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Signatories to stop UP clampdown on voices supporting the farmer’s movement

Here is the current list of signatories to the petition to stop UP government clampdown on voices supporting farmers’ movement.

239 signatories so far.

  1. Iftikhar C Chowdhry, TX, Academic, USA
  2. AccStores AccStores, AccStores, Independent, Asia/Pacific
  3. Twitter Twitter, Twitter, Independent, Asia/Pacific
  4. Gagan Kaur, CA, Independent, USA
  5. Iftikhar C Chowdhry, TX, Academic, USA
  6. Chinanu Okoli, , Academic, USA
  7. Javeed Mirza, New York, Academic, USA
  8. khan hasa, washington, Academic, USA
  9. Balaji Narasimhan, CA, Independent, USA
  10. Mudassar Khattab, GA, Academic, USA
  11. Kasturi Sen, PA, Professional, USA
  12. Priyanka Knaujiya, Utter pradesh, Academic, India
  13. WilliampagXO Williampag, Malta, Independent, Latin America
  14. Twitter Twitter, Twitter, Independent, Latin America
  15. HARGOVIND KUMAR, Uttar parades, Professional, India
  16. Komal Naqvi, , Professional, USA
  17. Pankaj kardam, delhi, Independent, India
  18. Sahiti Bonam, , Professional, USA
  19. Prithvi Sharma Sharma, CA, Professional, USA
  20. Sonalee Rashatwar, pa, Professional, USA
  21. Sonalee Rashatwar, pa, Professional, USA
  22. Ashwini Tambe, District of Columbia, Academic, USA
  23. Arthi Selvan, , Professional, USA
  24. Viraj Patel, , Professional, USA
  25. Kiran Asher, 600-800, Academic, USA
  26. Alina Joseph, Pennsylvania, Professional, USA
  27. Jeeva Muhil, , Professional, USA
  28. Kasturi Sen, PA, Professional, USA
  29. Dipak Dholakia, Delhi, Independent, India
  30. Saurabh Singh, Uttar pradesh, Academic, India
  31. Rajesh Ramakrishnan, , Independent, India
  32. Angana Chatterji, , Academic, USA
  33. Manish Tandon, Maharashtra, Independent, India
  34. Sagar Lalwani, Rajasthan, Professional, India
  35. Sagar indrawani, Rajasthan, Professional, India
  36. Dorbie Marak, Meghalaya, Professional, India
  37. Sunil kumar, Delhi, Academic, India
  38. Viren Lobo, Rajasthan, Professional, India
  39. Kanthi Iyer, Washington, Professional, USA
  40. Riba Bakshi, , Academic, USA
  41. Kavita S, MA, Professional, USA
  42. Pallabi Chakravorty, Pa, Academic, USA
  43. kabi x, mah, Independent, India
  44. Siddharth Bharath, Karnataka, Academic, India
  45. Praveen Srivastava, UTTAR PRADESH, Academic, India
  46. Serge Bruneau, , Academic, Canada
  47. Raja Swamy, TN, Academic, USA
  48. Shreekumar S, Karnataka, Independent, India
  49. Suvir Kaul, PA, Academic, USA
  50. Akhter Sadiq, ILL, Independent, USA
  51. Kriti Budhiraja, MN, Academic, USA
  52. Sriyandass A, , Independent, USA
  53. Srinivas T, TN, Professional, India
  54. Shabana Aarzoo Aarzoo, , Independent, USA
  55. Huma Khan, Up, Professional, India
  56. khan hasan, wa, Academic, USA
  57. Mohammad Imran, NJ, Independent, USA
  58. Suhail Purkar, Massachusetts, Independent, USA
  59. Ania Loomba, Pa, Academic, USA
  60. Madhusmita Bora, Pa, Independent, USA
  61. Aayushi D, , Independent, USA
  62. Veeru Kumar, Uttar Pradesh, Professional, India
  63. Padma Balasubramanian, MA, Professional, USA
  64. Veeru Kumar, Uttar pardesh, Professional, India
  65. Vikki Nanda, Maharashtra, Academic, India
  66. Rajnish kumar Kumar, Utter pardesh, Independent, India
  67. Shailendra Kumar, Utter pradesh, Professional, India
  68. Akhtar Ehtisham, NJ, Academic, USA
  69. Sarbesh Kumar, Up, Academic, India
  70. Rishi Raj Gautam, Uttar pradesh, Independent, India
  71. Kuuldeep Yadav, Uttar pardesh, Professional, India
  72. Anil Chaudhary, Uttar pardesh, Academic, India
  73. Abhinav singh, , Professional, India
  74. Kriti Budhiraja, MN, Academic, USA
  75. Richa Singh, Uttar Pradesh, Independent, India
  76. KAMAYANI BALI MAHABAL, Maharashtra, Independent, India
  77. Kausar Jahan, U.P, Academic, India
  78. Vipin Kumar Chaudhary, Up, Independent, India
  79. Vijaya V, Uttar Pradesh, Independent, India
  80. Richa Kumar, , Academic, India
  81. Mukta Srivastava, Maharashtra, Professional, India
  82. Niti Saxena, , Academic, India
  83. Nida Kirmani, Punjab, Academic, Asia/Pacific
  84. Shuchita Kumar, UP, Professional, Asia/Pacific
  85. Shiva S, Uttar Pradesh, Academic, India
  86. Prafulla Samantara, Odisha, Independent, India
  87. Nithya Rajan, , Academic, USA
  88. Anam Rakhshanda, Uttar Pradesh, Independent, India
  89. SHANKY GUPTA, , Independent, India
  90. Sharda Rao, , Professional, India
  91. Shweta Gupta, Uttarpradesh, Academic, USA
  92. Koninika Ray, DELHI, Academic, India
  93. Prema Bangera, MA, Professional, USA
  94. Sulabh Singh, Uttar Pradesh, Professional, India
  95. Agrim Bansal, punjab, Professional, India
  96. Manjesh Kumar, उत्तर प्रदेश, Academic, India
  97. Aishwarya Gupta, UTTAR PRADESH, Professional, India
  98. Subhash Kumar, Uttar Pradesh, Professional, India
  99. Fatema P, Karnataka, Academic, India
  100. Anuradha Pati, Karnataka, Professional, India
  101. Abhishek Tiwary, Uttar Pradesh, Professional, India
  102. Arvind Arvind, U.P, Academic, India
  103. Abbas Rupawala, Maharashtra, Professional, India
  104. Plavika Singh, Haryana, Professional, India
  105. Sunita Munda, Bihar, Professional, India
  106. SAURABH VERMA, Uttar Pradesh, Professional, India
  107. Neeti Bhai, Uttar pradesh, Academic, India
  108. Ashutosh Kumar, Uttar Pradesh, Academic, India
  109. Saeed Ahmed, OH, Professional, USA
  110. Nisha Biswas, West bengal, Academic, India
  111. Devaki Jain, Delhi, Academic, India
  112. Jigna Desai, Minnesota, Academic, USA
  113. Ramjeevan Rawat, उत्तर प्रदेश, Academic, India
  114. Manjesh Kumar, उत्तर प्रदेश, Academic, India
  115. KC Shashidhar, Karnataka, Professional, India
  116. Aparna Sundar, Ontario, Academic, Canada
  117. Nalini Nayak, Kerala, Academic, India
  118. dr lubna sarwath, telangana, Independent, India
  119. vinay prakash, UP, Professional, India
  120. Snigdha Kumar, Minnesota, Academic, USA
  121. Mani Tripathi, Uttar Pradesh, Academic, India
  122. Shishir Kumar, Utar pradesh, Academic, India
  123. जगन्नाथ जगन्नाथ, Utter Pradesh, Academic, India
  124. Shishupal Singh Patel, Uttar Pradesh, Professional, India
  125. Kuldeep Kumar, Utter Pradesh, Academic, India
  126. Simona Sawhney, , Academic, India
  127. Deepika Deep, Haryana, Professional, India
  128. Sunita Viswanath, NY, Independent, USA
  129. Rajesh Meena, Haryana, Professional, India
  130. Rahee S G, Maharashtra, Academic, India
  131. Aparna Choudhary, Karnataka, Professional, India
  132. Kripal Mandloi, Delhi, Independent, India
  133. Sirisha Naidu, , Academic, USA
  134. Prem Verma, Jharkhand, Professional, India
  135. Surabhi Agarwal, , Independent, India
  136. Sunita Sharma, , Academic, India
  137. ROMI Mahajan, WA, Professional, USA
  138. Ankita Ranjan, Uttar Pradesh, Professional, India
  139. Venu Verma, , Professional, India
  140. Mamatha Kodidela, New Jersey, Professional, USA
  141. Sujata Patel, Maharashtra, Academic, India
  142. Bharat Rathod, MA, Independent, USA
  143. Kanha Vatsa, BIHAR, Professional, India
  144. Masooma Ranalvi, Uttar Pradesh, Independent, India
  145. Ifa Qazi, Uttar Pradesh, Academic, India
  146. Sangeeta Kamat, MA, Academic, USA
  147. Rajendra yadav, karnataka, Academic, USA
  148. Amrita Shodhan, Hong Kong, Academic, Asia/Pacific
  149. Suvir Sharma, Maharashta, Academic, India
  150. Catherine Pappas, Québec, Professional, Canada
  151. feroz mehdi, Quebec, Independent, Canada
  152. KALYANI MENON SEN, Haryana, Independent, India
  153. Chinnaiah Jangam, Ontario, Academic, Canada
  154. Mukesh Bhargava, Up, Independent, India
  155. Pierre Beaudet, Québec, Academic, Canada
  156. Deepak Kapur, NM, Academic, USA
  157. Pramila Vasudevan, MN, Independent, USA
  158. Diditi Mitra, , Academic, USA
  159. Vishal Jamkar, MN, Independent, USA
  160. Pushpa S, Karnataka, Professional, India
  161. Mausam Shukla, Uttar Pradesh, Professional, India
  162. Medha Faust-Nagar, MN, Professional, USA
  163. Deeksha Nagar, , Independent, India
  164. Ansha Zaman, Minnesota, Professional, USA
  165. Debashree Pati, Ohio, Professional, USA
  166. jyotsna singh, Tamil Nadu, Professional, India
  167. Jasmeet Singh, Delhi, Professional, India
  168. Ajay Skaria, mn, Academic, USA
  169. Vanessa Black, , Professional, Africa
  170. Mansi Agarwal, Uttar Pradesh, Professional, India
  171. Rashim Singh, TX, Academic, USA
  172. Aparna Limaye, , Professional, USA
  173. Shashank Gupta, Uttar Pradesh, Academic, India
  174. Leena ranade, Minnesota, Professional, USA
  175. Irfan ahmad, UTTAR PRADESH, Independent, India
  176. Shivam Sharma, Uttar Pradesh, Independent, India
  177. Sunny Singh, Uttar Pradesh, Independent, India
  178. Shivraj Bharti, Uttar Pradesh, Academic, India
  179. Nitesh Kumar kumar, Delhi, Professional, India
  180. Kirti Singh, Uttar pradesh, Academic, India
  181. Shiney V, , Academic, USA
  182. Nitesh Kumar, Delhi, Professional, India
  183. Nina Asher, , Academic, USA
  184. Chandrapurnima Bhatnagar, Karnataka, Independent, India
  185. Pankaj kardam, delhi, Independent, India
  186. Waquar Ahmed, , Academic, USA
  187. Sherin Varghese, Republic of Ireland, Professional, Europe
  188. Divya Karan, MN, Independent, USA
  189. Sudeept Srivastava, Uttar Pradesh, Professional, India
  190. Rahul Tiwari, Haryana, Professional, India
  191. Afroz Bohari, Maharashtra, Academic, India
  192. Neelam Gupta, Uttar Pradesh, Independent, India
  193. Anita Pagare, Maharashtra, Independent, India
  194. Rishabh Gupta, UTTAR PRADESH, Academic, India
  195. Mansi Singhal, Delhi, Academic, India
  196. Drishti Srivastava, Uttar pradesh, Professional, India
  197. Kamlesh Gupta, Uttar Pradesh, Academic, India
  198. Sairam Chekuri, , Professional, India
  199. Divya Arora, , Professional, India
  200. Gaurav Verma, Rajasthan, Professional, India
  201. Gargi Dutta Choudhury, West Bengal, Professional, India
  202. Arundhati Dhur, Uttar Pradesh, Independent, India
  203. Amod Shah, , Academic, Europe
  204. Shy Y, WB, Academic, India
  205. Sudheer R, , Professional, India
  206. Chandrakala Bhandari, Uttrakhand, Independent, India
  207. Siddhant Pusdekar, Minnesota, Academic, USA
  208. Ravi Prakash, Delhi, Academic, India
  209. Parth Richa, Haryana, Professional, India
  210. Vinod Patel, Chhattisgarh, Professional, India
  211. Parth Richa, Haryana, Professional, India
  212. Anuradha Talwar, West Bengal, Independent, India
  213. Kripal Mandloi, Delhi, Independent, India
  214. Sarah Suganthi, Tamil Nadu, Independent, India
  215. Parth Richa, Haryana, Professional, India
  216. Roopal Gupta, , Professional, India
  217. nishesh mani, uttaroradesh, Professional, India
  218. Vinay Gidwani, , Academic, USA
  219. Pramila Vasudevan, MN, Independent, USA
  220. Huseni F, Maharashtra, Professional, India
  221. Prateek Dixit, उत्तर प्रदेश, Academic, India
  222. Sarthak Shukla, Uttar pradesh, Academic, India
  223. Preeti Thapliyal, Uttarakhand, Independent, India
  224. Chandra Talpade Mohanty, NY, Academic, USA
  225. archit asthana, Uttar Pradesh, Professional, India
  226. Yatharth ShuklA, Uttar Pradesh, Academic, India
  227. Shahzad Khan, Maharashtra, Academic, India
  228. A Gupta, , Academic, India
  229. Neha Chaudhary, , Professional, India
  230. Richa Jhaldiyal, OH, Academic, USA
  231. Syed Tousif Masood, Karnataka, Independent, India
  232. Anil Chaudhary, Haryana, Independent, India
  233. David Faust, , Academic, USA
  234. Mubina Qureshi, MN, Independent, USA
  235. Richa Nagar, MN, Academic, USA
  236. Roja Singh, NY, Academic, USA
  237. Mehak Sawhney, , Academic, Canada
  238. Madhumita Dutta, Ohio, Academic, USA
  239. Ravi VS, California, Professional, USA

