Sudha Bharadwaj

Sudha Bharadwaj (born November 1, 1961)[2] is a trade-unionist, activist and lawyer who has lived and worked in Chhattisgarh for over three decades. She is an active member of the Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (Mazdoor Karyakrta Committee).[3]

Sudha Bharadwaj
Bharadwaj in 2020
Born(1961-11-01)1 November 1961
Massachusetts, United States
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Trade unionist, activist, lawyer
Parent

She was among the activists, lawyers and academics arrested on 28 August 2018 under UAPA in the contentious Bhima Koregaon case. On 8 December 2021, she was granted bail by a special NIA Court.[4]

Life

Early life

Sudha was born in Boston and lived in the United States and United Kingdom as a child.[5] Sudha's mother, Krishna Bharadwaj, was a well known academic and economist, who had founded the Centre for Economics Studies and Planning at Jawaharlal Nehru University. At age 11, she moved with her mother to Delhi.[6]

She joined the integrated mathematics (five year) program of IIT Kanpur in 1979.[6] At IIT Kanpur she joined NSS, teaching in the caste-ridden rural neighborhood.[7] After finishing the program at IITK in 1984, she taught at DPS, for a couple of years in Delhi.[7]

Arrest

On 28 August 2018, along with other lawyers, writers and activists, Sudha was arrested and charged with UAPA in the Bhima Koregaon case.[8][9][10][11][12] A special NIA court granted Sudha Bharadwaj, accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence case, bail, on a surety of Rs 50,000 on 8 December 2021 after an incarceration of over three years.[13]

References
  1. "Row in JNU after Dean replaces speaker invited by centre for economic studies". The Indian Express. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. "As Sudha Bharadwaj Spends 4th Birthday in Jail, a Reminder That UAPA Enables Her Incarceration". The Wire. Retrieved 2 December 2021. Sudha Bharadwaj's birthday coincides with the Chhattisgarh state formation day on November 1.
  3. "CMM (Mazdoor Karyakarta Committee) - a political engagement of Sudha Bharadwaj".
  4. "Bhima Koregaon case: How lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj got bail after three years in jail".
  5. Slater, Joanna (28 September 2018). "India's government is arresting lawyers and activists amid accusations of plotting to overthrow Modi". The Washington Post. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. Masoodi, Ashwaq (7 November 2015). "This land is your land". LiveMint.
  7. Bureau, N. H. S. (9 August 2020). "Sudha Bharadwaj: The lawyer for poor and labourers". National Herald. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  8. "Why Modi and Shah Took the Bhima Koregaon Investigation Away From Maharashtra".
  9. "Bhima Koregaon Files: The Story Of Nine Activists Being Punished Without Trial".
  10. "Anand Teltumbde: How the police can fabricate evidence to suggest that anyone is an 'urban Maoist'".
  11. "Two years of Bhima Koregaon Arrests by Nihalsing B Rathod".
  12. "Who Is Vernon Gonsalves, the Activist Held for 'Naxalite' Links".
  13. "Sudha Bharadwaj, accused in Bhima Koregaon violence case, released after 3 years in jail". The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. Mumbai. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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