Further to the recent tensions between India and Pakistan, an appeal was released on Friday on behalf of more than 600 Indian signatories from different walks of life - students, teachers, economists, journalists, lawyers, industrialists, writers, actors, choreographers, photographers, physicists, homemakers, retired bureaucrats, diplomats, judges, the armed forces. The endorsements were received within 24 hours of the appeal being circulated by email by an initial group of 28 signatories.
The appeal for reason is below:
We, citizens of India, are deeply concerned at the recent escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan, and at the climate of intolerance that is developing around it.
Nothing can justify the act of terrorism that took the lives of more than 40 CRPF personnel in Pulwama on 14 February 2019. Nor can anything justify the Pakistan government’s covert support of armed groups that have carried out this sort of attack in Kashmir over the years.
Nevertheless, India’s response to this incident must abide by international law in letter and spirit. It must also be responsible and take into account the risks involved in an armed conflict between two nuclear powers.
The history of war across the world has repeatedly shown how easily and speedily an armed conflict can escalate well beyond what was initially expected. The first World War, we may recall, began with a single assassination, which set in motion a chain of attacks and counter-attacks that eventually led to millions of casualties. Similarly, it would be easy for seemingly “safe” strikes and counter-strikes between India and Pakistan to lead to a major confrontation, possibly even nuclear war, with disastrous consequences for both sides.
Even a limited confrontation would resolve nothing – neither the tensions between India and Pakistan, nor the Kashmir dispute. On the contrary, it would aggravate tensions and delay the process of conflict resolution.
The principal victims of this conflict are the civilian residents of Kashmir, who have endured immense suffering over the years, including gross human rights violations. In recent days, Kashmiris have also been a target of brutal attacks across the country. If the conflict intensifies, this hostility is likely to be extended to other minorities and dissidents.
The victims also include hundreds of thousands of military and para-military personnel, largely drawn from underprivileged groups, who are exposed to the most trying service conditions in Kashmir and may soon be exposed to further danger.
The victims of continued hostility also include the Indian population at large, in so far as it absorbs valuable financial and human resources that could be used for better purposes. Perhaps the biggest national damage is the erosion of democracy including the freedom of expression and dissent.
Unfortunately, the climate of jingoism that tends to develop around this sort of situation is obscuring these simple truths. Even reasoned demands for a peaceful solution tend to be conflated with anti-national sentiment.
We appeal to the governments on both sides to refrain from further hostilities, overt or covert, and to resolve their differences within the framework of international law and human rights.
The full list of signatories, as of 1 March morning, is below.
1 | A P Shah [Former Chief Justice, Delhi High Court] |
2 | A. Osika [Graduate Student] |
3 | Aabha Muralidharan [Member, Ek Potlee Ret Ki & NATION] |
4 | Aabida Khatoon [Concerned citizen, Uttar Pradesh] |
5 | Aaditeshwar Seth [Academic and Social entrepreneur] |
6 | Aarushi [Student] |
7 | Aashish Gupta [PhD Student, University of Pennsylvania] |
8 | Aayushi Verma [Concerned citizen] |
9 | Aban Raza [Artist, Delhi] |
10 | Abdul Shakeel [Activist, New Delhi] |
11 | Abheek Barman [Consulting Editor, The Economic Times, New Delhi] |
12 | Abhi Saxena [Student, Univsersity of Washington] |
13 | Abhishek Shaw [Journalist, The India Forum] |
14 | Abhishek Verma [Associate Director, IT - Insurance] |
15 | Abidali Patel [Concerned citizen, Gujarat] |
16 | Abinash DC [Independent scholar and activist] |
17 | Achin Vanaik [Retired Professor, Delhi University] |
18 | Aditi Routh [Ph.D. student, The University of Georgia] |
19 | Advaita Rajendra [PhD student, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad] |
20 | Afeeda K T [Delhi University] |
21 | Aftab Seth [Former Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer] |
