We, the undersigned academics and activists, express our deep concern regarding the public heckling, intimidation and abuse directed at Dr. Ravi Kant, Associate Professor of Hindi and well known Dalit intellectual, on the premises of Lucknow University by a mob allegedly comprising students of the university as well as outsiders. Highly divisive and incendiary slogans, which included threats to Dr Ravi Kant’s life, were raised, and the Dept of Hindi of the University was surrounded. Dr Ravi Kant was forced to take shelter in the University Proctor’s office for several hours. The ostensible reason for this protest were remarks that he made in a discussion in the well-known online channel Satya Hindi, about the Gyan Vapi Mosque in Varanasi, in which he cited a story about its origins narrated by Patabhi Sitaramaiya in his book ‘Feathers and Stones’. Dr Ravi Kant, while making this reference, was careful to emphasize that this narrative could only be called a ‘story’, as its author did not cite any source in support. Nevertheless, within less than twenty-four hours of these remarks, a maliciously edited extract of his comment was circulated online which, by the next morning, snowballed into a violent protest which has created a grave threat to Dr Ravi Kant’s safety.
We are deeply distraught by the continued intimidation of Dr Ravi Kant and the manipulation of his comments, despite his clarifications about the context of his reference to this story and even his expression of regret at any hurt that the incident may have caused to those misled by the video clips circulated online. Even after Dr Ravi Kant was finally allowed to leave the Proctor’s office and return home, there has been talk of instituting disciplinary proceedings against him. Comments that he made on social media expressing fear for his life when surrounded by the mob are being sought to be used against him, and the risk of physical harm to him and his family is far from over. As human beings, we are appalled that anyone should have to spend even a minute in such peril, but our horror is doubled by the fact that these conditions of violence and intimidation obtain in a university, which must be a place where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where knowledge is free, where critical examination of opinions and ideas is the norm, and where violence and intimidation should have no place whatsoever.
We express our solidarity with Dr Ravi Kant and urge the authorities of Lucknow University to ensure that the perpetrators of this attack on him are brought to book so that the ideals of what a university stands for are reasserted vigorously on the campus. Above all, we demand credible assurances from the university administration and the UP government that Dr Ravi Kant and his family will be afforded protection from any further harassment or intimidation.
1) A C Michael, United Christian Forum, Delhi
2) A Sunil Dharan, Delhi University, Delhi
3) A. R. Vasavi, Karnataka
4) Aahana Ganguly, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru
5) Aakar Patel, Amnesty International India, Bengaluru
6) Aashita Dawer, O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat
7) Abdul Hannan, Sikkim University, Gangtok
8) Abdul Mabood, SNEHI, Delhi
9) Abha Dev Habib, Delhi University, Delhi
10) Aditi Chowdhury, Citizen activist, West Bengal
11) Aditi Das Gupta, Retired teacher, Kolkata
12) Aditi Deshpande, SPPU, Pune
13) Aditya Nigam, Academic, Delhi
14) Aditya Sarkar, University of Warwick, UK
15) Adv Dr Shalu Nigam, Independent researcher, Delhi
16) Adv. Ansar Indori, NCHRO, Delhi
17) Aishwarya Ravikumar, Karnataka
18) Ajay Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
19) Ajay Kumar Prasad, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
20) Ajeet Kumar, Delhi University, Delhi
21) Ajmer Singh Kajal, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
22) Akash Bhattacharya, Azim Premji University, Bangalore
23) Akhil Chaudhary, PUCL
24) Akhileshwari Ramagoud, Journalist and Academic, Secunderabad
25) Akishe L Jakha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
26) Albeena Shakil, O. P. Jindal Global University, Haryana
27) Alka Acharya, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
28) Alka Dhameja, Academic, Delhi
29) Alok Bajpai, Independent historian, Lakhimpur Kheri
