Dated: 9 September 2020
To
The
Editor
For Favour of Publication
Dear Editor/s,
Please find attached a statement signed by over 720 signatories, in solidarity with Prof K. Satyanarayana, who has been summoned by the NIA today, along with senior journalist KV Kurmanath.
The signatories, from across different professions, include leading names such as Professorss Noam Chomsky, Barbara Harris-White, Jan Breman, Susie Tharu, Sumit Sarkar, Tanika Sarkar, Prabhat Patnaik, John Harris, Gyan Prakash, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan and Utsa Patnaik; leading writers and poets like K. Satchidanandan, Mridula Garg, Geeta Kapur and Gita Hariharan, artists like Sudhir Patwardhan and Vivan Sundaram.
It should be evident from the vast range of signatories, both people of eminence as well as students that Prof Satyanarayana commands great respect across different kinds of people cutting across ideological lines. We attaching the statement along with this letter for publication in your publication.
Sincerely,
subhash gatade
Peoples Media Advocacy & Resource Centre- PMARC has been initiated with the support from group of senior journalists, social activists, academics and intellectuals from Dalit and civil society to advocate and facilitate Dalits issues in the mainstream media. To create proper & adequate space with the Dalit perspective in the mainstream media national/ International on Dalit issues is primary objective of the PMARC.
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