Stop State’s Clampdown on Voices Rising in Support of Farmers’ Movement in Uttar Pradesh

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We, the undersigned, condemn in the strongest possible terms, the house arrest of Richa Singh and harassment of other activists by the government of Uttar Pradesh in India. These actions constitute targeted suppression of protest and clampdown on dissenting voices by an authoritarian state.  

Richa Singh, a founding member of Sangtin Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (SKMS) and a national convenor of the National Alliance of People’s Movements, has agitated tirelessly with the most marginalized farmers, laborers, and women in Sitapur District of Uttar Pradesh since 1996.  On January 7th, the police stopped her in her hometown of Sitapur as she was joining the tractor rally in support of the farmers’ protests against the Indian Farms Reforms of 2020 that have shaken the country since 26 November 2020. While Richa was permitted to join the rally after speaking to the authorities, she was followed by two plainclothes police personnel. That same evening, she was placed under house arrest and prevented from accessing medical care in Lucknow. 

In spite of multiple attempts to learn why Richa Singh has been placed under house arrest, the only vague reason provided by the authorities is their ‘suspicion’ that she intends to join the farmers’ protests in Delhi. The details of where the police received this information have not been shared with Richa Singh, contravening her civil rights to be informed of the basis for her house arrest. There also does not seem to be an order for the arrest.

Richa Singh’s house arrest has coincided with the harassment of activists in other parts of Uttar Pradesh, including Varanasi, where an activist-delegation complained to the Divisional Commissioner that the Police were harassing them for going to Delhi and supporting the farmers’ agitation. The Additional District Magistrate also issued a notice under Goondas Act to an activist Mr. Ramjanam, who has been directed to appear before the Court on January 15th. Kripa Verma, Fazal-ur-Rehman Ansari, Lakshmi Prasad were also subjected to similar harassment by the police. 

These incidents fit into a broader pattern of arbitrary detentions of democratic rights activists and leaders of farmer’s organizations across Uttar Pradesh and in other states of India. They are a part of the rising trend to suppress voices of dissent and people’s demands, contravening people’s constitutional right to protest. Leaders and activists from various states, as well as members of the civil society, have been placed under house arrests and prevented from showing solidarity with the farmers’ movement in Delhi. 

Such stifling of support of the farmers’ movement is a sickening attempt by the Indian state to cast the protesting farmers in Delhi as a misguided minority without broad support. The state has been trying to discredit the protests as limited to farmers from Punjab and Haryana, spreading rumors about foreign funding while invoking references to a (separatist) movement for Khalistan, and claiming that mazdoors and kisaans from states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar are not standing with them. Pan-Indian farmers’ solidarity, especially with its demand for MSP (minimum support price), poses a grave threat to the state’s collaboration with corporate interests. 

However, the poorest of farmers and farm laborers in organizations such as SKMS, many of them Dalit women, are clearly able see how the 2020 reforms (farmers’ bill) are disastrous for them and also for India’s food security. The state seeks to suffocate their voices in solidarity with the farmers’ movement, and any activist or leader who comes in the way is being punished.  These illegal acts against protesting citizens must be reversed. 

The international community of Indian diaspora stands in solidarity with the protesting farmers, their families, social movement organizations, and activists. We demand that:

(i) the three farm laws enacted under the Indian Farm Reforms of 2020 be immediately repealed;

(ii) state authorities across India ensure the protection of citizen’s civil rights, including their rights to protest, to stand in solidarity with the farmers’ movement, and to make demands of the elected government;

(iii) Uttar Pradesh Police immediately release Richa Singh from house arrest and allow her access to medical care and freedom of movement;

(iv) Uttar Pradesh Police and government provide adequate explanation and compensation for the unconstitutional curbing of her right to travel and to access medical care;

(v) Uttar Pradesh Police immediately withdraw the notice issued to activist Ramjanam under the Goondas Act. 

International Community Condemns the Horrifying Violence against Dalit Women by Police-State in India

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1818 signatories so far. Click here to see current list of signatories.

We, the undersigned, strongly condemn the brutal gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman from Valmiki community in Hathras, in the state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), by four men from the upper-caste community of Thakurs, followed by similar rapes and killings of Dalit women in Balrampur, Bhadohi, Bulandshahr, and Azamgarh in UP, that have sent waves of shock, sorrow, and rage across India and the world.

Over and over again, the District and state administration, controlled by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, has humiliated and terrorized the family members of victims and survivors, mishandled and misrepresented the cases, and destroyed crucial evidence. This horror is evident in Hathras, where the police refused to hand over the rape victim’s body to her family, and cremated her in the middle of the night to eliminate all evidence — they denied her family the right to hold her for the last time, and to cremate her with dignity, with love, and with rage. The savagery of the police did not stop there — they unconstitutionally declared Hathras a containment zone to suppress protests and to isolate the family from political and civil rights groups who want to support them. In a final attempt to protect the upper-caste perpetrators, rape victim’s family has been threatened with narco tests. All vestiges of rule of law have been stripped away in the service of a Hindutva ideology, which upholds and valorizes Brahmanical caste/gender inequalities and oppression.

At this crucial historical moment when George Floyd’s brutal murder by a white police officer in Minneapolis has reignited the Black Lives Matter Movement in the U.S. and across the globe, the rapes and murders of Dalit women in U.P. by upper-caste men have galvanized tens of thousands of protestors across the world to rise up against the police state in the service of violent Hindutva in India, and to demand justice for the victims and survivors of this horrific violence. 

We stand in unflinching solidarity with all the families of survivors and victims of caste-based violence and join the women’s and feminist organizations and people’s movements across India, as well as their supporters across the world, to demand the following:

· The rapists and murderers should be punished stringently as per Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act (PoA, hereafter) and all such cases in UP must be investigated expeditiously. The Allahabad High Court must constitute an independent, time-bound Commission of Inquiry into the Hathras episode and hold all perpetrators and enablers of the crime, including police and government officials, fully accountable.

· The families of all the victims must be provided with full security and safety. 

· Strict action must be taken as per PoA Act on police and government officials who refused to file an appropriate FIR in time, who cremated the victim in a clandestine way in the dead of the night, who were complicit in covering up and attempting to destroy the case and evidence, persecuting the already distraught family. 

· All state governments and Centre must ensure the scrupulous implementation of the PoA, 1989 in addition to the Criminal Law Amendments 2013 and recommendations of the Justice J.S. Verma Committee, 2013. All cases of sexual violence on Dalit and Adivasi women must be fast-tracked, as per PoA.

· The Chief Minister of UP must step down for having failed miserably to protect the constitutional, legal, and human rights of multiple marginalized sections including Dalit, Adivasis and Muslims.

· The state governments must put an end to police and administrative high-handedness, especially the increasing cases of custodial deaths. The attacks on activists, journalists and repression of dissent should stop immediately. 