30) Aman Kumar, Delhi University, Delhi
31) Amar Farooqui, Delhi University, Delhi
32) Ameet Parameswaran, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
33) Amina Kishore, Former professor, Aligarh Muslim University, Hyderabad
34) Amlan Das Gupta, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Kolkata
35) Ammu Abraham, Forum Against Oppression of Women & PUCL Maharashtra, Mumbai
36) Amrit Singh, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
37) Anamika, Delhi University, Delhi
38) Anand K Sahay, Columnist, Delhi
39) Anand Kumar, Society for Communal Harmony, Goa
40) Anand Mathew, Cultural activist, Varanasi
41) Anand Pandey, National Defence Academy, Maharashtra
42) Ania Loomba, University of Pennsylania, Philadelphia, Pennsylania
43) Aniket Basu, Vidyasagar College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
44) Anil Kumar, Delhi University, Delhi
45) Anil Sadgopal, Former member CABE, Delhi
46) Anil Singh, Delhi
47) Anindya Bhattacharya, Editor, Kolkata
48) Anirudh Deshpande, Delhi University, Delhi
49) Anish Vanaik, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
50) Anita Cherian, Ambedkar University, Delhi
51) Anita Dighe, Former professor, Delhi University, Delhi
52) Anita Mathur, Azad Foundation
53) Aniyan P V, CITU, Delhi, Delhi
54) Ankit Kumar, MCBU Chhatarpur, Sagar
55) Ankur Majumdar, Delhi University, Sonepat
56) Anna Joseph, St. Joseph of Clunu, Ballari, Karnataka
57) Anomita Sen, Performer, Delhi
58) Anoop Shramik, Poorvanchal Bahujan Morcha, Varanasi
59) Antara Dev Sen, Editor, Delhi
60) Anuradha Roy, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
61) Aparajay, MIDS, Chennai
62) Apeksha Vora, Mumbai
63) Apoorvanand, Delhi University, Delhi
64) Aradhana, Uttarakhand
65) Archana Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
66) Archee Roy, Kolkata
67) Arif Samma, Udaipur
68) Arun Kumar, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Gurgaon
69) Arun Prakash Raj N, Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi
70) Aruna Roy, MKSS
71) Arunabha Adhikari, West Bengal State University, Kolkata
72) Arundhati Dhuru, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Lucknow
73) Arunesh Maiyr, Bangalore
74) Arvind Narrain, PUCL, Karnataka
75) Asha Puri, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
76) Ashima Roy Chowdhury, Feminist Activist with Saheli, Delhi
77) Ashutosh Anand, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
78) Ashutosh Kumar, Delhi University, Delhi
79) Askari Zaidi, Journalist, Delhi
80) Avinash Chandra Jha, Former professor (retired), Muzaffarpur
81) Avinash Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
82) Avishek Konar, O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat
83) Ayesha Kidwai, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
84) Aysha, Delhi
85) B K Choudhary, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
86) Baidik Bhattacharya, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi
87) Bajrang Bihari Tiwari, Delhi University, Delhi
88) Balbir Singh Butola, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
89) Barnali Mukherjee, Activist, Kolkata
90) Basant Jaitly, Jaipur
91) Bhanwar Meghwanshi, Rajasthan
92) Bhanwar Lal Kumawat, PUCL, Jaipur
93) Bharat, Vishakha: Women’s Research and Resource Group
94) Bharati Jagannathan, Delhi University, Delhi
95) Bhaskar Das, Sister Nibedita Govt. General Degree College for Girls, Kolkata
96) Bhupender Singh, Govt. College, Hissar
97) Bhupender Yadav, Former professor (retired), Uttar Pradesh
98) Bhupinder Chaudhry, Delhi University, Delhi
99) Bidisha Dhar, Tripura University, Agartala
100) Bindu, Azim Premji University, Karnataka
101) Biswajit Mitra, Headmaster, West Bengal
102) Biswajit Mitra, Teacher, West Bengal
103) Biswaroop Chatterjee, Professor in a medical college, West Bengal
104) Bolan Gangopadhyay, Activist & freelance journalist, Kolkata
105) Brahma Prakash, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
106) Brahmaputhran, Chikilsaneethi, Thrissur,
107) Bratati Pande, Delhi University, Delhi
108) Brinda Bose, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Gurgaon
109) Brinelle D’souza, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
110) C Saratchand, Delhi University, Delhi
111) Cedric Prakash, Human Rights and Peace Activist/Writer, Ahmedabad