22 | Aishwarya Mohapatra [Delhi University] |
23 | Ajitha George [Researcher and Women Rights' activist, Jharkhand] |
24 | Akash Ranjan [Concerned citizen] |
25 | Akeel Bilgrami [Professor of Philosophy & Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University] |
26 | Akhilesh Pratap Singh [Serving for Government of India, Delhi] |
27 | Alamu Rathinasabapathy [Concerned citizen] |
28 | Aloka Kujur, Women Against Sexual Violence and State Repression, Jharkhand |
29 | Aman Chokshi [Concerned citizen] |
30 | Amar Bhattacharya [Concerned citizen] |
31 | Amar Jesani [Independent Researcher and Teacher (Bioethics, Public Health), Mumbai] |
32 | Ambika Nair [The Leaflet] |
33 | Ameer Sultana [Concerned citizen] |
34 | Amit Bhaduri [Concerned citizen] |
35 | Amit Kumar [Law Student, Delhi University] |
36 | Amit Singh [Ambedkar University Delhi] |
37 | Amita Pitre [Consultant, Public Health and Gender Justice] |
38 | Amitabha Pande [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
39 | Amitav Ghosh [Writer] |
40 | Amla Pisharody [Student, Azim Premji University] |
41 | Amman Madan [Azim Premji University] |
42 | Ammu Joseph [Independent Journalist, Bangalore] |
43 | Amrita Chhachhi [Associate Professor, International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague] |
44 | Amrita Johri [Satark Nagrik Sangathan, Delhi] |
45 | Amritananda Chakravorty [Advocate, Delhi] |
46 | Anand Chakravarti [retired Professor, Delhi University] |
47 | Anant Phadke [Concerned citizen] |
48 | Ananya Goyal [National University of Singapore] |
49 | Ananya Vajpeyi [Scholar and Writer, New Delhi] |
50 | Anil Laad [Concerned citizen] |
51 | Anindita Adhikari [Research scholar, Brown University] |
52 | Anindya Jana [Journalist] |
53 | Aninjit Pakhale [Student, Maharashtra] |
54 | Anita Agnihotri [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
55 | Anita Cherian [Concerned citizen] |
56 | Anita Singh [Concerned citizen] |
57 | Anjali Bhardwaj [Satark Nagrik Sangathan, Delhi] |
58 | Ankita Aggarwal [Research Scholar, City University of New York] |
59 | Ankur Sarin [Faculty Member, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad] |
60 | Anmol Narain [Concerned citizen] |
61 | Anmol Somanchi [Independent researcher] |
62 | Anna Dani [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
63 | Anna Dragonette [Concerned citizen] |
64 | Anna Oommen [Biochemist] |
65 | Antara Dev Sen [Journalist] |
66 | Antima [Concerned citizen, Nainital] |
67 | Anuj Goyal [Independent Researcher] |
68 | Anumeha Yadav [Reporter] |
69 | Anup Dhar [Professor of Philosophy, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
70 | Anupama Potluri [Assistant Professor, University of Hyderabad] |
71 | Anuradha De [Director, Collaborative Research and Dissemination (CORD), New Delhi] |
72 | Anuradha Kapoor [Feminist activist, Kolkata] |
73 | Anuradha Raman [Concerned citizen] |
74 | Anuradha Talwar [Activist, West Bengal] |
75 | Anusha Ravishankar [Student, Shanmugha Arts, Science, SASTRA University, Tamil Nadu] |
76 | Anwar-ul-Haq [Activist, New Delhi] |
77 | Anwesha Basu [Student, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Mumbai] |
78 | Aparajay [Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai] |
79 | Apoorvanad [Academic, Delhi University] |
80 | Apoorvanand [Professor, University of Delhi] |
81 | Apurva Bamezai [Researcher, Delhi] |
82 | Arati Chokshi [Concerned citizen] |
83 | Aravinda Potluri [Software professional] |
84 | Ardhendu Sen [Concerned citizen] |
85 | Arjun Jayadev [Concerned citizen] |
86 | Arjun Sheoran [Advocate and National Organising Secretary, People's Union for Civil Liberties] |
87 | Arumugam Shashank [Concerned citizen] |
88 | Aruna Rodrigues [Concerned citizen] |
89 | Aruna Roy [Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan] |
90 | Arundathi [Kodaikanal] |
91 | Arundhati Dhuru [National Alliance of People's Movements] |
92 | Arundhati Roy [Writer] |
93 | Arvind Krishna Mehrotra [Poet and translator] |
94 | Asha Dey [Concerned citizen] |
95 | Asha Hans [Concerned citizen] |
96 | Asha Khera [Concerned citizen] |
97 | Asha Mishra [Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti] |
98 | Ashish Mehta [Concerned citizen] |
99 | Ashish Ranjan [Assistant Professor, Unitedworld School of Business] |
100 | Ashok Choudhary [General secretary, All India Union of Forest Working People ] |