· The State must stop criminalizing peaceful and democratic protests that express much needed citizens’ outrage against caste and gender-based violence or atrocities on other marginalized communities.

References:

Endorsed by: 
India Civil Watch International
Twin Cities South Asia Solidarity Collective 
Alliance for Progressive South Asians (Twin Cities)
Imagining Transnational Solidarities Research Circle
AGITATE! Unsettling Knowledges
SEWA-AIFW (Asian Indian Family Wellness)
Parakh-Minnesota
CODEPINK


Act Now and Stop Facebook’s Hate Policies in India

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Indian PM Narendra Modi with Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and public policy director Ankhi Das in Delhi, November 2017.

To: Chairperson

House Judiciary Committee

and

Other Relevant committees of the US Congress and Department of State

Dear Chairs,

We’re writing from around the world out of deep concern that an American company, Facebook, has not only been turning a blind eye to hate speech and fake news – as your committee has already been investigating – but appears to be deliberately conniving with hatemongers in one of the world’s most volatile environments. In India, Facebook has not merely been negligent- it’s actually hired people who promote hate themselves, and who deliberately undercut their company’s own much-touted content rules. We request you to immediately ask Facebook to explain its conduct and to insist that it take swift action to end this complicity.

India has recently seen the rise to power of an openly majoritarian and authoritarian party, the BJP, as well as a tidal wave of hate speech that has led to lynchings, massacres and pogroms. The most recent example occurred in the national capital Delhi, where 53 people, the majority of them Muslims, paid with their lives as police watched. Not one but two Indian states feature on Genocide Watch’s list of alerts and have been described as “just one stage” short of genocide. Meanwhile, hatemongers in general and BJP leaders in particular have had free rein to spread lies, bigotry and calls for violence on Facebook.

On August 14th, a day before India’s independence day, the Wall Street Journal exposed why. It confirmed what many Indian journalists, opposition leaders and dissenters had long argued – Facebook India has been deliberately playing along with hate in India. Not only that. It turns out Facebook’s own head of public policy for South Asia, Ankhi Das, herself posted content referring to Indian Muslims as a “degenerate” community, saying it ‘speaks to me.’ She opposed action against BJP leaders who have, among other things, called for Rohingyas to be shot and peaceful protesters to be massacred, since it would lead to “political fallout.”[1] In a follow up report, the Wall Street Journal also exposed how Ankhi Das had, in internal posts, openly expressed support for the BJP and disparaged other political parties.[2] Meanwhile, senior Indian journalists Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Cyril Singh published a book in 2019, Real Face, in which they outlined how Facebook’s own global officials were “unhappy and uneasy” about the “close proximity” of Shivnath Thukral, another senior Facebook official, “to the Narendra Modi government.”[3] Time Magazine has also carried a report that notes how independent bodies seeking to counter hate speech had raised questions over Thukral’s role.[4] Also in 2019, three out of seven of Facebook’s official ‘fact checkers’ in India were found to have themselves spread misinformation.[5] That hardly seems accidental.

In the past, Mark Zuckerberg has claimed Facebook’s actions are some kind of defence of freedom of speech. That argument is problematic in itself. But here we’re talking about Facebook itself consciously supporting hatred.

The waves of violence in India have had terrible consequences both in that country and in the entire region. The large Indian diaspora in the United States has also found itself torn apart by these political developments. In this globally connected world we don’t think it is in the interests of either the United States or India for an American company to be complicit in this, whatever it may feel its commercial interests are. Those most directly affected by Facebook’s actions cannot hold the company to account – but you can. Hence we request that you:

– Call upon Facebook to explain its conduct in India with reference to the Wall Street Journal report, and to make public records of all internal discussions involving hate speech in India, and in particular relating to action against those in power

– Direct Facebook to institute an audit of its compliance with its own hate speech rules in South Asia, with a particular focus on India, and commit to completing the audit and implementing its recommendations within four months. This has been demanded by groups in both India and the United States. This audit should be under the aegis of a genuinely neutral organisation rather than a paid for private consultant, ideally either the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights or the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression (given that the UN now has an agenda on addressing hate speech).

– Call upon Facebook to remove any management personnel who have openly expressed hateful views or propagated hate speech.

– Call upon Facebook to ensure its fact checkers are genuine and neutral.

– As Indian groups have demanded, ask Facebook to put its money where its mouth is and institute a reparations fund to pay compensation and support to all victims of violence wherever audits reveal that Facebook failed to enforce its guidelines.

Sincerely,

Organizational Signatories

India Civil Watch International (ICWI)

References:

1] “Facebook’s Hate-Speech Rules Collide With Indian Politics”, Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-hate-speech-india-politics-muslim-hindu-modi-zuckerberg-11597423346

[2] “Facebook Executive Supported India’s Modi, Disparaged Opposition in Internal Messages”, Wall Street Journal.https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-executive-supported-indias-modi-disparaged-opposition-in-internal-messages-11598809348

[3] “Who Were The Key Players Responsible for Facebook’s Support to Modi and the BJP?”, Newsclick. https://www.newsclick.in/part-3-who-were-key-players-responsible-facebooks-support-modi-and-bjp

[4] “Facebook Ties to India’s BJP Under Scrutiny Over Hate Speech”, Time. https://time.com/5883993/india-facebook-hate-speech-bjp/

[5] “Three Out of Facebook’s Seven Fact Checking Partners Have Shared Misinformation”, Alt News. https://www.altnews.in/3-out-of-facebooks-7-fact-checking-partners-have-shared-misinformation-post-pulwama/

Signatories to stop Facebook from promoting hatred

Here is the current list of signatories to the petition to stop Facebook from promoting hatred in India

1043 signatories so far.