112) Chaman Lal, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Patiala
113) Chanda Asani, Tamil Nadu
114) Chandra Prakash Jha, People’s Mission Trust, Delhi
115) Charu Singh, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad
116) Charu Soni, Journalist, Delhi
117) Chayanika Shah, Former professor (retired), Mumbai
118) Chhabi Mohanty, Women organisation AIMSS, Bhubaneswar
119) Chinmoyee Mallik, West Bengal State University, Kolkata
120) Chintu, VKSU, Bihar
121) Chirashree Das Gupta, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
122) Chitra, Historian, Delhi
123) Chitra Harshvardhan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
124) Chitra Panikkar, Bangalore University, Bengaluru
125) D. K. Lobiyal, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
126) D. K. Mishra, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
127) D. Parthasarathy, IIT Bombay,
128) Dawa Sherpa, Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
129) Daya Ram, Delhi
130) Debabrata, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
131) Debaditya Bhattacharya, Kazi Nazrul University, West Bengal
132) Debashis Ghoshal, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
133) Debasish Roy, AISEC, Kolkata
134) Debasish Sarkar, Calcutta University, Kolkata
135) Debika, Xomonnoy, Sappho for Equality, Delhi
136) Debjani Sengupta, Delhi University, Delhi
137) Deepak Kumar Gupta, Delhi University, Delhi
138) Deepak Sanan, Retired civil servant, Himachal Pradesh
139) Deo Kumar, Delhi University, Delhi
140) Deshdeep Dhankhar, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
141) Devalrani Dharker, Mumbai
142) Dhiraj Barman, Assistant Professor, Kolkata
143) Dilip Kumar Gupta, Delhi University, Delhi
144) Dilip Menon, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
145) Dinesh Abrol, Delhi Science Forum, Delhi
146) Dipak Prakash, Delhi University, Delhi
147) Doraswamy, Andhra Pradesh
148) Dorothy Fernandes, Aashray Abhiyan, Patna
149) Dr A Gopi, AIFPTO, Andhra Pradesh
150) Dr A K M Anwaruzzaman, Aliah University, Kolkata
151) Dr Ajoy Kumar Karnati, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
152) Dr Asha Kaushik, Rajasthan University Women’s Association
153) Dr Ashutosh Mishra, Chitkara University, Punjab
154) Dr BN Singh, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
155) Dr C. Ramachandraiah, Former professor, Hyderabad
156) Dr Gajanan Katre, Raja Shankar Shah University Chindwara,
157) Dr Girija Shankar Yadav, Teacher, Prayagraj Allahabad
158) Dr Korvi Vinayakala, TSWREIS Hyderabad, Hyderabad
159) Dr Laad Kumari Jain, Rajasthan University Women’s Association
160) Dr Manan Ganguli, Jharkhand
161) Dr Nasim Aktar, Assistant Professor in Geography, Presidency University, West Bengal
162) Dr P A Azeez, Freelance researcher, Coimbatore
163) Dr Pawan Surana, Rajasthan University Women’s Association
164) Dr Pragati Mohapatra, Delhi University, Delhi
165) Dr R. S. Verma, Govt. C. M. D. College saharanpur m. p., Maharajpur
166) Dr Rakesh Choure, Academic, Balaghat
167) Dr Rashmi Rakshit, Delhi University, Delhi
168) Dr Renuka Pamecha, Women’s Rehabilitation Group
169) Dr Sunilam, Samajwadi Samagam, Gwalior
170) Dr V Rukmini Rao, Feminist, Hyderabad
171) Dr Vikas Bajpai, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
172) Dr Vinay Kumar Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
173) Dr. Abhay Kumar, Delhi University, Delhi
174) Dr. Aftab Alam, Delhi University, Delhi
175) Dr. Alok Satpathy, Retired Professor, DHE, Govt. Of Tripura, Agartala
176) Dr. Anjali Monteiro, Filmmaker and academic, Goa
177) Dr. Arathi PM, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
178) Dr. Bal Mukund Sinha, Academic & freelance journalist, Delhi
179) Dr. Chaman Lal, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Patiala
180) Dr. Chandra deo Ola, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Udaipur
181) Dr. KP Jayasankar, Filmmaker and Academic, Goa
182) Dr. Meeta Singh, PUCL & Foundation for the Dignity of the Girl Child
183) Dr. Mohan Rao, Independent researcher, Bengaluru
184) Dr. N. Chandra Shekhar, Department of Technical Education, Visakhapatnam
185) Dr. O. K. Santhosh, University of Madras, Tamilnadu
186) Dr. Pradip Kumar Datta, Former professor, Presidency College, Kolkata
187) Dr. Qaiser Shamim, Independent researcher, Haryana