101 | Ashok Kotwal (Professor Emeritus, Vancouver School of Economics] |
102 | Ashok Kumar Sharma [Indian Foreign Services (IFS), retired] |
103 | Ashok Nehru [Retired consultant to Swedfund] |
104 | Ashwini Desphande [Former Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics] |
105 | Atma Prakash Pandey [Concerned citizen] |
106 | Ayan [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
107 | Ayesha Kidwai [Professor, Jawharlal Nehru University] |
108 | Aysha [Activist, New Delhi] |
109 | B Vittal Bhat [Retired Civil Servant] |
110 | B.K. Raghuram [Software Engineer] |
111 | Bajrang Lal Sharma [Concerned citizen, Udaipur] |
112 | Balasubramaniam K. M. [Concerned citizen] |
113 | Bandish Soparkar [Advocate, Ahmedabad] |
114 | Basant Hetamsaria [National Alliance of People's Movements, Jharkhand] |
115 | Beena [Activist, New Delhi] |
116 | Bela Bhatia [Writer and human rights lawyer, Bastar] |
117 | Bënil Biswas [Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
118 | Bezwada Wilson [National Convenor of the Safai Karmachari Andolan] |
119 | Bharat B [Concerned citizen] |
120 | Bhawna [Student, Tata Institite of Social Sciences, Mumbai] |
121 | Bhim Reddy [Concerned citizen] |
122 | Bina Agarwal [Economist] |
123 | Bindu K C [Ambedkar University Delhi] |
124 | Bipin Soni [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
125 | Biraj Patnaik [Activist] |
126 | Bitiya Murmu [Concerned citizen] |
127 | BJ Vaz [Veteran Wing Commander] |
128 | Bodh Prakash [School of Open Learning, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
129 | Brijesh Shivhare [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
130 | Brinelle Dsouza [Faculty, Tata Institute of Social Sciences] |
131 | C. Balakrishnan [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
132 | C. Rammanohar Reddy [Editor, The India Forum] |
133 | Cedric Prakash SJ [Human Rights Activist] |
134 | Chandna Bhatnagar [Homemaker, Bangalore] |
135 | Chandrakant [Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Chhattisgarh] |
136 | Chandrika Singh [Independent Researcher] |
137 | Chhote Lal [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
138 | Chitra Datta [Concerned citizen] |
139 | Chitransha Mishra [Writer] |
140 | David Solomon [Concerned citizen] |
141 | Debdatta Chowdhury [Assistant Professor in Gender Studies, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta] |
142 | Debjani Sengupta [Associate Professor, Indraprastha College, Delhi University] |
143 | Debmalya Nandi [Activist] |
144 | Debraj Ray [Professor of Economics, New York University] |
145 | Deepa V [Public Health Advocate] |
146 | Deepan Sivaraman [Dean of School of Culture and Creative Expressions, Ambedkar University] |
147 | Deepti Goel [Assistant Professor, Azim Premji University] |
148 | Dev Desai [Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (ANHAD), Gujarat] |
149 | Devaki Jain [Concerned citizen] |
150 | Devasahayam MG [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
151 | Devika Jain [Concerned citizen] |
152 | Devika Singh [Mobile Creches] |
153 | Dhanapal Venkatachalam [Freelance Translator] |
154 | Dharmendra Kumar [Activist, New Delhi] |
155 | Dhivya Sivaramane [Delhi University] |
156 | Dinesh Kumar Sahni [Concerned citizen] |
157 | Dinesh Mohan [Honourary Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi] |
158 | Dipa Sinha [Ambedkar University Delhi] |
159 | Disha Bhatia [Research Associate, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science] |
160 | Dolphy D'souza [Convenor, Police Reforms Watch, Mumbai] |
161 | Dr. A K Shiva Kumar [Concerned citizen] |
162 | Dunu Roy [Concerned citizen] |
163 | E. Elias [Concerned citizen] |
164 | Farah Ajeez [Activist, New Delhi] |
165 | Farah Naqvi [Writer and Activist, Delhi] |
166 | Farida Abdulla Khan [Former Professor, Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi] |
167 | Farzana [Beautician, New Delhi] |
168 | G Sampath [Journalist] |
169 | G.S. Rao [Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, Andhra Pradesh] |
170 | Gandra Srinivas Rao [Praja Arogya Vedika] |
171 | Gargi Mishra [Lawyer, New Delhi] |
172 | Gauri Gill [Photographer, New Delhi] |
173 | Gautam Mody [General Secretary, New Trade Union Initiative] |
174 | Gautam Sonti [Film Director] |
175 | Geeta Devi [Activist, New Delhi] |
176 | Geeta Seshu [Journalist, Mumbai] |
177 | Geeta Thatra [PhD scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