  1. Prasad Chacko, Gujarat, India
  2. Susan Dhavle, Maharashtra, India
  3. Ajay Skaria, MN, USA
  4. Mike Morgan Mike Morgan, Netherlands Antilles, Canada
  5. AnthonytoumnAI Anthonytoumn, Yemen, Canada
  6. Shameer Neduvanchery, Ontario, Canada
  7. Debadatta Chakraborty, MA, USA
  8. Mohammad Amir Askari, Uttar Pradesh, India
  9. Jayush Chauhan, Maharashtra, India
  10. Nirupama Ravi, MA, USA
  11. James Francis James Francis, Taiwan, Canada
  12. Mike Molligan Mike Molligan, Netherlands Antilles, Africa
  13. Devendra Ghadge, Maharashtra, India
  14. Sudarshana Mukhopadhyay, NY, USA
  15. Nitin Jaiswal, MD, USA
  16. G Shikaripur, Karnataka, India
  17. Barkha Budhiraja, Delhi, India
  18. Sivaprakash Pudhupalayam Muthurathinam, TX-Texas, USA
  19. Jayant Joshi, Maharashtra, India
  20. Jayant Joshi, Maharashtra, India
  21. Sumedh Urade, Maharashtra, India
  22. Teresa Kotturan, NY, USA
  23. Sabina Sawhney, Delhi, India
  24. JamesFesDC JamesFes, Iceland, Canada
  25. Jason Schulman, New York, USA
  26. Elizabeth Jogee, Midlothian, Europe
  27. Balkrishna Gramopadhye, Middlesex, Europe
  28. Rahul Patil, Goa, India
  29. Angela Sontakey, Maharashtra, India
  30. Mitesh Rajani, Maharashtra, India
  31. Subuhi Ansari, Ontario, Canada
  32. Maya Sharma, Gujarat, India
  33. Selvyn Jussy, West Bengal, India
  34. Kaneez Fathima, Telangana, India
  35. Vikram Iyengar, West Bengal, India
  36. Sudhir Agrawal, U P, India
  37. Ramesh Mujahidpur, Telangana, India
  38. Xavier Dias, Jharkhand, India
  39. Sharmila Ramesh, Telangana, India
  40. Sharmila Ramesh, Telangana, India
  41. Asma Zaidi, Delhi, India
  42. Asiya Khan, Telengana, India
  43. Chand Basha, Andhra pradesh, India
  44. Rajendra Prasad Boddapati, Telangana, India
  45. Kalyani Chowdhury, Telangana, India
  46. Nilanjana Das, West Bengal, India
  47. #file_links["C:\Frazes.txt",1,N]: #file_links["C:\Links.txt",1,N] #file_links["C:\Frazes.txt",1,N]: #file_links["C:\Links.txt",1,N], #file_links["C:\Frazes.txt",1,N]: #file_links["C:\Links.txt",1,N], Africa
  48. Debasmita Deb, West Bengal, India
  49. Aniruddha Dutta, West Bengal, India
  50. Roshani Thakore, Oregon, USA
  51. Fazal Khan, Dubai, Asia/Pacific
  52. Patricua Avery, Minnesota, USA
  53. Saleha Athar, Canada, Canada
  54. RAFI Veettil, ON, Canada
  55. RAFI Veettil, ON, Canada
  56. Palakkal Kabeer, On, Canada
  57. Corey David, Ontario, Canada
  58. Vineet Diwadkar, Mumbai, India
  59. Kiran Asher, MA, USA
  60. Anita Chikkatur, MN, USA
  61. Joy Sengupta, Maharashtra, India
  62. zakir Gunja, CA, USA
  63. Shakeel Ansari, Maharashtra, India
  64. Shabnam Latiwala, Maharashtra, India
  65. Abhishek Kumar, delhi, India
  66. Anindita Chatterjee, Minnesota, USA
  67. Roshani Thakore, Oregon, USA
  68. Manjiri Indurkar, Delhi, India
  69. Nimisha Nagalia, MN, USA
  70. Sayan Bhattacharya, Minnesota, USA
  71. Ambika T, NY, USA
  72. Ashok Shiromany, UP, India
  73. Adrija Chaudhuri, Karnataka, India
  74. Hans Kaushik, Tamil Nadu, India
  75. Santosh Chandan, Bihar, India
  76. Aban Irani, Maharashtra, India
  77. V K DOBHAL, Uttrakhand, India
  78. venugopal thakker, Maharashtra, India
  79. Kashmir Singh, Haryana, India
  80. Kashmir Singh, Haryana, India
  81. Pushpamala N, India, India
  82. Shuba Somas, CA, USA
  83. Shuba Somas, CA, USA
  84. Meera Sehgal, Minnesota, USA
  85. Shuba Somas, CA, USA
  86. Shiney V V, MN, USA
  87. Poonam Batra, Delhi, India
  88. Radheyshyam Maurya, UP, India
  89. Poonam Batra, Delhi, India
  90. Poonam Batra, Delhi, India
  91. Sofia Hafeji, Greater London, Europe
  92. Girija Pathak, East Delhi, Asia/Pacific
  93. Tushar Somkuwar, Maharashtra, India
  94. Ritwik Sharma, Delhi, India
  95. Tahira Ghias, Texas, USA
  96. Mohammad Amir Askari, Uttar Pradesh, India
  97. Muneira Hoballah, CA, USA
  98. Indranee Dutta, Assam, India
  99. Vineet Bhambhu, Rajasthan, India
  100. Mohammed Azhar, Jharkhand, India
  101. HobertnaxYW Hobertnax, Belarus, South America
  102. Sejal Lal, BC, Canada
  103. Hafeez ur Rehman, ON, Canada
  104. Phaedra Robinson, HI, USA
  105. Rakesh Agrawal, Uttarakhand, India
  106. Tejinder pal Singh, Delhi, India
  107. Rohit Varman, Cambs, Europe
  108. Azhar Athar, Ontario, Canada
  109. Nachiket Udupa, Delhi, India
  110. Praveer k Paul, UP, India
  111. Sheila Patel, Illinois, USA
  112. Manoj Singh, Delhi, India
  113. Rajesh kumar, West Bengal, India
  114. Mathulamani Mk, Kerala, India
  115. Priyanka Kumar, MD, USA
  116. Harjit Singh, Haryana, India
  117. Hasan Abdullah, Delhi, India
  118. Ashok Rana, Delhi, India
  119. Zuhaib Hasan, Delhi, India
  120. Jahangir Adil, Telangana, India
  121. Amrita Dasgupta, Uttar Pradesh, India
  122. Shahid Akhtar, UP, India
  123. Alok Kumar, Jharkhand, India
  124. Purushottam Sharma, Delhi, India
  125. Maya Bhardwaj, London, Europe
  126. JAGADISHWAR Chaturvedi, Delhi, India
  127. S Karim, TN, USA
  128. Amarnath Vasava, Gujarat, India
  129. Ramesh Dixit, Uttar Pradesh, India
  130. Gandharva Joshi, Uttarakhand, India
  131. Anil Verma, Uttar prdesh, India
  132. Sharib Haroon, Tx, USA
  133. Abhijit Dasgupta, Delhi, India
  134. S Karim, TN, USA
  135. Mike Cushman, London, UK, Europe
  136. Teena Gill, Delhi, India
  137. Ricky Saldanha, Maharashtra, India
  138. Shahid Khan, waikato, Asia/Pacific
  139. Ashish Kothari, Maharashtra, India
  140. Devalrani Dharker, Maharashtra, India
  141. Annie John, Karnataka, India
  142. MANISH KUMAR, BIHAR, India
  143. Vijayasingh Ronald David Alias David, Karnataka, India
  144. sunny sandhu, Punjab, Europe
  145. Zoe Lawlor, IReland, Europe
  146. anju kadam, Karnataka, India
  147. Ritika Dube, Haryana, India
  148. Ashish Kothari, Maharashtra, India
  149. Vijayasingh Ronald David, Karnataka, India
  150. Shinoj M, Kerala, India
  151. Shiraz Kidwai, Uttar Pradesh, India
  152. VANGURI KRANTHI, Telangana, India
  153. Bharathi Agarwal, Thailand, Asia/Pacific
  154. Anjali Choksi, QC, Canada
  155. Ranjona Banerji, UTTARAKHAND, India
  156. Joseph Mattam, Gujarat, India
  157. Arijit Ganguly, West Bengal, India
  158. Ahmar Raza, Delhi, India
  159. Sheila Patel, Illinois, USA
  160. Musarrat Siddiqui, ON, Canada
  161. Afsal Ph, Kerala, India
  162. Ranjan Ks, Andhrapradesh, India
  163. kabi x, MAH, India
  164. Susmita Rai, ON - Ontario, Canada
  165. Mujib Kidwai, Ontario, Canada
  166. Haripriya Rangan, VIC, Asia/Pacific
  167. Diya P, Karnataka, India
  168. Sandanasamy Raj, Maharashtra, India
  169. Zia Usman, Illinois, USA
  170. ARUN KHOPKAR, Maharashtra, India
  171. Zk S, Illinois, USA
  172. Meenal Mamdani, IL, USA
  173. Jayanthi Reddy, MI, USA
  174. Suresh Barsl, NJ, USA
  175. SAMAR SINGH, VIC, Asia/Pacific
  176. Anjali Deshmukh, New York, USA
  177. Mihraj A, ON, Canada
  178. Chandler Davis, Ontario, Canada
  179. Divyani Motla, Ontario, Canada
  180. Afzal Khan, up, India
  181. Dipti Desai, NY, USA
  182. Saleh Mamon, Surrey, Europe
  183. Brandon Juhl, WA, USA
  184. Aarthi Rajiv, CA, USA
  185. Mer Ekeko, Madrid, Europe
  186. Ajay Kumar, Delhi NCR, India
  187. Jelica Roland, None, Europe
  188. Beheroze Shroff, California, USA
  189. Syed Wajahat, Texas, USA
  190. Divyani Motla, Ontario, Canada
  191. Mehrene Larudee, MA, USA
  192. Shadan hasan, tx, USA
  193. Satheesh Krishna, Kerala, India
  194. Shantolal Lal, Keralam, India
  195. Bindu Desai, Ca, USA
  196. Amit Singh, Maharashtra, India
  197. M.N RAVUNNI, Kerala, India
  198. Jabeen Merchant, Maharashtra, India
  199. Suneer Pc, Kerala, USA
  200. Firoze Manji, Québec, Canada
  201. Ashok Prasad, Colorado, USA
  202. Donald Benson, Egypt, Africa
  203. Zarin Kidwai, Texas, USA
  204. Hans Kaushik, Tamil Nadu, India
  205. Ismail Kappur, Kerala, Asia/Pacific
  206. Sarah Asrar, Texas, USA
  207. Akbar Firdosy, CA, USA
  208. Ana Ortiz Monasterio, CIUDAD DE MEXICO, USA
  209. Najid Hussain, DE, USA
  210. SHIVJIT HUNDLE, Illinois, USA
  211. Rachana Kamtekar, New York, USA
  212. Rathi Menon, Kerala, India
  213. Vijayasingh Ronald David, Karnataka, India
  214. TERENCE DSOUZA, Tamil Nadu, India
  215. Meghna Dhar, Uttar Pradesh, India
  216. Parijat Desai, NY, USA
  217. Sabika Zaidi, Ontario, Canada
  218. Donna Willmott, CA, USA
  219. Tuboli Tuboli, Universe, USA
  220. Sohomjit Ray, New York, USA
  221. Vaidehi Garg, Delhi, India
  222. Anne Murphy, BC, Canada
  223. Gregory Sale, AZ, USA
  224. Narendranath Chettur, Karnataka, India
  225. Sahil N, Delhi, India
  226. imdad ahmed, assam, India
  227. Smita B, NY, USA
  228. imdad ahmed, assam, India
  229. Prerana Reddy, NY, USA
  230. Antara Rao Yadavalli, Delhi, India
  231. Susheela R. Sridhar, Karnataka, India
  232. Karen Gabriel, Delhi, India
  233. meha khanduri, delhi, India
  234. Meenu Deswal, Michigan, USA
  235. Dia Da Costa, Alberta, Canada
  236. Anneeth Kaur Hundle Hundle, CA, USA
  237. Sabiha Tanvir, TX, USA
  238. Nasir Tyabji, Uttarakhand, India
  239. Maria Lydia Spinelli, MA, USA
  240. M. Kumar, Karnataka, India
  241. Noori Nisar, New Jersey, USA
  242. Meghana Nallajerla, Georgia, USA
  243. waqas Chaudhry, ON, Canada
  244. P G Menon, Hoskote TALUK, Bangalore, India
  245. K.Ravi Chander, Telangana, India
  246. Shujaat Khan, Haryana, India
  247. P G Menon, Hoskote TALUK, Bangalore, India
  248. Joseph Varghese, Kerala, USA
  249. Mewa Bedi, Manitoba, Canada
  250. Shantipal Sonune, Maharashtra, India
  251. Pranjali Desai, NY, USA
  252. Beula Gabriel, Telangana, India
  253. Mairaj Khan, UP, India
  254. Mitsu Soin, Delhi, India
  255. Susan Rowden, FL, USA
  256. Nomita Shahani, CA, USA
  257. P K Vijayan, Delhi, India
  258. george MK, Kerala, India
  259. Shakamoori Ravi, Telangaana, USA
  260. Shakamoori Ravi, Telangaana, USA
  261. K Supriya, IL - Illinois, USA
  262. Jeremy Rinker, NC, USA
  263. Rana Khan, Ontario, Canada
  264. Indra Bhatia, Delhi, India
  265. Nims Sharma, Delhi, India