188) Dr. R. Siva Prasad, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
189) Dr. Ravi Ranjan Kumar, Kolhan University, Chaibasa, Jharkhand
190) Dr. Shaik Sahil Babu, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
191) Dr. Shashi Kant, Chandigarh
192) Dr. Suresh Kumar Jaglan, Panjab University Chandigarh,
193) Dr. Suwa Lal Jangu, Mizoram University, Mizoram
194) Dr. Tushar Chakraborty, Former CSIR Principal Scientist, Kolkata
195) Dr M Rama krishna Reddy, Department of Technical Education, Anatapur
196) Dulon Sarkar, Academic, West Bengal
197) Durgesh, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
198) Dwijendra Bhowmik, West Bengal
199) Ekta, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Varanasi
200) Farida khan, Independent researcher, Delhi
201) Fernanda, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
202) Frans Manjali, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
203) Freny Manecksha, Independent journalist, Thane
204) G Arunima, Kerala Council for Historical Research, Thiruvananthapuram
205) G Madhu Babu, SBTET AP, Nellore
206) Geeta Ladi, Chennai
207) Geetha Nambissan, JNU retired, Delhi
208) Geevan C P, Independent researcher, Kochi
209) Girwar Singh, C C S U Meerut, Ghaziabad
210) Gitanjali Surendran, O. P. Jindal Global University, Delhi
211) Gopalji Pradhan, Ambedkar University, Delhi
212) Govardhan Wankhede, Retired, Mumbai
213) Gutta Rohith, Human Rights Forum (HRF), Andhra Pradesh
214) Harbans Mukhia, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Gurgaon
215) Haridas, Kerala
216) Harikrishnan O, Research scholar Kannur university, Malappuram
217) Harjit Singh, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
218) Harrie Singh, Delhi
219) Harshit, Uttar Pradesh
220) Henri Tiphagne, People’s Watch, Chokkikulam, Madurai
221) Himadri Sekhar Mistri, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
222) Hiya Chatterjee, Vidyasagar University, Kolkata
223) Indu Pandey, Varanasi
224) Indira Pancholi, Manila Jandhikar Samiti, Ajmer
225) International Solidarity for Academic Freedom in India in India), InSAF India, Global Diasporic Collective
226) Ira Bhaskar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
227) Ira Raja, Delhi University, Delhi
228) Ishita Chatterjee, HMM college for women, Dakshineswar, Kolkata
229) Jagriti Rahi, Citizens For Democracy, Varanasi
230) Jaipal Singh, Former president, Govt. College Teachers’ Association, Ludhiana
231) Jamshed Rizwani, Chennai
232) Janaki Abraham, Teacher, Delhi
233) Janaki Nair, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Bengaluru
234) Jawarimal Parakh, Former professor, IGNOU, Delhi
235) Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts
236) jitendra gautam, PG College Shivpuri, Shivpuri
237) John Dayal, Writer and activist, Delhi
238) Jothi SJ, Kolkata
239) Joy Pachuau, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
240) Joyjit Ghosh, Media, Kolkata
241) Judith M. Siqueira, Iwtf, Pune
242) K Babu Rao, Human Rights Forum, Hyderabad
243) K M Sherrif, Calicut University, Kerala
244) K P Vipin Chandrank, Activist, Kochi
245) K. K . Mandal, T. M. Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur, Bihar
246) Kali Chittibabu, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
247) Kallol Bhattacharya, Calcutta University, Kolkata
248) Kalyan Nadiminti, Northwestern University, Chicago
249) Kailash Kumbhakar, Academy for Socio Legal Studies
250) Kalyani Jayasankar, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey
251) Kanika, Delhi
252) Karen Coelho, Madras Institute of Development Stt, Chennai
253) Karen Gabriel, St Stephen’s College, Delhi
254) Kaushal Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
255) Kaustav Banerjee, Ambedkar University, Delhi
256) Kaveesh, DTE AP, Visakhapatnam
257) Kavita Srivastava, PUCL, Jaipur
258) Keerti Jayaram, Delhi
259) Keval Arora, Delhi University, Noida
260) Khalid Ansari, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
261) Komal Srivastava, Educationist, Jaipur
262) Krishna Sengupta, Delhi (retired), Delhi
263) Krishnendu Bhattacharyya, Netaji Subhash Engineering college, Kolkata
264) Kumkum Roy, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
265) Kunal Chattopadhyay, Jadavpur University, West Bengal
266) Kuntal Ghosh, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
267) Kusum Saiwal, AIDWA.
