[WSMDiscuss] Open Letter to the People of India

[Umakant]

Dear Friends

Greetings! Howironical it would be when the world celebrates Babasaheb Dr. B R Ambedkar’s 129Birth Anniversary on April 14, who prominently advocated Liberty, Equality andFraternity and who championed the cause of Justice, two scholar/activist wouldjoin the ranks of others co-travelers behind the bar. 

 

Do pass it on toothers in your circle/network.

 

OpenLetter to the People of India

Anand Teltumbde,Mumbai, April 13, 2020 

https://www.newsclick.in/Anand-Teltumbde-Open-Letter-NIA-Custody-Bhima-Koregaon-Case

 

https://scroll.in/article/959082/i-cant-counter-state-propaganda-anand-teltumbes-open-letter-a-day-before-he-is-to-be-arrested

 

Well, I am off to NIA custody and do not know when I shall be ableto talk to you again. However, I earnestly hope that you will speak out beforeyour turn comes.

 

I amaware this may be completely drowned in the motivated cacophony of the BJP-RSScombine and the subservient media but I still think it may be worth talking toyou as I do not know whether I would get another opportunity. 

 

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Chronicle ofan arrest foretold: As Anand Teltumbde is about to go to jail, an editor paystribute

S Anand, Scroll.in, April 13, 2020 

https://scroll.in/article/958950/chronicle-of-an-arrest-foretold-as-anand-teltumbde-is-about-to-go-to-jail-an-editor-pays-tribute

 

Theman who wrote against the injustices done to a host of his friends andfellow-travellers is set to join their ranks.

 

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'EspeciallyInhuman': Romila Thapar, Others Write to CJI Bobde On Teltumbde, Navlakha

The Wire, April 12,2020 

'Especially Inhuman': Romila Thapar, Others Write to CJI Bobde On Teltumbde, Navlakha


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'Like all fair-mindedcitizens, we are shocked that the prosecution has not been held accountable tothe spirit of the law.' 

 

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WithRegards and In Solidarity 

Umakant,Ph. D 

NewDelhi 

 










My final words of advice to you are educate, agitate and organize; have faith in yourself. With justice on our side I do not see how we can lose our battle. The battle to me is a matter of joy. The battle is in the fullest sense spiritual. There is nothing material or social in it. For ours is a battle not for wealth or for power. It is battle for freedom. It is the battle of reclamation of human personality. 
B.R.Ambedkar
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