  266. Aminu Usman, FCT, Africa
  267. Aminu Usman, FCT, Africa
  268. Aminu Usman, FCT, Africa
  269. Prabhsharan Singh, Delhi, India
  270. Manchala Achyutha Satyanarayana Rao, Telangana, India
  271. Rahul Chaure, England, Europe
  272. Sumanta Banerjee, Telangana State, India
  273. Devaki Khanna, KA, India
  274. Devaki Khanna, KA, India
  275. Mahe Nadeem, Texas, USA
  276. SHIRISH Inamdar, Maharashtra, India
  277. Jeroo Mulla, Maharashtra, India
  278. khan hasan, WA, USA
  279. Basab Nandi Majumdar, West Bengal, India
  280. SADIQ ZAFAR, Uttar Pradesh, India
  281. Kartar Singh, Delhi, USA
  282. Noori Nisar, New Jersey, USA
  283. Panna Iyer, PA, USA
  284. DEE S., NJ, USA
  285. Sumedha Basu, Uttar pradesh, India
  286. Mohammed Hussain, ON, Canada
  287. mohammad imran, NJ, USA
  288. Hari Prasad, Punjab, India
  289. Veena Gokhale, QC, Canada
  290. Abdul Qadir, Karnataka, India
  291. Kamal Mohamed, NY, USA
  292. Neeti Nair, VA, USA
  293. Ambika Menon, Kerala, India
  294. Shabbir Akbarali, Maharashtra, India
  295. Shailaja Rao, VA, USA
  296. Easha Tiwari, CO, USA
  297. Rahul Nair, Ohio, USA
  298. Antony Kollannur, Kerala, India
  299. Salim Yusuf, Ontario, USA
  300. Amit C, DELHI, India
  301. Minoo Gundevia, Quebec, Canada
  302. Anne Bellows, NY, USA
  303. Vishnu Poly, Kerala, India
  304. David Faust, MN, USA
  305. Rejaz M Sydeek, Kerala, India
  306. vasantha lakshmi, telangana, India
  307. Shazin Siddiqui, Karnataka, India
  308. Harshita Kalyan, West Bengal, India
  309. mohit shenoy, maharashtra, India
  310. Sumul nazmine, Jharkhand, India
  311. Carmine Gorga, MA, USA
  312. Rashid Syed, ON, Canada
  313. Peehu Pardeshi, Maharashtra, India
  314. Annapurna Menon, London, Europe
  315. Dyuti Chakravarty, Co. Dublin, Europe
  316. Mohammed Abdul Raheem, Telangana, India
  317. rita puthen, Karnataka, India
  318. Kasturi Gandhi, Maharashtra, India
  319. Rimli Bhattacharya, Delhi, India
  320. Nabeela Irfan, Ontario, Canada
  321. Sabyasachi SenGupta, West Bengal, India
  322. sandhya laxman, nj, USA
  323. Harry Cleaver, TX, USA
  324. Madhumita Dutta, Ohio, USA
  325. Jayashree Thotekat, Kerala, India
  326. Saleem Badat, KwaZulu-Natal, Africa
  327. Mahabanoo Mody-Kotwal, Maharashtra, India
  328. Anjan Mukhopadhyay, West Bengal, India
  329. Hemant Sareen, Delhi, India
  330. Ruth Pinto, Maharashtra, India
  331. Sheba Tejani, NY, USA
  332. Sheba Tejani, NY, USA
  333. Sonam Chaturvedi, Delhi, India
  334. Arabinda Dasgupta, West Bengal, India
  335. Ruby Hembrom, West Bengal, India
  336. Manas Laha, West Bengal, India
  337. Nagesh Meshram, Maharashtra, India
  338. Shreekumar S, Karnataka, India
  339. VINOD SARAF, Punjab, India
  340. Salim Yusufji, M.P., India
  341. Mayukha Chihnitha K, Andhra Pradesh, India
  342. Lotika Singha, Staffordshire, Asia/Pacific
  343. Manisha Goyal, Uttar Pradesh, India
  344. Deepika Joshi, Chhattisgarh, India
  345. Ricky Saldanha, Maharashtra, India
  346. Anuradha Pati, Karnataka, USA
  347. Narinder Jeet, Punjab, India
  348. Sandeep Vaidya, Westmeath, Europe
  349. Hassan Mushtaq, Jammu, India
  350. ALKA ACHARYA, Delhi, India
  351. Sanchita Sarkar, Telangana, India
  352. Prafulla Samantara, Odisha, India
  353. Ashish Kumar Ray, West Bengal, India
  354. Sitangshu Chakraborty, West Bengal, India
  355. Harjasnoor Kakkar, Punjab, India
  356. Manabi Majumdar, WEST BENGAL, India
  357. Harshawardhan Rathod, Karnataka, India
  358. marieme helie lucas, algeria, Europe
  359. Ruby Hembrom, West Bengal, India
  360. Prashant Singh, Dubai, Asia/Pacific
  361. Narendra Gupta, Rajasthan, India
  362. swatija Manorama, Maharashtra, India
  363. J S Yadav, Chhattisgarh, India
  364. Cosimo Zene, UK, Europe
  365. Sumeet Agarwal, Delhi, India
  366. Anita Dighe, Uttar Pradesh, India
  367. Parthasarathi Majumdar, West Bengal, India
  368. Françoise Audouze, France, Europe
  369. Joe Victor, West Bengal, India
  370. Anwesha Mallik, West bengal, India
  371. Farooq Abdul Gafar Bawani, Gujarat, India
  372. Indranil APARTMENT, HARYANA, India
  373. Shakeel Rahman, Bihar, India
  374. SHARAD BEHAR, MADHYA PRADESH, Europe
  375. sridipta g, West Bengal, India
  376. Natarajan D V, Tamilnadu, India
  377. Rohit Lalwani, Madhya Pradesh, India
  378. Richa Singh, Uttar Pradesh, India
  379. Mitesh Rajani, Maharashtra, India
  380. Sukla Sen, Maharashtra, India
  381. Indrapramit Das, West Bengal, India
  382. Ajaya kumar, keralam, India
  383. Gerard Oonk, The Netherlands, Europe
  384. Narasimha Reddy, Telangana, India
  385. SIVADASAN N K, Kerala, India
  386. Lala Burma, Mp, India
  387. Prasenjeet Gadve, Maharashtra, India
  388. Gouranga Mohapatra, Odisha, India
  389. Archana Motghare, Saitama, Asia/Pacific
  390. Muralidharan K, Keralam, India
  391. Prajvalit Motghare, Saitama, Asia/Pacific
  392. Md Qamruzzama, Bihar, India
  393. Prajvalit Motghare, maharashtra, India
  394. Sana t, NY, USA
  395. prabhat kumar, bihar, India
  396. Keith Reader, UK, Europe
  397. anuragini nagar, Delhi, India
  398. shiv ., Karnataka, India
  399. Fahad Shelkey, Maharashtra, India
  400. Sudha Rajagopalan, Holland, Europe
  401. Klaus Helms, Germany, Europe
  402. Claire Urbanski, CA, USA
  403. KB Kannampilly, Kerala, India
  404. Nasreen Fazalbhoy, MAHARASHTRA, India
  405. Aravinda Potluri, Telangana, India
  406. vallala sravya, Telangana, India
  407. Shalini Vaz, Maharashtra, India
  408. Gautam Doshi, Maharashtra, India
  409. Ankita Singh, Haryana, India
  410. Shewli Kumar, Maharashtra, India
  411. GURPREET KAUR, DELHI, India
  412. Christa Wichterich, Germany, Europe
  413. Abdul Rahiman P K, Tamil Nadu, India
  414. Prachi Govilkar, Maharashtra, India
  415. Varun Vasudevan, Berlin, Europe
  416. Ananya Kundu, West Bengal, India
  417. PRADIP DATTA, Delhi, India
  418. Arun Subramaniam, Karnataka, India
  419. Arun Agnihotri, Gujarat, India
  420. Sunil J, Karnataka, India
  421. OISHIK SIRCAR, WEST BENGAL, India
  422. Malaika Chawla, QLD, Asia/Pacific
  423. osheain motghare, SAITAMA, Asia/Pacific
  424. Shashank SR, Karnataka, India
  425. Abhishek Shah, IL, USA
  426. Vandana Kulkarni, Maharashtra, India
  427. Aparna Ravichandran, Karnataka, Asia/Pacific
  428. Anupama Potluri, Telangana, India
  429. Anitha Guru, Karnataka, India
  430. Claudia Leung, CA, USA
  431. Nirupama Karthikeyan, Karnataka, India
  432. Dhara Gorasiya, Gujarat, India
  433. Anamika Asthana, NCT of Delhi, India
  434. Mukul Prakash, UP, India
  435. Krishna Ahir, Telangana, India
  436. Shalini Nataraj, CA, USA
  437. Aditya Rametra, Chandigarh, India
  438. Dewal Sawarkar, Uttarakhand, India
  439. Dr. AFTAB ALAM, Delhi, India
  440. Avijit Dutt, Delhi, India
  441. Lashmanaraju Prabakaran, Tamil Nadu, India
  442. Pival Peddireddi, Telangana, India
  443. Puthenpura Job, Andhrapradesh, India
  444. Alwyn D'Souza, Karnataka, India
  445. Bhupinder Singh, HARYANA, India
  446. kamayani mahabal, Maharashtra, India
  447. chukka srinivas, california, USA
  448. Raviraj Baikampady, Karnataka, India
  449. Raviraj Baikampady, Karnataka, India
  450. Surbhi Shrivastava, Maharashtra, India
  451. Rahul Singh, Stredocesky Kraj, Europe
  452. Sunita Sheel, Maharashtra, India
  453. Anisha Sequeira, Goa, India
  454. Rahul Rajamuthiah, Maharashtra, India
  455. Shariq Khan, None (International), India
  456. Atul Gurtu, Maharashtra, India
  457. Bhaskar Chakraborty, Maharashtra, India
  458. Vishesh Gandhi, Maharashtra, India
  459. Ekbal Bappukunju, Kerala, India
  460. RAVI AVASTHI, Delhi, India
  461. Tara Rai, Delhi, India
  462. Pooja Band, Rajsthan, India
  463. AMY CATLIN CATLIN, CA, USA
  464. RANI DAY, Karnataka, India
  465. Ananya Revanna, Karnataka, India
  466. Rekha Yadav, Haryana, India
  467. Tariq Aziz, Kuala Lumpur, Asia/Pacific
  468. Aakanksha S, Telangana, India
  469. Shaurya Shekhar, Delhi, India
  470. Apuurva S, Goa, India
  471. Asif Idrees, Delhi, India
  472. Devasagayaraj Zackarias, TAMIL NADU, India
  473. Sudha N, Karnataka, India
  474. Pritish Nandy, Maharashtra India, USA
  475. Shruti Lokre, Maharashtra, India
  476. Amalendu Jajodia, Maharashtra, India
  477. Zubair A., UTTAR PRADESH, India
  478. Reboni Saha, Goa, India
  479. Minakshi Rajdev, Delhi, India
  480. Suresh Babu Gnanaseelan, Delhi, India
  481. Firos Kalarikkal, Kerala, India
  482. Osama Qureshi, Maharashtra, India
  483. Subhashis Chowdhury, Karnataka, India
  484. Anandhi Nair, Pondicherry, India
  485. Vibhav Mariwala, Maharashtra, India
  486. Narayani Gupta, Delhi, India
  487. Philip J, Karnataka, India
  488. Prasad Chacko, Gujarat, India
  489. Huma Khan, Uttar Pradesh, India
  490. Meera Sidhardhan, DELHI, India
  491. Ibrahim Ali Mohammed, London, Europe
  492. walter Fernandes, Assam, India
  493. Ruby Hembrom, West Bengal, India
  494. Usha Iyer, CA, USA
  495. Manohar Reddy, Telangana, India
  496. Somak Paul, California, USA
  497. Romar Correa, Maharashtra, India
  498. Yasin Khan, CA, USA
  499. Nalini Nayak, Delhi, India
  500. Nisha Biswas, West bengal, India
  501. Sucheta Mahajan, Delhi, India
  502. Aratrika Dey, West Bengal, India
  503. Shaibani Azam, Delhi, India
  504. Annapurna Shaw, West Bengal, India
  505. Yasmin Jiwani, Ontario, Canada
  506. Jaideep Ahuja, Haryana, India
  507. Muhammed Nashid, Ontario, Canada
  508. Sangeeta Mall, Maharashtra, India
  509. Josna Rege, MA, USA
  510. Shan Khan, TX, USA
  511. PANKAJ BUTALIA, Delhi, India
  512. S Subramanian, Tamil Nadu, India
  513. Amiya Chaudhuri, Karnataka, India
  514. Mohan Dutta, Indiana, USA
  515. Varsha Chitale, Maharashtra, India
  516. Inayat Singh, Haryana, India
  517. A K Mukhopadhyay, West Bengal, India
  518. Zakiya Shireen, VIctoria, Asia/Pacific
  519. Virginius Xaxa, Delhi, India
  520. INDRAJIT DUTT, West Bengal, India
  521. SUNIT SENGUPTA, KARNATAKA, India
  522. Tapas Ray, West Bengal, India