268) Lalith S, Govt Brennen College Thalassery, Kannur
269) Lata Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
270) Lata Singh, PUCL
271) Laura Brueck, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
272) Leema, Solidarity, Uttar Pradesh
273) M H. Ilias, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
274) MadanGopal Singh, Former professor (retired), Gurgaon
275) Madhu Prasad, Former professor, Delhi University, Delhi
276) Madhu Sahni, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
277) Madhulika Banerjee, Delhi University, Delhi
278) Madhulika, PUCL, Dungarpur
279) Madhumanjari, Assistant Teacher, Kolkata
280) Madhuri, Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh
281) Mahabir Jaglan, Former professor, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
282) Mahendra rathaur, Khadan majdoor union, Mirzapur
283) Mahipal, Sangrami Lehar ( Monthly Punjabi) & RMPI, Jalandhar
284) Mahua Bhattacharya, Calcutta University, Kolkata
285) Maimoona Mollah, Activist, Delhi
286) Maitrayee Sarkar, Ramakrishna Sarada Mission Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, Dum Dum
287) Malavika Kasturi, Department of History, University of Toronto, Canada
288) Mallarika Sinha Roy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
289) Mamatha Karollil, Ambedkar University Delhi, Delhi
290) Mamta Jaitly, Jaipur
291) Manas Kumar Roy, BKC COLLEGE, Kolkata
292) Mandakini, Hyderabad
293) Manesh Gupta , Muzaffarnagar
294) Manish Kaneria, Higher Education Department, Madhya Pradesh
295) Manjit Sharma, DAV College Sector 10 Chandigarh, Chandigarh
296) Manju, Activist, Patna/Bihar
297) Mantra Mukim, University of Warwick, Coventry
298) Manu, Karnataka
299) Manu V. Devadevan, IIT Mandi, Mandi
300) Manzar Syed, Mumbai
301) Marcia DCunha, Teacher Nalanda Public School, Thane E, Thane
302) Maya Krishna Rao, Theatre Artist / Teacher, Delhi
303) Maya Pandit, Former professor (retired) EFLU, Hyderabad, Kolhapur
304) Medhatithi, Academician, Jaipur
305) Meena Gopal, Academic, Mumbai
306) Meenakshi Sundriyal, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
307) Meera Sanghamitra, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Telangana
308) Meera Velayudhan, Independent researcher, Ernakulam
309) Michael Cruz, Federation of Catholic Associations of Delhi NCR, Delhi
310) Miratun Nahar, Former professor (retired), Kolkata
311) Mitra Mukherjee-Parikh., Former professor (retired), Mumbai
312) Mohammad Zakaulla, Bengaluru
313) Mohinder Singh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
314) Mohit Awasthi, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
315) Moinak Biswas, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
316) Monali, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
317) Monica Wahi, Himmat, Delhi
318) Motahar Hossain, CPIM, Delhi
319) Moushumi Basu, Jawaharlal Nehru Universiry, Delhi
320) Mridula Mukherjee, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
321) Mridula Shankar, Public Health Researcher, Bengaluru
322) Mrs. V Saldanha, Indian Christian Women’s Movement, Mumbai
323) Mujahid Nafees, MCC, Gujarat
324) Mukesh Bairva, Delhi university, Delhi
325) Mumtaz Khan, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
326) Murli Manohar Prasad Singh, General secretary, Janwadi Lekhak Sangh, Delhi
327) N. D. Pancholi, Citizens For Democracy, Ghaziabad
328) Nabamita De Bhowmik, Adamas University, Kolkata
329) Nabataean Singh, Independent academic, Delhi
330) Nachiket Shankar, Academic, Bengaluru
331) Namita, Delhi
332) Namita Khare, Delhi University, Delhi
333) Namrah Rizvi, Student, Uttar Pradesh
334) Nandini Rao, None, Delhi
335) Nandita DeSouza, Porvorim, Goa
336) Nandita Narain, Delhi University, Delhi
337) Narayani Gupta, Former Professor, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
338) Narender Thakur, Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, University of Delhi, Delhi
339) Narendra Gupt, Prayas, Chittorgarh
340) Nasima, PhD student, Kolkata
341) Navaneetha Mokkil, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
342) Naveen Gaur, Delhi University, Delhi
343) Neeladri Bhattacharya, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
344) Neera Kongari, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
345) Neeraj Kumar Sharma, Baring Union Christian College Batala, Punjab
346) Neeraj Malik, Delhi University, Noida
347) Nesar Ahmed, BARC
348) Nidhi Sinha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
349) Niharika Banerjea, Ambedkar University, Delhi
350) Nimish Joseph, Research Scholar, IIT Delhi, Delhi
351) Niraja Jayal, Former professor (retired), Delhi
352) Niranjan kumar samariya, Mizoram University, Mizoram
353) Nisha Abdulla, Artist and Educator, Bangalore
354) Nisha Biswas, WSS, Kolkata
355) Nisha Sidhu, NFIW, Jaipur
356) Nishar Hussein, National Muslim Women’s Welfare Society