178 | Geetam Tiwari [Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi] |
179 | Geetanjali Sharma [Lawyer] |
180 | George Kandathil [Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad] |
181 | George Monippally [Social Activist, Jharkhand] |
182 | Githa Hariharan [Author and Editor] |
183 | Gopalan Balagopal [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
184 | Gopalji Pradhan [Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
185 | H.A. Shankaranarayana [Concerned citizen] |
186 | Hamir Singh [Journalist] |
187 | Harbans Mukhia [Former Professor and Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
188 | Harender Happy [Scholar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad] |
189 | Harish Iyer [Concerned citizen] |
190 | Harsh Kapoor [Founder, sacw.net] |
191 | Harsh Lohit [Concerned citizen] |
192 | Harsh Mander [Director, Centre for Equity Studies] |
193 | Havovi Osman [Concerned citizen] |
194 | Hemanshu Kumar [Ashoka University] |
195 | Hilal Ahmed [Associate Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies] |
196 | Himani Wadhwa [Development research professional] |
197 | Himanshu [Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
198 | Hindal Tyabji [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
199 | Homi K. Bhabha [Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University] |
200 | Honey Oberoi Vahali [Ambedkar University Delhi] |
201 | Hridaynath Gharekhan [Filmmaker, Ahmedabad] |
202 | Imrana Qadeer [Distinguished Professor, Council for Social Development, New Delhi] |
203 | Inayat Sabhikhi [Student, Harvard Kennedy School] |
204 | Indira Jaising [Lawyers' Collective, New Delhi] |
205 | Indrashish [Activist, New Delhi] |
206 | |
207 | Ira Raja [Faculty, Department of English, University of Delhi] |
208 | Ishan [Social worker, Jharkhand] |
209 | Ishita Mehrotra [Ambedkar University Delhi] |
210 | J.N.V Rath [Concerned citizen, Uttar Pradesh] |
211 | Jacinta Kerketta [Poet, writer and freelance journalist] |
212 | Jacob Tharu [EFl University Hyderabad] |
213 | Jaffer Latief Najar [International Institute of Social Studies, The Hague] |
214 | Jagdeep Chhokar [Concerned citizen] |
215 | Jagdeep Kaur [Student] |
216 | Janaki Abraham [Associate Professor, Delhi University] |
217 | Janaki Nair [Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
218 | Janaki Srinivasan [Researcher and teacher] |
219 | Javed [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
220 | Javid Chowdhury [Former Union Health Secretary] |
221 | Jawhar Sircar [Former Culture Secretary, Govt of India] |
222 | Jayati Ghosh [Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
223 | Jean Drèze [Visiting Professor, Ranchi University] |
224 | Jeevika Shiv [Lawyer] |
225 | Jignesh Mevani [Social Activist and lawyer] |
226 | Joe Athialy [Concerned citizen] |
227 | Joseph Antony [CEO & Founder, The Exponential Foundation] |
228 | Jothi SJ [Director, Udayani Social Action Forum, Kolkata] |
229 | K B Garg [Retd. Prof of Physics] |
230 | K Velentina [Ambedkar University Delhi] |
231 | Kade Finnoff [Associate Professor of Economics, Azim Premji University] |
232 | Kalpana Kannabiran [Professor & Director, Council for Social Development, Hyderabad] |
233 | Kalyani Chaudhuri [Retd. Additional Chief Secretary, West Bengal] |
234 | Kalyani Menon Sen [Independent researcher] |
235 | Kamal Patel [Concerned citizen] |
236 | Kamayani Bali Mahabal [Concerned citizen] |
237 | Kamayani Swami [Activist, Bihar] |
238 | Kanika Sharma [Independent researcher] |
239 | Karuna DW [Researcher, Chennai] |
240 | Kasturi Adhikary [Member, Ek Potlee Ret Ki & NATION] |
241 | Kathyayini Chamaraj [Freelance Journalist] |
242 | Kaushambi Bagchi [Researcher] |
243 | Kaushik Kumar Majumdar [Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore] |
244 | Kavita Srivastava [Human rights worker] |
245 | Kavitha Ranganathan [Faculty, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad] |
246 | Keshav Desiraju [Retired Secretary to Government of India] |
247 | Kiran Shaheen [Writer/Anti Poverty Activist] |
248 | Koninika Ray [Activist] |
249 | Kopal [Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
250 | Krishan Chand [Former Director General, Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID)] |
251 | Krishna [PhD scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
252 | Krishna Ghosh [Concerned citizen] |
253 | Krishnakant [Concerned citizen, Gujarat] |