  523. Kavaseri Krishnaswamy, Karnataka, India
  524. Nasser Yusuf, Kerala, India
  525. Rahul Chakravarty, West Bengal, India
  526. Ravi Nair, Delhi, India
  527. Dipanwita D, Karnataka, India
  528. Dipanwita D, Karnataka, India
  529. Joseph Xavier, Karnataka, India
  530. Ayan Mukhopadhyay, Tamil Nadu, India
  531. Dr.Mohan Rao, Karnataka, India
  532. Anjana Mangalagiri, Not Applicable, India
  533. Siddharth Thayil, Maharashtra, India
  534. Shiva Shankar, TN, India
  535. Prarthna Singh, Maharashtra, India
  536. Ranjana Mangalagiri, Maharashtr, India
  537. Wilson Dsouza, Maharashtra, India
  538. Rajkranti Walse, Maharashtra, India
  539. Madhava Prasad, Telangana, India
  540. Debjani Sengupta, DL, India
  541. S I, Punjab, India
  542. Devika Das, Telangana, India
  543. Sanjiv Krishan Sood, UP, India
  544. mohini mullick, Delhi, India
  545. Abhishek Patil, Karnataka, India
  546. ARUN KHOTE, Uttar Pradesh, India
  547. Mritiunjoy Mohanty, West Bangal, India
  548. Sabina Basha, Outside US, India
  549. Sharada Ganesh, Karnataka, India
  550. Rafat Munshi, Maharashtra, India
  551. Stacy Pinto, Karnataka, India
  552. Sharada Ganesh, Karnataka, India
  553. Senthil Kumar, Puducherry, India
  554. Rajat Tuli, Delhi, India
  555. Nasira Patel, quebec, Canada
  556. Muhammad Aleem, Qubec, Canada
  557. Sunil Silswal, Uttrakhand, India
  558. Bhavesh Jaguri, Uttrakhand, India
  559. Nestor Nestor, Nestor, Canada
  560. Gajendra Bahuguna, Uttarakhand, India
  561. avi g, Maharashtra, India
  562. DavidverveIF Davidverve, Mauritius, South America
  563. Shatrunjay Mall, Wisconsin, USA
  564. Basant Rawat, Uttrakhand, India
  565. Rohan Agrawal, Uttar Pradesh, India
  566. Pradeep Kumar, Utter pradesh, India
  567. Ashish Bhatnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India
  568. Sumit Kumar, U.P, India
  569. Anshumali C, West bengal, India
  570. Sanghmitra k, Abu Dhabi, Asia/Pacific
  571. Rumman khan, maharashtra, India
  572. Priyanka Sharma, New delhi, India
  573. shishu pal, uttarakhand, India
  574. Nestor Nestor, Nestor, Canada
  575. Shankarlal Chaudhary, Rajasthan, India
  576. Rahul Singh, Haryana, India
  577. Kailash Chandra, Uttarakhand, India
  578. Seema Panwar, Uttarakhand, India
  579. Mohd Shabi Rafique, Uttar Pradesh, India
  580. ShishRam Kanswal, Uttrakhand, India
  581. Mohit dobhal, Uttarakhand, India
  582. Sajee Gopal, TX, USA
  583. Parikshit Pathak, Maharashtra, India
  584. Prabhu Ji, U.P., India
  585. Karan Kapoor, Jammu and Kashmir, India
  586. Muni Rohit, Andhra Pradesh, India
  587. Jaideep Lohia, Delhi, India
  588. Ankit Verma, U.P., India
  589. Changhez Khan, Delhi, India
  590. Pranavgopal Pandey, Uttar pradesh, India
  591. Shailesh Pateliya, Gujarat, India
  592. Shailesh Pateliya, Gujarat, India
  593. Mandy Singh, West bengal, USA
  594. Namita Sibal, Maharashtra, India
  595. Patel Irfan, Gujarat, India
  596. Shripal Singh, Gujarat, India
  597. Yogesh Pandey, Uttarakhand, India
  598. Bhupinder Panwar, Delhi, India
  599. Gopal Chauhan, Haryana, India
  600. Himanshu Shukla, UP, USA
  601. Md zafar इमाम4, Bihar, India
  602. Vivek Sharma a, Haryana, India
  603. Vivek P, Maharashtra, India
  604. Ginnij Choubey, Delhi, India
  605. Vinod Jeena, Uttarakhand, India
  606. Anoop Bijalwan, Uttarakhand, India
  607. Mark Anthony Joseph, Karnataka, India
  608. Faisal Ali, Bihar, India
  609. Rahul Kumar, Delhi, India
  610. Rajesh Kumar, Uttrakhand, India
  611. Partha Pratik Poddar, West Bengal, India
  612. Jabar Singh, Uttrakhand, India
  613. Anurag Gaikwad, Maharashtra, India
  614. Himanshu Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India
  615. Saurabh Srivastava, Haryana, India
  616. Syed Khan, Karnataka, India
  617. Swati Singh, UP, India
  618. Sahil Rana, Delhi, India
  619. Aleem Hafiz, Jharkhand, India
  620. Brij Mohan Sharma, Delhi, India
  621. Prerna Garg, Uttrakhand, India
  622. Geeta Bisht, Uttarakhand, USA
  623. Vivek Kumar Tiwari, UO, India
  624. Pradyuman Rawat, Uttarakhand, India
  625. Janul Abdin, Delhi, India
  626. Salil Srivastava, Delhi, India
  627. Babul Mohanty, Odisha, India
  628. Nashir Khan, Manipur, India
  629. Brijesh Bhatt, Uttarakhand, USA
  630. Vineet Ahuja, MADHYA PRADESH, India
  631. Yassir Zargar, Jammu and kashmir, India
  632. Pranjal Yadav, Uttar Pradesh, India
  633. Anoop Chauhan, उत्तराखंड, India
  634. Utkarsh Mishra, uttar pradesh, India
  635. Manish Bist, Delhi, India
  636. Vijay Kumar, U.p, USA
  637. Sharad Chauhan, Uttarakhand, India
  638. Shakil Khan, Jharkhand, India
  639. SANJAY YADAV, M P, USA
  640. Sanjeev Kumar, New Delhi, India
  641. Shamim Khan, Assam, India
  642. Shivam R, MH, India
  643. Vishal Singh, JAMMU & KASHMIR, India
  644. Akshit Parikh, Rajasthan, India
  645. Shaswat Sinha, Delhi, India
  646. Ashish B, Haryana, India
  647. Anil Duhoon, New Dwlhi, USA
  648. Subhash Gairola, Uttrakhand, India
  649. Girija Pathak, Delhi, Asia/Pacific
  650. Sachin Purohit, Uttarakhand, India
  651. Sunita Kohli, UTTARAKHAND, India
  652. Dinesh Asthana, Uttar Pradesh, India
  653. Ganesh Kumar, Addis, Africa
  654. Neelabh Rai, Uttar Pradesh, India
  655. Rakesh Sharma, Uttar Pradesh, India
  656. K K BORA, Uttrakhand, India
  657. Gajendra Bora, Uttrakhand, India
  658. Vineet George, Delhi, India
  659. Arvind Chauhan, Uttarakhand, India
  660. Chandramauli Sati, Uttarakhand, India
  661. Vipin Rana, Uttarakhand, India
  662. Ajay Khatri, Uttarakhand, India
  663. Sudhir Suman, Bihar, India
  664. Arvind Bisht, Uttarakhand India, USA
  665. Vinay Raturi, WA, USA
  666. Rana Khan, Ontario, Canada
  667. Shrwan Sati, Uttarakhand, India
  668. Surinder kumar, delhi, India
  669. Sreya Dutta Chowdhury, West Bengal, India
  670. Sreya Dutta Chowdhury, West Bengal, India
  671. Shivani Nautiyal, Uttarakhand, India
  672. Neeraj Malik, Bihar, India
  673. Vandana Arya, uttarakhand, India
  674. Preeti Thapliyal, uttarakhsnd, India
  675. Vishnu E K, INDIA, India
  676. Subhash Chandra Kushwaha, Uttar Pradesh, India
  677. Onkar Singh, Up, India
  678. Indresh Maikhuri, Uttarakhand, India
  679. Abhay Kuliyal, Uttarakhand, India
  680. Rajesh Bhardwaj, Maharashtra, India
  681. Suranjan Sinha, Haryana, India
  682. Shiwani Pandey, Uttarakhand, India
  683. Anjsli Mody, Delhi, India
  684. Bhagwati Pant, Uttarakhand, India
  685. Kamlesh Joshi, Uttarakhand, India
  686. रमेश पहाड़ी, उत्तराखण्ड, India
  687. Anmol Deep, Maharashtra, India
  688. Nandini Sundar, Delhi, India
  689. Atul Sati, Uttrakhand, India
  690. Manwendra Singh Bartwal, Uttarakhand, India
  691. Sunil Maurya, Up, India
  692. Jagmohan Balodi, Delhi, India
  693. Anurag Bist, Uttarakhand, India
  694. sanjay semwal, Uttarakhand, India
  695. Manoj Semwal, Chandigarh, India
  696. Prabhat Kumar Choudhary, Delhi, India
  697. Rajendra Pratholi, Delhi, India
  698. DEVENDER Raturi, Delhi, India
  699. Neeraj Kukreti, Uttarakhand, India
  700. Muhammad Danish, Uttarakhand, India
  701. Vijay Bhatt, Uttrakhand, India
  702. Krishna kumar Pandey, Uttar pradesh, India
  703. पंकज महर, उत्तराखण्ड, India
  704. Chetan Chetan, Uttrakhand, India
  705. Chetan Chetan, Uttrakhand, India
  706. Dr Ashutosh Bhandari, Uttarakhand, India
  707. Gopalji Pradhan, NCT, India
  708. ABHISHEK NEGI, UTTARAKHAND, India
  709. sushilkhatri.pth@gmail.com Khatri, UTTARAKHAND, USA
  710. Vyomesh Joshi, Uttrakhand, India
  711. Trilochan Bhatt, Uttrakhand, India
  712. Brijesh Bhatt, Uttarakhand, India
  713. Geeta Gairola, Uttarakhand, India
  714. Deepti Rawat, Uttarakhand, India
  715. Beena Kunwar, Uttrakhand, India
  716. Mohit Godiyal, Uttarakhand, India
  717. Rohit Kumar, Jharkhand, India
  718. Chandra Prakash, Utterakhand, India
  719. Aayush Kunwar, Uttrakhand, India
  720. Ramkran Paswan, Hariyana, India
  721. Hemlal Mahto, Jharkhand, India
  722. Kamlesh Joshi, Uttarakhand, India
  723. M R Khan, Uttar Pradesh, India
  724. Mahabir Bairwan, Uttarakhand, India
  725. Malti Haldar, Uttarakhand, India
  726. Dinesh Kumar, Uttar Pradesh, USA
  727. Ramesh Krishak, Uttarakhand, India
  728. Jyotsna Panwr, Uttarakhand, India
  729. Mayank Badola, Uttar Pradesh, India
  730. Prashant Rawat, Uttaranchal, India
  731. Anil kumar Pant, Delhi, India
  732. Shubhendu Sen, Jharkhand, India
  733. Aditya Panwar, Uttarakhand, India
  734. Vinod Prasad, Uttarakhand, India
  735. Saroj Anand Joshi, Uttarakhand, India
  736. Manoj Semwal, Uttarakhand, India
  737. Madan mohan Chamoli, Uttrakhand, USA
  738. Meena Rawat, Uttarakhand, India
  739. Harish Dhami, Uttarakhand, India
  740. Vinod K Kanera, Uttarakhand, India
  741. Naveen Joshi, Uttrakhand, India
  742. Pramod Aswal, Uttarakhand, India
  743. Rajesh Saklani, Uttarakhand, India
  744. Raja Bahuguna, Uttarakhand, USA
  745. Kuldeep Singh, Uttrakhand, India
  746. Naveen Joshi, Uttrakhand, India
  747. Saurabh Kumar, Uttrakhand, India
  748. mahendra nath mishra, Uttar Pradesh, India
  749. Kuldeep Sailani, Uttarakhand, India
  750. Regina Langhout, CA, USA
  751. Prarit Agarwal, East Sussex, Europe
  752. Bizeth Banerjee, TELANGANA, India
  753. Faruqui Kamal, Delhi, India
  754. KB Kannampilly, Kerala, India
  755. Hans Magnusson, Stockholm, Europe
  756. Ramaa Vasudevan, CO, USA
  757. Rohini Hensman, Maharashtra, India
  758. Parijat Desai, NY, USA
  759. Leila Gautham, MA, USA
  760. Patsy Khan, Maharashtra, India
  761. Ania Loomba, Pennsylania, USA
  762. Jyoti Puri, MA, USA
  763. Shaan Amin, NY, USA
  764. MARCIA DCUNHA, Maharashtra, India
  765. Hiren Gandhi, Gujarat, India
  766. Vijay Gudavarthy, Telangana, India
  767. Prasad Chacko, Gujarat, India
  768. Manjari Hooda, Uttar Pradesh, India
  769. Naushadul H Mullick, Uttar Pradesh, India
  770. Aijaz Ahmed Khan, Maharashtra, India
  771. Ghanshyam Shah, Gujarat, India
  772. Sudh Chandra, Haryana, India
  773. Mohini Mullick, Delhi, India
  774. Tejpal Thool, New Jersey, USA