357) Nivedita Menon, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
358) Noor Enayat, Independent Brand Consultant, Delhi
359) Nupur Dasgupta, Jadavpur University, West Bengal
360) Olga Dror, Texas A&M University, USA, College station
361) P R Vaidya, Mumbai
362) P. K. Yasser Arafath, Delhi University, Delhi
363) Padmaja Mondal, Dr. Gour Mohan Roy College, West Bengal
364) Padmanabh Samarendra, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
365) Pallavi, Tezpur University, Assam
366) Pallavi Rao, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
367) Pankaj Khatak, Academic, Haryana
368) Paramita Roychowdhury, Academic, West Bengal
369) Parinitha, Mangalore University, Mangaluru
370) Parnal Chirmuley, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
371) Partha PratimRoy, Center for Physics Education Research, Kolkata
372) Phool Badan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
373) Poonam Batra, Former professor, Delhi University, Delhi
374) Prabhu Prasad Mohapatra, Delhi University, Delhi
375) Pradeep Kumar Das, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
376) Pradeep Mohapatra, All India Save Education Committee, Assam
377) Pradeep Shinde, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
378) Pradip Datta, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
379) Pradipta Bandyopadhyay, Delhi
380) Pradnya Deshpande, psychologist
381) Prajval Shastri, Physicist, Bengaluru
382) Prakash Chandra Upadhyaya, UGC Research Scientist ‘C’, Gurgaon
383) Pramod Kumar Bagde, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
384) Pramod Yadav, Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh
385) Prasad Chacko, Consultant (Inclusive Development Programming), Ahmedabad
386) Prasenjeet Kumar, AISA, Delhi
387) Prashant Ingole, Postdoctoral Fellow, IIT Gandhinagar,
388) Prateeksha Sharma, Bright Side Family Counseling Center, Haryana
389) Prathama Banerjee, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi
390) Pratiksha Baxi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
391) Pratyush B, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
392) Praveen Gupta, Teachers Against the Climate Crisis, Mumbai
393) Prem Krishan Sharma, PUCL & Academy for Socio Legal Studies
394) Priyadarshini Chitrangada, Howrah
395) Prof Imtiaz Ahmad, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
396) Prof Rattan Lal Hangloo, Former vice chancellor university of kalyani and Allahabad university, Jammu and Kashmir
397) Prof Sanjeev Ghotge, Pune
398) Prof Y S Alone, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
399) Prof. B. Rajeevan, Academic, Thiruvananthapuram
400) Prof. Rosemary Dzuvichu, Nagaland University, Kohima
401) Prof. Tarun Kanti Naskar, Mechanical Engineering Department, JU, AISEC, Kolkata
402) Professor Virinder Kalra, Sociology, University of Warwick, UK
403) Puneet Yadav, Delhi University, Delhi
404) Purwa, Hyderabad
405) R Geeta, Delhi University, Chennai
406) R. Mahalakshmi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
407) R. Ramakumar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
408) Rabin Chakraborty, Retired Teacher, Kolkata
409) Radhika Menon, Delhi University, Delhi
410) Rafi Madar, Cumbum, Theni Distt
411) Rahul Govind, Delhi University, Delhi
412) Rahul Nigam, BITS Hyderabad, Hyderabad
413) Rahul Roy, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi
414) Rajesh Ramakrishnan, Indian Community Activists Network (ICAN), Chennai
415) Rajib Sutradhar, Christ University, Bengaluru
416) Rajiv Gupta, Former Professor, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
417) Rajni Palriwala, Independent scholar, Delhi
418) Rake Kumar Kunwar, Delhi University, Delhi
419) Rakhi Sehgal, Independent researcher, Delhi
420) Rakshanda, Student, Delhi
421) Ram Chandra, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
422) Ram Ramaswamy, Retd, Gurgaon
423) Ram Sujan Amar, Patna University, Patna/ Bihar
424) Rama Paul, Delhi University, Delhi
425) Ramachandra Guha, Historian, Bengaluru
426) Ramesh Chandra Nayak, Former professor (retired),
427) Ramesh Dixit, Lucknow University, Professor ( retired), Lucknow
428) Rameshwar Prasad Bahuguna, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi
429) Ramjanam, Varanasi
430) Ranjani Mazumdar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
431) Rashmi Doraiswamy, Teacher, Delhi
432) Rashmi Varma, University of Warwick, UK
433) Ratna, Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi
434) Ravi Kumar, South Asian University, Delhi
435) Ravikant, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi
436) Ravindran A N, Retired, Kochi
437) Rekha Awasthi, Delhi University, Delhi
438) Renu bala, Delhi University, Delhi
439) Richa Singh, SKMS, Sitapur
440) Ritambhara Shastri, Journalist, Delhi
441) Ritu, Delhi University, Delhi
442) Ritu Sinha, Ambedkar University, Delhi
443) Rituparna Sengupta, Independent researcher, Kolkata
