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
Sep 4, 2018

Emanuela Bianchi
Manhattan, NY 10003
Sep 4, 2018

Susan Stearns
Oxford, MS 38677
Sep 4, 2018

Halavath krishna
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Lucinda Ramberg
Ithaca, NY 14850
Sep 4, 2018

Ananya Chakravarti
Washington, DC 20009
Sep 4, 2018

Rohit De

Sep 4, 2018

Dr. Toussaint Losier

Chicago, IL 60615
Sep 4, 2018

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Dhrubaa Mukherjee
Bryan, TX 77801
Sep 4, 2018

Rajeswari Sunder Rajan

Sep 4, 2018

Prakash Kashwan
Storrs, CT 06269
Sep 4, 2018

Dayo Ajao
Newtown Square, PA 19073
Sep 4, 2018

Sourabh

Sep 4, 2018

Chinnaiah Jangam
Ottawa,
Sep 4, 2018

Brian Connolly
Tampa, FL 33605
Sep 4, 2018

Rupa Viswanath

Sep 4, 2018

Dr Rajkumar Hans

Sep 4, 2018

Rajni Palriwala
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Cecilia C. Van Hollen

Faytteville, NY 13066
Sep 4, 2018

Prof. Marcel van der Linden

1019 AT Amsterdam,
Sep 4, 2018

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 Dr. John Pincince, Loyola Univ.-Chicago
Chicago, IL 60660
Sep 4, 2018

Sujithkumar
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Jayaseelan Raj
Trivandrum,
Sep 4, 2018

Nandini Sundar
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Thilaka Baskaran

Sep 4, 2018

Nilanjana Bhattacharjya
Tempe, AZ 85283
Sep 4, 2018

Vasuki Nesiah
New York, NY 10003
Sep 4, 2018

Shailaja Paik

Sep 4, 2018

Stop the attack'on democracy

Dr.Rafat Seema
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Lori Allen
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Anupama Rao
New York, NY 10025
Sep 4, 2018

Subhadeepta Ray

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 Sep 4, 2018

GopiReddy Bhaskara Reddy

Kurnool,
Sep 4, 2018

B Nagalakshmi
Chennai,
Sep 4, 2018

Karin Zitzewitz
EAST LANSING, MI 48823
Sep 4, 2018

Souradeep Roy
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Jolly chirayath
Kochi,
Sep 4, 2018

Martand Badoni
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Ramesh Kamble

Sep 4, 2018

Syamantak Basu

Sep 4, 2018

Stop harrassment.withdraw the cases.Punish the police personnel who were involved in illegal raids and
arrests

Lateef Mohammed Khan

Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

B Banerjee
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Indrani Chatterjee
Austin, TX, TX 78751
Sep 4, 2018

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 JOHN KURIEN

Sep 4, 2018

Indranil Dutta
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Support the petition.

KP Kannan
Trivandrum,
Sep 4, 2018

Mythri Prasad
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Roger Jeffery

Sep 4, 2018

Naveen

Sep 4, 2018

ritty lukose
Nyc, NY 10027
Sep 4, 2018

Virginius Xaxa
Assam,
Sep 4, 2018

I do agree

M srinivas
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Dee Fairchild
Nottingham,
Sep 4, 2018

Praveen s
Siddipet,
Sep 4, 2018

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 Maya Pandit
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Gee

Sep 4, 2018

Bishnupriya

Sep 4, 2018

Protect democratic rights.

RAVI CHANDER
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Ben Rogaly

Sep 4, 2018

This ia clearly an abuae of power by the pune police. Seizng the personal gadgets of professor satyanarayana
is totally unwarranted given that the person the police were lookomg for was already in their custody. The
state cannot dispossess the foremost dalit intellectual academic of the country of his research and teaching
materials.

Hany babu

Sep 4, 2018

Sreekanthreddy Sodum

Sep 4, 2018

Arun
Kurnool,
Sep 4, 2018

Mrinalini Sinha
ANN ARBOR, MI 48104
Sep 4, 2018

Tim Pringle

Sep 4, 2018

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 Jayasree Subramanian
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Shinjini Das

Sep 4, 2018

KARIN KAPADIA
BANGALORE, India
Sep 4, 2018

Dr S M H Newcombe

Sep 4, 2018

Uditi Sen
Nottingham,
Sep 4, 2018

Mohammad-Arif Aminah

Sep 4, 2018

Dipak Dholakia?
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Dr mohanan Pulikodan
Kasaragod,
Sep 4, 2018

We demand that personal belongings and research materials which were illegally seized by the police be
returned immediately to Professors Satyanarayana and Teltumbde.

jasim ak
Kozhikode,
Sep 4, 2018

Neeraja Sasikumar
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Madhumeeta Sinha

Sep 4, 2018

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 Elizabeth Hull

Sep 4, 2018

The space for dissent was already shrinking in India, and these arrests have targeted those who have been
carrying the banner of civil liberties and democratic rights, and the rights of the poor.