254 | Kritika Pandey [Ex- Young India Fellow, Ashoka University] |
255 | Kumar Rana [Concerned citizen, Kolkata] |
256 | L. Ramdas [Admiral (retired)] |
257 | Lakshi Tyagi [Concerned citizen] |
258 | Lakshmi Krishnamurty - Alarippu [Concerned citizen] |
259 | Lalita Ramdas [Founder, Greenpeace India] |
260 | Lima Kanungo [Concerned citizen] |
261 | Lokesh [Concerned citizen, Delhi] |
262 | Lt Gen Madhav Datar (Veteran) |
263 | M.M.Naazim [Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy - NATCOM member] |
264 | M.Y. Rao [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
265 | Madhu Bhaduri [Retired Ambassador of India] |
266 | Madhulika Reddy [Post-doctoral researcher, Deccan College, Pune] |
267 | Magna Mohapatra [Student, South Asian University] |
268 | Mahnoor Yar Khan [Concerned citizen] |
269 | Maidul Islam [Assistant Professor of Political Science, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta] |
270 | Maitreesh Ghatak [Professor of Economics, London School of Economics] |
271 | Mala Devi [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
272 | Mala Mukherjee [Photographer] |
273 | Malik Altaf Hussain [Research Scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
274 | Malvika Gupta [DPhil student, University of Oxford] |
275 | Mamatha Karollil [Ambedkar University Delhi] |
276 | Mamta [Activist, New Delhi] |
277 | Manorama Bhat [Retired Civil Servant] |
278 | Maria Julien [Teacher] |
279 | Mausumi Das [Associate Professor of Economics, Delhi School of Economics] |
280 | Md Adnanuddin [Student, Aligarh Muslim University] |
281 | Meena Gupta [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
282 | Meena Kandasamy [Writer] |
283 | Meera Samson [Collaborative Research and Dissemination (CORD), Delhi] |
284 | Megha Mitra [Student] |
285 | Meghna Yadav [Delhi School of Economics] |
286 | Mehak Malhotra [Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers] |
287 | Mehnaz [Concerned citizen] |
288 | Menaka Rao [Student, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
289 | Mira Sadgopal [Independent Social and Health Researcher, Medico Friend Circle, India] |
290 | Mitali Saran [Journalist] |
291 | Moggallan Bharti [Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
292 | Mohammad Samad [Concerned citizen, Uttar Pradesh] |
293 | Mohan Bhagat [Emeritus Professor, University of Maryland] |
294 | Mohan Rao [Retired Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
295 | Mohd. Kamran [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
296 | Mohinderpal Singh Aulakh [Indian Police Services (IPS), retired] |
297 | Mohit P. Gandhi [Ph.D. student, Jawharlal Nehru University] |
298 | Moinak Biswas [Professor, Department of Film Studies & Coordinator, The Media Lab, Jadavpur University] |
299 | Monica Das Gupta [Anthropologist and demographer] |
300 | Mridula Sridhar [Freelancer] |
301 | Mrinal Pande [Senior journalist and author ] |
302 | Mukta Srivastava [Concerned citizen] |
303 | Mukti Bosco [Concerned citizen] |
304 | Mukul Kesavan [Writer] |
305 | Mukul Mangalik [Faculty, Delhi University] |
306 | Mustafa Haji [Lawyer, Kargil] |
307 | Mythri Prasad-Aleyamma [Associate Fellow, Institute for Human Development, Delhi] |
308 | N. Ram [Chairman, The Hindu Publishing Group] |
309 | Nachiket Udupa [Concerned citizen] |
310 | Nadeem Ali [Activist, New Delhi] |
311 | Najeeb Jung [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
312 | Nalini Nayak [Retd. Associate Professor, Delhi University] |
313 | Nandana Reddy [Social and political activist, Bangalore] |
314 | Nandana Sen [Children’s author] |
315 | Nandini Dutta [Associate Professor, Delhi University] |
316 | Nandini Gupta [Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab] |
317 | Nandini Nayak [Academic, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
318 | Nandini Sundar [Faculty, Delhi University] |
319 | Nandita Das [Actor and director] |
320 | Nandita Narain [Associate Professor, Delhi University] |
321 | Narendra Sisodia [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
322 | Natasha D’cruz [Researcher] |
323 | Navdeep Mathur [Faculty, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad] |
324 | Naveen Kishore [Publisher, Seagull Books] |
325 | Nazma [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
326 | NC Saxena [Former Secretary, Planning Commission] |
327 | Neel Mukherjee [Writer] |
328 | Neera Burra [Retired United Nations official] |
