Just like Ghandy’s Communist party India-Maoist is banned, Abhishek’s organisation is also banned in the film,” added the source. “Abhishek’s character in Raavana is very intelligent.

Kobad Ghandy, the 74year old activist who spent a decade in seven jails of six states, experienced the latter. Londoneducated Ghandy, from a wealthy family in Mumbai, is a living relic of an era of ...

Naxalbari is a village near Darjeeling, in the northern part of Bengal. There was a violent peasant uprising in this village in 1967, led by the leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist ...

Naxalbari is a village near Darjeeling, in the northern part of Bengal. There was a violent peasant uprising in this village in 1967, led by the leaders of the ...

Ghandy, an ideologue and think-tank of the banned outfit, has been booked for various charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act after his arrest here on September 20.

Why Kobad Ghandy Should Be Released On Bail . By Dr. P.S. Sahni. 12 April, 2016 Countercurrents.org “What is it that has happened to our people? Why have they lost the power to fight?” ...

In September 2009, Kobad Ghandy, a 62-year-old activist based in Nagpur, Maharashtra, was waiting at a bus stop in Delhi. Suddenly, an SUV pulled up, half a dozen men got out, pushed him into the ...

Ghandy's counsel Rebecca John told IANs that the trial against him will commence on September 4. The sessions court did not frame charges against Ghandy under the stringent UAPA on March 28 due to ...

Kobad Ghandy comes out the district court, Patiala, May 27, 2016 (HT PHOTO) Of Tihar, he writes, “Throughout my stay … I was in a cell with a CCTV camera, being watched day and night”.

Did Kobad Ghandy, the UK-educated politburo member of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist), visit Lalgarh, the place in West Bengal that’s the hub of Naxalite disturbances?

In his six years of detention, Kobad Ghandy, an undertrial prisoner in the Tihar jail, accused of being affiliated with the Communist Party of India (Maoist), wrote 12 letters to the jail ...

Abhishek’s character in the forthcoming film is not only based on the life of Raavana but also on Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy. Our source said, “Mani Ratnam loves having a strong element of ...