Subir SINHA
LONDON,
Sep 4, 2018

Luisa Steur
Amsterdam,
Sep 4, 2018

Meera Sabaratnam
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Matilde Adduci

Sep 4, 2018

Shrikant Iyengar

Sep 4, 2018

Sandra Eliswa
Kochi,
Sep 4, 2018

Hamda

Sep 4, 2018

Feyzi Ismail
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Nicole Thiara
Nottingham,
Sep 4, 2018

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Lars Peter Laamann
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Judith Heyer
Oxford,
Sep 4, 2018

John Faulkner
London,
Sep 4, 2018

sagar
hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Yair Wallach

Sep 4, 2018

Kalpana Wilson
LONDON,
Sep 4, 2018

Rashmi Varma

Sep 4, 2018

Guérin Isabelle
Paris,
Sep 4, 2018

Prof. Wendy Olsen

Salford,
Sep 4, 2018

Alpa Shah
United Kingdom
Sep 4, 2018

Indrajit Roy

Sep 4, 2018

Kenneth Bo Nielsen

Sep 4, 2018

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 Kavita Gandhi
Pune,
Sep 4, 2018

Jens Lerche
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Dr Richard Mead
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Rukmini Sen
New Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

K.Padmanabhan
Chennai,
Sep 4, 2018

Narayanan BTV
Thrissur,
Sep 4, 2018

Ashish Kumar P
mumbai,
Sep 4, 2018

Eleanor Newbigin
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Support freedom of thought and condemn illegal searches, detentions of academicians and other intellectuals

Dr Samunnatha
HYDERABAD,
Sep 4, 2018

Amilcar Shabazz
Amherst, MA 01003
Sep 4, 2018

Resistance is existence

Raja Shekhar Geddada

VISAKHAPATNAM,
Sep 4, 2018

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Hugo Gorringe

Sep 4, 2018

Asma Rasheed
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Naseem Manniyil
Not important,
Sep 4, 2018

Arthi baskaran

Sep 4, 2018

USHA Rani
Chennai,
Sep 4, 2018

Erica Wald
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Dr Taylor C Sherman
London,
Sep 4, 2018

Nonie Leonoah

Sep 4, 2018

Snehal Shah
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Ashalatha
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Kamal

Sep 4, 2018

Dr. Varsha Basheer

TRIVANDRUM, India
Sep 4, 2018

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 Surendra

Sep 4, 2018

Arjun Appadurai
New York, NY 10012
Sep 4, 2018

anju khemani
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

T.Sowjanya
HYDERABAD,
Sep 4, 2018

We stand for the freedom of expression And condemn the attacks on human rights activists...and journalists

D Ajoy
Hyderabadi,
Sep 4, 2018

G.srinuivas

Sep 4, 2018

Varsha Mehta
New Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Ajay Ivan

Sep 4, 2018

Alisha Baglari
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Rajesh Ramakrishnan

Sep 4, 2018

Thank you.

Suresh ramavath
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

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 Tonisha Guin

Sep 4, 2018

patrick mccartney
kyoto,
Sep 4, 2018

Material and personal belongings of Prof.Satya and Anand should be returned immediately.

Chandra Sekhar
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Iliyas
Mehsana,
Sep 4, 2018

Yamini K

Sep 4, 2018

Life with out freedom is not Human

Lissy Joseph
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Rashmitha
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Aisha Athar

Sep 4, 2018

Sajaya K
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Margrit Pernau

Sep 4, 2018

M.Mandakini

Sep 4, 2018

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Dr. Veena Shatrugna

Sep 4, 2018

Shefali Jha

Sep 4, 2018

Mohan

Sep 4, 2018

Sugata Bag

Sep 4, 2018

Kaneez Fathima
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Jaoul nicolas

Sep 4, 2018

Bhanutej N
Bengaluru,
Sep 4, 2018

K. Girija
Hyderabad,
Sep 4, 2018

Sharika Thiranagama
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Sep 4, 2018

Rini Dasgupta
Kolkata,
Sep 4, 2018

Ria De
Kolkata,
Sep 4, 2018

Koonal Duggal

Sep 4, 2018

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I support the prayer.

Jawahar k m
Neyveli,
Sep 4, 2018

Ranjith Thankappan

Sep 4, 2018

Yu Sasaki
Kyoto,
Sep 4, 2018

Rise for the rights of teachers to perform their roles in igniting young minds for a democratic future.

Nandan Nawn
New Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Aparajay
Chennai,
Sep 4, 2018

Y Srinivasa Rao
Tiruchirapalli,
Sep 4, 2018

Lakshmanan C
Chennai,
Sep 4, 2018

Mona Oommen
Chicago, IL 60615
Sep 4, 2018

Dilip Menon
Johannesburg,
Sep 4, 2018

Prabir
Kolkata,
Sep 4, 2018

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"Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not
been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls Where words come out from the depths of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its
way into the dreary desert sands of dead habit Where the mind is led forward by Thee into ever-widening
thought and action Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake." Rabindranath Tagore, who
along with Mahatma Gandhi, was the first #UrbanNaxal

Annu Jalais
Singapore,
Sep 4, 2018

Jesse Knutson
Honolulu, Fa 96816
Sep 4, 2018

Lisa Mitchell
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Sep 4, 2018

Rohan D'Souza

Sep 4, 2018

P K Yasser Arafath
Delhi,
Sep 4, 2018

Dwaipayan Sen
Amherst, MA 01002
Sep 4, 2018

Ram Rawat

Ram Rawat
Philadelphia, PA 19143
Sep 3, 2018

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