329 | Nesar Ahmad [Social Researcher, Jaipur] |
330 | Netal [Chartered Accountant, Delhi] |
331 | Nikhil Dey [Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan] |
332 | Nikhil Srivastav [Concerned citizen] |
333 | Nikita Kohli [Researcher] |
334 | Nikita Mishra [Student, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai] |
335 | Nilanjana Sengupta [Independent Feminist Researcher, Delhi] |
336 | Niranjan Pant [Formerly Deputy CAG, Delhi] |
337 | Nisha [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
338 | Nishant [Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi] |
339 | Nitasha Kaul [Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster] |
340 | Nitin Dhaktode [Doctoral research student] |
341 | Nitin Sethi [Journalist] |
342 | Nivedita Menon [Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
343 | Niveditha GD [Student, Azim Premji Univsersity] |
344 | Om Thanvi [Former Editor, Jansatta, Indian Express Group] |
345 | P S S Thomas [Indian Administrative Services (IAS) (Retd.)] |
346 | Padmaja Shaw [Rtd. Professor, Communication and Journalism, Osmania University] |
347 | Pallavi Pratibha [Student, Tata Institute of Social Sciences Hyderabad] |
348 | Pamela Chatterjee [Activist, Kumaon] |
349 | Pamela Philipose [Journalist and researcher] |
350 | Panchali Ray [Researcher, New Delhi] |
351 | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta [Independent journalist, educator, film-maker and publisher] |
352 | Paresh Debnath [Teacher, West Bengal] |
353 | Partha Chatterjee [Social Scientist and Historian, Columbia University] |
354 | Partha Sen [Faculty, Delhi School of Economics] |
355 | Parvinder Pal [Concerned citizen] |
356 | Peter Ronald deSouza [Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi] |
357 | Pooja Uniyayl [Activist, New Delhi] |
358 | Poonam Devi [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
359 | Poonam Muttreja [Concerned citizen] |
360 | Prabhat Patnaik [Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
361 | Prabhu Ghate [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
362 | Prabir Bhattacharya [Retired Professor] |
363 | Pradeep Ninan [Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Bihar] |
364 | Pradeep.K Deb [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
365 | Pragnya Joshi [Concerned citizen] |
366 | Pranaav Gupta [Student] |
367 | Pranab Bardhan [Faculty of Economics, University of California Berkeley] |
368 | Pranab Kanti Basu [Retired Professor, Visva Bharati] |
369 | Prankur Gupta [Gradute student, University of Texas-Austin] |
370 | Pratibha Singh [Student, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow] |
371 | Pravar Chaudhary [Architect] |
372 | Praveen Jha [Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
373 | Praveen Peter [Solidarity Centre, Ranchi] |
374 | Preeti Sampat [Ambedkar University Delhi] |
375 | Prema Kumari [Concerned citizen] |
376 | Prerna Munoth [Educationist] |
377 | Pritam Singh [Professor, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford] |
378 | Priya Pillai [Activist , New Delhi] |
379 | Pronab R. Dasgupta [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
380 | Pulin B. Nayak [Retired professor, Delhi School of Economics] |
381 | Pushpa Devi [Activist, Delhi] |
382 | R Nagaraj [Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research] |
383 | R. Mukherji [Private Sector Employee] |
384 | Rabia Mehra [Post-graduate student of History, Delhi University] |
385 | Rabin Chakraborty [Retired Teacher, Calcutta University] |
386 | Radha Holla Bhar [Independent Researcher & Concerned citizen] |
387 | Radhika Ganesh [Member, Ek Potlee Ret Ki & NATION] |
388 | Radhika Kannan [Concerned citizen] |
389 | Radhika Menon [Publisher] |
390 | Raghabendra Chattopadhyay [Retd Professor & visiting Faculty, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta] |
391 | Raghu Godavar [Concerned citizen] |
392 | Rahul Roy [Professor, Indian Statistical Institute] |
393 | Raj Anmol Singh Garg [Senior consultant, Sixth Sense Enterprises OPC Private Limited] |
394 | Rajan Kurai Krishnan [Ambedkar University Delhi] |
395 | Rajarshi Dasgupta [Centre for Political Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
396 | Rajat Kanti Sur [Documentation Officer, Durbar Mahila Smanwaya Committee & Researcher, Calcutta University] |
397 | Rajat Kumar Sonkar [Student, Delhi University] |
398 | Rajeev Bhargav [Centre for the Study of Developing Societies] |