  775. Jelica Roland, None, Europe
  776. Vinod Ubale, Maharashtra, India
  777. G Patel, VA, USA
  778. feroz mehdi, Quebec, Canada
  779. Susan Dhavle, Maharashtra, India
  780. Parama Roy, CA, USA
  781. Keith Reader, n/a, Europe
  782. Harry Cleaver, TX, USA
  783. Debaparna Mukherjee, West Bengal, India
  784. Mehrene Larudee, MA, USA
  785. Geraldine Forbes, NY, USA
  786. Imtiyaz Mohammad, Andhra Pradesh, India
  787. Asha Ahmad, Delhi, India
  788. Navdeep Mathur, Gujarat, India
  789. Faraz Ahmad, Delhi, India
  790. Shabana Akramulla, Karkataka, India
  791. SYED PEER, Karnataka, India
  792. saty N, kerala, India
  793. Nalini Nayak, Delhi, India
  794. Iefan Khan, Karnataka, India
  795. Suvir Kaul, PA, USA
  796. Sonia Arora, New York, USA
  797. Chaitanya Diwadkar, CA, USA
  798. Aparajita De, MD, USA
  799. Bindu Desai, Ca, USA
  800. Yasmin Saikia, AZ, USA
  801. AJAY Skaria, Minnesota, USA
  802. Ben Rogaly, East Sussex, Europe
  803. Balaji Narasimhan, CA, USA
  804. Ramya Vijaya, PA, USA
  805. Vinod Mubayi, NY, USA
  806. Joseph Mattam, Gujarat, India
  807. Abdul Majeed, Kerala, USA
  808. Saiba Varma, CA, USA
  809. Amit Baishya, OK, USA
  810. Suhail Siddiqui, Abu Dhabi, Asia/Pacific
  811. MOHAMMED Ahmed, Karnataka, India
  812. Ahsan Ahmad, TX, USA
  813. Andleeb Shadman, Karnataka, India
  814. Ahmed Khalid, Delhi, India
  815. Khursheed Yusuf, Delhi, Asia/Pacific
  816. Arif Mohammad, Delhi, India
  817. Sm Akhtar, Delhi, India
  818. Syed Saleem, Oman, Asia/Pacific
  819. Irfan Talkhani, Qatar, Asia/Pacific
  820. Rukmini Rao, Telangana, India
  821. Ruhi Shaikh, Andhra Pradesh, India
  822. Shikeeb Ali Khan, Karnataka, India
  823. Nanne Saheb, Telangana, India
  824. Mohd Saad, Delhi, India
  825. Abdul Karim Shaikh, Karnataka, India
  826. Irfan Talkhani, Qatar, Asia/Pacific
  827. KALEEM basha, Andhra pradesh, India
  828. Siraj Ahmed Shaik, Andhra, India
  829. Midhat Hussain, Delhi, India
  830. HARISH Naidu, Maharashtra, India
  831. HARISH Naidu, Maharashtra, India
  832. Asim An, Dubai, Asia/Pacific
  833. Shanmugam Balamurugan, Tamil nadu, India
  834. Reny Joseph, Kerala, India
  835. Amna Buttar, New York, USA
  836. Rajshri Pande, Maharashtra, India
  837. Vishesh Chopra, Karnataka, India
  838. Vajahat Hussain Khan, Maharashtra, India
  839. Aka Indian, Delhi, India
  840. BENU GHOSH, Maharashtra, India
  841. Riyaz Ahmed, Andhra pradesh, India
  842. Shakil N, Muscat, Asia/Pacific
  843. ABDUL aziz, Muscat, USA
  844. Asim An, Dubai, Asia/Pacific
  845. HARISH Naidu, Maharashtra, India
  846. Aftab Alam, West Bengal, India
  847. Imran Mallick, Jharkhand, India
  848. Arshad Wali, bihar, India
  849. Syed Hassan, Sultanate of Oman, USA
  850. Mohammad Khan, Muscat, Asia/Pacific
  851. Suman Kumar, Bihar, India
  852. Mohammed Younus, Karnataka, USA
  853. Syeda Asma, Karnataka, India
  854. Chhaya Basu, Delhi, India
  855. Nisha Thapliyal, New South Wales, Asia/Pacific
  856. Khalid Saifullah, Delhi, India
  857. Priya Suman, California, USA
  858. Uma Bhrugubanda, Telangana, India
  859. Narayana Rampilla, NY, USA
  860. Abdul malik Malik, Delhi, India
  861. Sumanlata Singh, Maharashtra, India
  862. Tushar Gandhi, Maharadhtra, India
  863. Amna Buttar, New York, USA
  864. Dinesh Sahni, Delhi, India
  865. ABID HALEEM, Delhi, India
  866. Jayashree Kamble, Queens, USA
  867. Sheeraz Khan, UP, India
  868. Arif Ali, Delhi, India
  869. Shri Prakash, Delhi, India
  870. A Hasan Nil, Delhi, India
  871. Sarwat Ali, NCR Delhi, India
  872. Sutapa Chattopadhyay, NJ, USA
  873. Manshi Asher, Himachal pradesh, India
  874. Devi Palakurthi, Telangana, India
  875. Badar Siddiqui, Delhi, USA
  876. Abdul Nayyar, ICT, Asia/Pacific
  877. Rishi Awatramani, MD, USA
  878. Naz Asghar, Delhi, India
  879. Shaheen Nazar, Uttar Pradesh, India
  880. Rajendra Giri, Maharashtra, India
  881. Sita Ram, CT, USA
  882. Svati Shah, MA, USA
  883. Kaneez Fathima, Telangana, India
  884. I. A Khan, Delhi, India
  885. Khaja Rasheeduddin, Delhi, India
  886. Saadia Toor, NJ, USA
  887. Zahir Anwar, West Bengal up, India
  888. Dr Sarwar Hussain, UAE, India
  889. Mohammad Khan, Muscat, India
  890. Saleem Zaman, Delhi, India
  891. Tafhim Khan, Utter Pradesh, India
  892. Nasim Akhtar, Delhi, India
  893. Sadiq Basha, Tamil Nadu, India
  894. Neann Mathai, NY, USA
  895. Nikhil Aziz, New York, USA
  896. Qasim Farooqi, Dubai, Asia/Pacific
  897. Syed Uddin, Telangana, India
  898. Owais Rehman, UP, India
  899. Owais Rehman, UP, India
  900. Arif Naqvi, Delhi, India
  901. Mariam Siddiqui, Delhj, India
  902. Soofia Usmani, Up, India
  903. Qamar Ul Hadi, Delhi Ncr, India
  904. Nafis Ahmad, Delhi, India
  905. Rizwan Ahmad, Delhi, India
  906. Rama Melkote, Telangana, USA
  907. Salima Raxa, Maharashtra, India
  908. Zubair Irshad, إمارة دبيّ, India
  909. Abdulhafiz Lakhani, Gujarat, India
  910. Owais Rehman, UP, India
  911. Shafique ul Hasan, Delhi, India
  912. HR K, Telengana, USA
  913. Hifzur Siddiqui, Gurteng, Africa
  914. Aziz Ahmed, Telangana, India
  915. Shams Tabrez, Delhi, India
  916. MOHAMMAD QAMAR ASLAM SIDDIQUI, UTTAR PRADESH, India
  917. Amitabha Basu, Delhi, India
  918. Hasan Akram, Delhi, India
  919. Abdul Bari, Delhi, India
  920. Aisha Farooqui, Telangana, India
  921. Sangeeta Kamat, New York, USA
  922. Jasveen Jairath, Telangana, India
  923. Shiba Minai, Telangana, USA
  924. Danish Iqbal, Delhi, India
  925. Bizeth Banerjee, TELANGANA, India
  926. M Mandakini, Telangana, India
  927. Sheetal Dean, HP, India
  928. Bashir Khan, Maharashtra, India
  929. Sekar Pandian, Maharashtra, India
  930. Sanjay Kulkarni, Maharashtra, India
  931. Himanshu Joshi, Delhi, India
  932. Dr. Sreenivasa Prasad Chintapalli, Andhra Pradesh, India
  933. Sajaya Kakarla, Telangana, India
  934. Suresh Sharma, UTTAR PRADESH, India
  935. S Shaikh, MAHARASHTRA, India
  936. Sangam Tripathy, Delhi, India
  937. Poulose Varghese, Kerala, India
  938. Akhileshwari Ramagoud, Telangana, India
  939. Nitin Gaikwad, MAHARASHTRA, India
  940. Arun Kadekodi, Maharashtra, India
  941. katyayani vidmahe, Telangana, USA
  942. Sameer Ahmed, MAHARASHTRA, India
  943. Jaydeep Chougule, Maharashtra, India
  944. Adheesh Telang, Maharashtra, India
  945. Kumudini Karnik, Maharashtra, India
  946. Padmaja Shaw, Telangana, India
  947. Padmaja Shaw, Telangana, India
  948. Sathesam E M, Kerala, USA
  949. whiz parker, Maharashtra, India
  950. Dr.Thara K.G, Kerala, India
  951. Sharanya Nayak, Odisha, India
  952. Sharanya Nayak, Odisha, India
  953. Abhay Sawant, Maharashtra, India
  954. Jyothi J, Rajasthan, India
  955. Vikram Deshmukh, MH, India
  956. Samik Bandyopadhyay, West BengaI, India
  957. Radhika Desai, Telangana, India
  958. Radha Gopalan, Kerala, India
  959. Ebin S, Kerala, India
  960. Kedar Vaidya, Maharashtra, India
  961. Raj Nayar, Karnataka, India
  962. Gitanjali Joshua, Tamil Nadu, India
  963. Rekha G, Maharashtra, India
  964. Raja Rajeev Kumar, Kerala, India
  965. Aditya Thakur, California, USA
  966. Meena Karnik, Maharashtra, India
  967. Tushar Gandhi, Maharadhtra, India
  968. Pavan Kumar, Telanagana, India
  969. Hiren Gandhi, Gujarat, India
  970. Kranti Mandalaparthy, TS, USA
  971. Lara Jesani, Maharashtra, India
  972. Ashish Kumar, Telangana, India
  973. Salim Vally, GAUTENG, Africa
  974. Pavan Kumar, Telanagana, India
  975. Sujatha R, Washington, USA
  976. JoshuaGerlyZA JoshuaGerly, Iran, Asia/Pacific
  977. GeorgefubPO Georgefub, Guyana, Europe
  978. John Joseph, New York, USA
  979. Victor Begg, Florida, USA
  980. Victor Begg, Florida, USA
  981. Lucy Duff, MD, USA
  982. Sabza Jiwani, TX, USA
  983. Srivats Srinivasan, WA, USA
  984. John Joseph, New York, USA
  985. cece jones, CA, USA
  986. Rajiv Gulati MD, NY, USA
  987. Chukka Srinivas, California, USA
  988. khan hasan, WA, USA
  989. Syed Ejaz Naqvi, California, USA
  990. Maqbool Patel, Alabama, USA
  991. Bindu Desai, Ca, USA
  992. Mohammad Daud, Ontario, Canada
  993. Ahmed Ali, Alberta, Canada
  994. Krishnamurthy Srinivasan, AZ, USA
  995. S Charusheela, WA, USA
  996. Khalid Masud, Texas, USA
  997. Lotika Singha, Staffordshire, Europe
  998. Syed Sajjad, New York, USA
  999. Rishab Chawla, GA, USA
  1000. mohammad imran, NJ, USA
  1001. mohammad imran, NJ, USA
  1002. Padmini Parthasarathy, California, USA
  1003. Mohsin Alikhan, VA, USA
  1004. Ritumbra Manuvie, Groningen, Europe
  1005. Zafar Iqbal, VA, USA
  1006. Ghulam suhrawardi, nj, USA
  1007. ROMI MAHAJAN, WA, USA
  1008. RUk Kes, Uttarpradesh, India
  1009. Pamela Philipose, Delhi, India
  1010. Saiba Varma, Ca, USA
  1011. Subhojit Roye, PA, USA
  1012. Harsh Trivedi, British Columbia, Canada
  1013. Aparna Sundar, Ontario, Canada
  1014. Ravi VIjaya Satya, CA, USA
  1015. Raja Swamy, TN, USA
  1016. KHAMAR SYED, Karnataka, India
  1017. Pierre Beaudet, Québec, Canada
  1018. Shankar Gopal, Uttarakhand, India
  1019. Badri Kashniyal, Uttarakhand, USA
  1020. Mz M, Delhi, India
  1021. S Charusheela, WA, USA
  1022. Koshy John, Delhi, USA
  1023. Faraz Shariff, Karnataka, India
  1024. Faraz Tareen, Karnataka, India
  1025. Mubariz Shariff, New Jersey, USA
  1026. Mourya D, Maharastra, India
  1027. Abdulla Anam, Kerala, India
  1028. Shambhavi Thakur, Delhi, India
  1029. Anwar Jamal, Delhi, India
  1030. Rajen Nair, Maharashtra, India
  1031. Abhilash Radhakrishnan, Kerala, India
  1032. Raj Arwan, Karnataka, India
  1033. Shankar Gopal, Uttarakhand, India
  1034. Ashfaq Mohammed, TX, USA
  1035. Aneesh S V L S, Telangana, India
  1036. Siddhartha Deb, NY, USA
  1037. Deepak Joshi, Victoria, Asia/Pacific
  1038. Suprosanna Shit, West bengal, India
  1039. Anwesha Mukherjee, Germany, Europe
  1040. Aradhita Chattopadhyaya, Dublin, Europe
  1041. Vijayendra Kadalabal, Karnataka, India
  1042. Sunita Viswanath, NM, USA
  1043. Biju Mathew, NY, USA

