Born on 15th July 1950 to a family of Dalit farm laborers, Dr. Anand Teltumbde had been a very intelligent and artistic student since childhood. In spite of witnessing and facing various forms of struggles and discrimination, he emerged out as a highly qualified scholar. Obtaining a degree in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Vivesvaraya in 1973, an MBA from IIM Ahemdabad (most renowned Management Institute of India), and a Ph.D. from the University of Mumbai in Cybernetic Modelling in 1993, he simultaneously worked as a human rights activist, columnist, academician, and a writer. He had been working as a senior Professor at the Goa Institute of Management. 


His famous book, ‘Khairlanji: A Strange and Bitter Crop and the Republic of Caste’, exposed the reality of the caste system operating in India and the state’s failure to acknowledge caste-based atrocities in the country. By narrating the heinous Khairlanji Massacre of 2006, Teltumbde tells us in the book how hundreds of Khairlanjis are around us, in front of our naked eyes. 


The radical views of Dr. Teltumbde had made the state keep an eye on his activities, when finally on 29th August 2018, his house in Goa got raided by law enforcement officials. The Maharashtra police alleged his associations with the Bhima Koregaon violence of January 2018, his involvements with the Maoist Party, and was hence booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. 


Joined by 15 other human rights activists, lawyers, poets, and writers who were all alleged to have connections with the Bhima Koregaon case, he turned himself into the authorities on 14th April 2020. 


UAPA is a curse to our country. Under the vicious rule of the BJP, the law worsens the scope of free speech. 

The political prisoners of India booked under this Act are suffering immensely, especially after the outbreak of the CORONA virus. 


It is us, the PUBLIC, who should voice for the release of the innocent warriors. 


FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS! REPEAL UAPA!