399 | Rajendran Narayanan [Assistant Professor, Azim Premji University] |
400 | Rajesh Jha [Journalist] |
401 | Rajinder Chaudhary, Former Professor of Economics, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak] |
402 | Rajiv Khanna [Corporate Executive] |
403 | Rajni Palriwala [Delhi University] |
404 | Rajshri Jayaraman [Professor of Economics, The European School of Management and Technology (ESMT Berlin)] |
405 | Raju Sharma [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
406 | Rakhi Ghoshal [Assistant Professor, Karnavati University] |
407 | Rakshita Swamy [Concerned citizen] |
408 | Ram Dayal Ahirwar [Independent Political Analyst] |
409 | Ram Lal [Activist, Uttarkhand] |
410 | Rama Devi [PhD scholar, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati] |
411 | Ramesh Bajaj [Concerned citizen] |
412 | Ramnik Mohan [Formerly Associate Professor, Rohtak] |
413 | Rana [Retired Company Director] |
414 | Rashim Singh [Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Houston] |
415 | Ratnpriya Mishra [Concerned citizen] |
416 | Ravi Duggal [Independent Public Health Researcher and Activist, Mumbai] |
417 | Ravi Jagan [Concerned citizen] |
418 | Ravi Vira Gupta [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
419 | Ravinder Kaur [Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi] |
420 | Ravindra Kumar Singh [Activist, New Delhi] |
421 | Reetika Khera [Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad] |
422 | Rekhamba T L [Social worker, Shivamogga, Karnataka] |
423 | Reva Yunus [Assistant Professor, Azim Premji University] |
424 | Revathi Narayanan [Gender and Development Consultant, Bangalore] |
425 | Rhythm Parikh [Student, Azim Premji University] |
426 | Richa Pandey [Student, Azim Premji University] |
427 | Ridhima Mehra [Concerned citizen, Delhi] |
428 | Rimil Hembrom [Student, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras] |
429 | Ritambhara Mehta [Concerned citizen] |
430 | Roderick Wijunamai [Independent Researcher] |
431 | Rohini Mohan [Independent Journalist] |
432 | Rohini Pande [Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School] |
433 | Rohini Patel [Teacher] |
434 | Rohit De [Assistant Professor, Yale University] |
435 | Rohit Prajapati [Activist, Gujarat] |
436 | Rohit Shah [Doctoral Scholar, Indian Institute of Tecnology, Bombay- Monash Research Academy] |
437 | Rohith P [Assistant Professor, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Delhi] |
438 | Romyorup Mitra [Activist] |
439 | Ronald Abraham [Concerned citizen] |
440 | Rosamma Thomas [Pune] |
441 | Ruby Hembrom [Founder, Adivaani] |
442 | Ruchhita Kazaria [Peace-Activist with Aman Ki Asha] |
443 | Rukmini Bhaya Nair [Concerned citizen] |
444 | Rupinder Kaur [Social worker] |
445 | S. Anandalakshmy [Concerned citizen] |
446 | S. Arun Kumar [Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi] |
447 | S. Mona Sinha [Founder, Raising Change] |
448 | S.Anburose [retired Junior Engineer] |
449 | S.P. Ambrose [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
450 | S.Q. Masood [Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan] |
451 | S.V. Nadkarni [Ex-Dean Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College Mumbai] |
452 | Sachin Jain [Vikas Samvad] |
453 | Sadhna Arya [Associate Professor, University of Delhi] |
454 | Sagarika Ghose [Senior Journalist] |
455 | Sagolsem Pavel Meitei [Program Manager, Nazariya: Queer Feminist Resource Group] |
456 | Sakina Dhorajiwala [LibTech India] |
457 | Saksham Pal [Concerned citizen] |
458 | Salahuddin Ahmad [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
459 | Salik Shah [Writer and Filmmaker] |
460 | Sameena Kader [Enterprise Risk Analyst] |
461 | Sameer Khera [Entrepreneur] |
462 | Sameer Panda [Activist, Odisha] |
463 | Sandeep Mertia [New York University] |
464 | Sandeep Pandey [Lok Rajniti Manch] |
465 | Sangeeta Chatterji [Postdoctoral Fellow] |
466 | Sanghamitra Sen [Retired Engineer/Scientist] |
467 | Sanghita Chandra [Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata] |
468 | Sanjeeb Mukherjee [Concerned citizen] |
469 | Sanjoy K Roy [Arts Producer] |
470 | Saranga Ugalmugle [Advocate, Bombay High Court] |
471 | Sarbajaya Bhattacharya [Research Scholar, Jadavpur University] |
472 | Sarika Sharma [The Tribune, Chandigarh] |
473 | Saroj Dahiya Ratnoo [Concerned citizen] |
474 | Satinath Choudhary [Retired Professor of Computer Science] |