444) Rochelle Pinto, independent researcher, Bengaluru
445) Rohit Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
446) Rohit Prajapati, Activist, Vadodara
447) Rohith p, Delhi University, Delhi
448) Roop Rekha Verma, Saajhi Duniya, Uttar Pradesh
449) Rubeena khatoon, Lucknow
450) Rudrashish Chakraborty, Delhi University, Delhi
451) Rukmani Anandani, Delhi Union of Journalists, Delhi
452) Runu, Independent activist and professional, Ghaziabad
453) S N Sahu, Freelance writer, Delhi
454) S. D Muni, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Gurgaon
455) S. Govinda Rajulu, All India Save Education Committee, Visakhapatnam
456) S. Joseph, Ettumanoor
457) S. M. Srivastava, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata
458) S. Prakash, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
459) S. Samuel Asir Raj, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli
460) S. Sujatha, Dalit Womens Collective, Hyderabad
461) Saagar Tewari, O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat
462) Sabera Bhayat, University of Warwick, Coventry
463) Sachi Hegde, AISA, Bangalore
464) Sachidanand Sinha, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
465) Sachin N, Delhi University, Delhi
466) Sadhna Arya, Delhi University, Delhi
467) Sagrika Rajora, AISA, Hyderabad
468) Saleth, Teacher, Varanasi
469) Sameer, Delhi University, Delhi
470) Samhita Sunya, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
471) Samira Nadkarni, Independent academic, Mumbai
472) Sandeep Kumar, Bengaluru
473) Sandeep Pandey, Socialist Party (India), Uttar Pradesh
474) Sandhya gokhale, Forum Against Oppression of Women, Mumbai
475) Sangeeta Luthra Sharma, Delhi
476) Sanghamitra Misra, Delhi University, Delhi
477) Sanil, IIT Delhi, Delhi
478) Sanjay kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
479) Sanjay lodha, Former professor (retired), Udaipur
480) Sanjaya Kumar Bohidar, Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University, Delhi
481) Sanjeeb Mukherjee, Independent researcher, Kolkata
482) Sankar Ray, Kolkata
483) Sant Prakash Singh, Delhi University, Delhi
484) Sarah Hilaly, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar
485) Saroj Thapa, Free lancer, Gautam Buddha Nagar
486) Sashi Kumar, Asian College of Journalism, Chennai
487) Satya Narayan Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
488) Satyaki Bhattacharya, Lund University, Lund, Skåne
489) Savithri Rajeevan, Writer, Thiruvananthapuram
490) Sebastian Kuthukallunkal, Forum of Justice and Peace, Eluru
491) Sehba, Political worker, Delhi
492) Selvyn Jussy, Calcutta University, Kolkata
493) Shabnam Aziz, PUCL
494) Shahana Bhattacharya, Delhi University, Delhi
495) Shahira Naim, Independent Journalist, Lucknow
496) Shamsul Islam, Delhi University, Delhi
497) Sharda Dixit, AISEC Delhi Chapter, Delhi
498) Sharmila Badhwar, BPSMV Khanpur Kalan, Sonepat
499) Shashi Shekhar Prasad Singh, Delhi University, Delhi
500) Shekhar Mallik, Kolhan University, Chaibasa, Ghatshila
501) Sheli Dutta, RKSMVV, Kolkata
502) Shibthakur Hembram, Presidency University, Kolkata
503) Shikha Jhingan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
504) Shiny, SSSS, Varanasi
505) Shipra Nigam, Independent Researchrr, Delhi
506) Shivani Nag, Ambedkar University, Delhi
507) Shubhra Chakrabarti, Former professor (retired), Kolkata
508) Shukla Sawant, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
509) Siddhartha Bhasker, O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonepat
510) Silpa Satheesh, APU, Bangalore
511) Simona Sawhney, IIT Delhi, Delhi
512) Sister Carol Geeta, Sashikala Sangathan & PUCL Ajmer
513) Smriti Nevatia, Freelance, Mumbai
514) SN Singh, Delhi
515) Sobhan Babu, SC/ST Association, Vijayawada
516) Soma Marik, RKSM Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, Kolkata
517) Sonali Bhatia, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
518) Sr. Poonam CJ, Chirag, Shahpur
519) Sreemoyee Tarafder, West Bengal State University, Kolkata
520) Sruti Bala, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
521) Subha Chakraborty Dasgupta, Former professor, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
522) Sucharita Sen, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
523) Sucheta Mahajan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
524) Sudeshna Banerjee, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
525) Sudhanshi Vasudev, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Gurgaon
526) Sujata Madhok, Journalist, Delhi
527) Sukanta Chaudhuri, Professor Emeritus, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
528) Sukumar Muralidharan, O. P. Jindal Global University, Haryana
529) Sumallya, IIT Delhi, Delhi
530) Suman, Student, Delhi
531) Suman Devathiya, Dalit activist
532) Sumit Chowdhury, Filmmaker activist, Kolkata
533) Sumita Beethi, Queer feminist activist, Kolkata
534) Sumitra Chopra, AIDWA.