SOLIDARITY STATEMENT TO END CASTE PRACTICES IN SILICON VALLEY AND THE USA

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On June 30, the State of California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) sued Cisco Systems – a major supplier of computer networking gear that makes the internet work – indicting the company of discriminating against an engineer because he is Dalit (formerly “untouchables”). This statement from Ambedkar King Study Circle seeks solidarity from media, technology, academic community and industry professionals to end caste-based discrimination and practices in the US.

We the undersigned welcome that the State of California has sued Cisco Systems for allowing its employees to practice caste at the workplace. This incident illustrates both – the casual and commonplace presence of everyday caste-based practices at the workplace, and the more conscious practice of caste discrimination pervasive in the US amongst Indian Americans, Indians and South Asians.

According to Silicon Valley Institute for Regional Studies in 2018, there were more high-skilled workers in Silicon Valley from India (25%) than from China (15%); California (16%); or from the rest of the country (16%). We, therefore, urge, all tech-corporations in Silicon Valley to be sensitive to caste practices and caste-based discrimination at their workplaces and ensure appropriate policies and protections are in place to guarantee safe and dignified working environment to all Dalit and so-called “low” caste employees.

At the moment, US employment law does not bar caste-based discrimination. We request the California State agency to seize this opportunity to have legal protection in place to protect Dalit and other so-called “low” caste employees.

According to DFEH, a Dalit employee suffered discrimination and harassment at the workplace once his dominant caste colleague “outed” him. The complex of trauma, humiliation, devaluation of self-worth, and perpetuation of caste stereotypes (especially against Dalits) – has severe impacts on workplace conditions, the right to dignity and commitment to diversity as a bulwark of modern organizations. The last names of the alleged harassers – Iyer and Kompella – are also their dominant caste names.

As per DFEH, Iyer “outed” the Dalit employee by telling colleagues that the victim enrolled at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology through affirmative action – a claim that includes the connotation that affirmative action is inherently devoid of “merit”. This consequently shaped the actions of Iyer and his so-called “upper caste” colleagues, and the successive line manager. They allegedly proceeded to harass the victim and assigned unrealistic tasks to set him up for failure.

Caste is a hierarchical category based on pre-set social identities of birth and ancestry or descent. In its historical origins, caste has a close relation to occupation and exploitation. This nexus continues with some changes in modern times. The most excluded caste groups now self-identify as Dalits.

Dominant caste groups, for centuries, forcibly assigned occupations to Dalits and stigmatized those occupations. This stigma continues even after Dalits move outside of caste-affected societies and find new professions such as engineers in Silicon Valley. In the words of one of India’s foremost modern public intellectuals, chief drafter of the Indian Constitution, the most influential leader of Dalits in the 20th century, and an economist, anthropologist and philosopher – Dr B.R. Ambedkar: “the caste system is not merely a division of labour. It is a division of labourers.” In the minds of oppressors, the Dalit victim did not and should not belong to that workplace.

We now know that the victim had filed complaints as early as in November 2016 to the Cisco Human Resources (HR) department about the discriminatory behaviour of his dominant caste line managers. However, Cisco HR did not act on these complaints on the ground that caste discrimination was not unlawful in the US. We, therefore, appeal to all American companies, including those in Silicon Valley to be sensitive to ubiquitous caste practices and caste-based discrimination. We urge them to recognize caste, as operating similarly to race and gender as a source of discrimination and harassment and incorporate caste practices as an unfair and punishable practice in their Human Resource policies.

Executive Committee, Ambedkar King Study Circle. Thank You.

July 13, 2020
San Jose, California

Co-Sponsors

Boston Coalition (BC)
Coalition of Seattle of Indian-Americans (CSIA)
Global Indians Progressive Alliance (GIPA)
India Civil Watch International (ICWI)
Ambedkar Association of North America (AANA)

About AKSC:

Established in October 2016, Ambedkar King Study Circle (AKSC) exists to challenge caste, class, race, gender and religious oppression and oppressors on ideological, political and social fronts. Our aim and strategy are to Educate, Organize and Agitate.

AKSC believes that the struggle and liberation of one oppressed group are inextricably linked with the united battle and freedom of all other oppressed groups. AKSC believes that liberation from various forms of oppression is possible by working in solidarity with other discriminated groups and launching the united battle against all oppressors.