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Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) strongly condemns the slapping of cases against activists of a team of several civil liberties and democratic rights organisations from across the country who conducted a fact-finding into the recent killings of 20 red sanders "smugglers" in Chittoor district. Members of CDRO (Committee of Democratic Rights) and other human rights groups had visited the two ’encounter’ sites on 10th April. When the team tried to speak to the forest officials to get their version of events they were threatened with dire consequences. Subsequently several team members were booked by forest officials yesterday, 11th April, for trespassing.

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. . .the leftist ideology that Saki brings to the fore is anything but irrelevant to the current context. He does not see businesses and the private sector as enemies, but as engines of growth for our economy that must be nurtured towards inclusive and sustainable growth and redistributive justice.

She spoke with disappointment of what she saw as the erosion of the academic culture of Maharashtra or of the lack of veneration for scholarly achievement. Her own strength was that she was completely bi-lingual, having had her primary education in Marathi. Meera began writing and publishing fairly late in her career. It might almost appear that she lived under that overwhelming shadow of her distinguished father well into her middle age and it took her time to come into her own.

Glimpses of the demonstration at the Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in New Delhi on 10 April 2015. The photos posted below were taken by Mukul Dube.