535) Sunetra Mitra, RKSM Vivekananda Vidyabhavan, Kolkata
536) Sunita vedantam, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Tamilnadu
537) Supriya Varma, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
538) Supriyo Das, Narasinha Dutt College, Howrah, West Bengal
539) Surajit Mazumdar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
540) Surat, Delhi university, Delhi
541) Suresh Rathaur, National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), Varanasi
542) Surinder Kumar, Former professor, Rohtak
543) Susan Visvanathan, Former professor (retired), Delhi
544) Sushama Jain, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
545) Svati Shah, University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts
546) Syed Akhtar Hussain, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
547) Syed Tousif Masood, Bahutva Karnataka, Bengaluru
548) Taneesha Mohan, Amity University, Kolkata
549) Tanika Sarkar, Former professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
550) Tanuja Kothiyal, Ambedkar University Delhi, Dehradun
551) Tara Ahluwalia, Manila evam Bal Chetna Samiti, Bhilwara Tanweer Fazal, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
552) Teren Sevea, Harvard Divinity School, Massachusetts
553) Thomas Manayida Thomas, Former professor, Delhi University, Gurgaon
554) Udaya Kumar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
555) Ujjwal Bhattacharya, Freelance author, Cologne
556) Uma Gupta, Delhi University, Delhi
557) Uma Shankari, Farmer, Telangana
558) Uma Singh, Retd Professor, JNU, New Delhi., Gurgaon
559) Urmi Chanda, Independent, Mumbai
560) Utpala Mukherjee, Delhi
561) Utsa Ray, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
562) V B Nayak, Kuppam
563) V Chandana Swarupa, AP SW DEPT, Buchireddy Palem
564) V P Nandakumaran, Education Activist, Chennai
565) Vageesh Vishnoi, IIT Delhi, Delhi
566) Vani Subramanian, Independent filmmaker, Delhi
567) Varaprasad S. Dolla, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
568) Vasantha, WSS, Delhi
569) Veena Hariharan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
570) Veena Shatrugna, Medical scientist (retired), Bengaluru
571) Vibhas Chandra Verma, DTF, Delhi
572) Vibhuti Patel, Former professor (retired), Mumbai
573) Vidyabati Das Arora, Former professor, Delhi University, Noida
574) Vidyun Sabhaney, Artist, Delhi
575) Vijay Rajoria, Artist, Delhi
576) Vijaya Venkataraman, Delhi University, Delhi
577) Vijayalakshmi Joshi, Activist, Jaipur
578) Vikas maurya, Ambedkar University, Delhi
579) Vinayatullah Mohammed, Government polytechnic, Guntur
580) Vinod Kumar Sahu, Govt. P. G. College Damoh, Damoh
581) Virender, Academic, Jaipur
582) Vishal Chauhan, Delhi University, Delhi
583) Vivek Monteiro, All India People’s Science Network, Mumbai
584) Waquar Ahmed, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
585) Yasmeen Jahan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
586) P M Basu Retd software professional, Bangalore
May I add my name to the list? I am a retired software professional based in Bangalore.
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please include my name inthe list. time to unite and protest.
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Please add my name if it is of any use. Pritam Singh Professor Emeritus Oxford Brookes Business School, Oxford, UK
On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 6:04 AM KAFILA – COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006
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I would also like to endorse this statement of solidarity. – Parthanil Roy, Indian Statistical Institute
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I’d like to endorse this statement of solidarity.
– Pranab Basu, ISI Kolkata
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An attack on fundamental right to freedeom of expression. It is a constitutional violation if such attacks are not stopped by the authorities.
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