[WSMDiscuss] The Saderla story : Courage in the face of violent prejudice (Manindra Agrawal)

Wed Apr 10 16:27:13 CEST 2019

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Caste in movement…, India in movement….

[Further to earlier posts on the vindictive caste-prejudiced actions against a professor at the IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) in Kanpur, India, Dr Subrahmanyam Saderla (apologies, spelt ‘Sadrela’ in my earlier post, copied off other posts), here is testimony of what has been taking place from someone who is no less than the ex-Acting Director and now the current Director of IITK :

The Saderla story : Courage in the face of violent prejudice

Manindra Agarwal

            Thanks Shiva Shankar for circulating this statement in the first place, and Nivedita and others at Kafila for now posting it in this easier-to-read form.

            In solidarity,

            JS

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