475 | Satya Gopal Dey [Vikramshila Education Resource Society] |
476 | Satyabhama Subramanian [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
477 | Saumyajit Bhattacharay [Associate Professor, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi] |
478 | Sayandeb Chowdhury [Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
479 | Seema Chishti [Senior Journalist] |
480 | Seema Kazi [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
481 | Sejal Dand [Mahila Kisan Adhikar Manch] |
482 | Shabnam Aziz Khaled [Social Activist] |
483 | Shabnam Hashmi [Social Activist, Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (ANHAD)] |
484 | Shailaja Menon [Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
485 | Shailesh Yadav [Concerned citizen] |
486 | Shantha Tara [Student] |
487 | Sharad Raj [Filmmaker] |
488 | Sharad Sarin [Concerned citizen] |
489 | Sharada Gopal [Freelance writer] |
490 | Sharda Prasad [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
491 | Shashank Kela [Writer and scholar] |
492 | Sheila Kumar [Author and Journalist, Bangalore] |
493 | Sherebanu Frosh [Concerned citizen] |
494 | Shiv D Sharma [The New School for Social Research] |
495 | Shiva Shankar[Chennai Mathematical Institute] |
496 | Shivani Nag [Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
497 | Shobhit Mahajan [Delhi University] |
498 | Shomen Mukherjee [Faculty, Azim Premji University] |
499 | Shreya Munoth [Lawyer] |
500 | Shubham Negi [Student, Delhi School of Economics] |
501 | Shubham Negi [Student, Delhi University] |
502 | Shweta [Concerned citizen] |
503 | Shweta Sundar [Architect, People in Centre] |
504 | Sibaji Bandyopadhyay [Formerly, Professor of Cultural Studies, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC)] |
505 | Siddharth Gupta [Advocate] |
506 | Siddharth K J [Independent Researcher, Bengaluru] |
507 | Siraj Dutta [Right to Food Campaign] |
508 | Sivakumar Padmanabhan [Concerned citizen] |
509 | Smita Gupta [Concerned citizen] |
510 | Sobhanlal Datta Gupta [Former Surendra Nath Banerjee Professor of Political Science, University of Calcutta] |
511 | Soma KP [Independent researcher/policy analyst , New Delhi] |
512 | Somasundaram [Member, Ek Potlee Ret Ki & NATION] |
513 | Sonia Faleiro [Writer] |
514 | Soumya Pancholi [Student, National Law School of India University, Bangalore] |
515 | Souparna Maji [Researcher and Academic Tutor, Kolkata] |
516 | Sreekumar Menon [Faculty, Asian College of Journalism] |
517 | Srinivas Goli [Concerned citizen] |
518 | Stan Swamy [Human Rights Activist] |
519 | Stuti Khanna [Indian Institiute of Technology, Delhi] |
520 | Subhash Gatade [New Socialist Initiative] |
521 | Subhashis Banerjee [Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi] |
522 | Subrahmanya Shastri [Filmmaker and Media Professional] |
523 | Sucheta De [National President, All India Students Association] |
524 | Suddhadeep Mukherjee [Student, Jadavpur University] |
525 | Sudeshna Sengupta [Independent Consultant and Researcher] |
526 | Sudha Narayanan [Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai] |
527 | Sudheesh R.C. [Ph.D. candidate, Oxford University] |
528 | Sujata Mody [Concerned citizen, Chennai] |
529 | Sujata Visaria [Economist] |
530 | Sukhendu Mehrotra [Associate Professor, Chennai Mathematical Institute] |
531 | Sukumar Narayana [Concerned citizen] |
532 | Sulakshana Nandi [Public Health Researcher, Chhattisgarh] |
533 | Sumit Sarkar [Concerned citizen] |
534 | Sumita Mehta [Media Consultant] |
535 | Sumita Pillai [Concerned citizen] |
536 | Summet Singh Puri [Fimmaker, Researcher] |
537 | Sundar Burra [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
538 | Sunil Kaul [The Ant] |
539 | Sunita Singh [Ambedkar University Delhi] |
540 | Sunita Singh [Social Activist, Uttar Pradesh] |
541 | Sunny Sebastian [Senior Journalist] |
542 | Surabhi Ranganathan [Lecturer, University of Cambridge] |
543 | Surajit Sarkar [Concerned citizen, New Delhi] |
544 | Surbhi Mahajan [Development Practitioner] |
545 | Surbhit Singh [Student] |
546 | Surendra Nath [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
547 | Suresh D [MNI, Tamil Nadu] |
548 | Suresh Thulsi [Concerned citizen] |
549 | Surina Narula [Founder CEO, Difficult Dialogues] |
550 | Surinder S. Jodhka [Professor of Sociology, Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
551 | Surjit Kishore Das [Concerned citizen] |
552 | Sushil Tirkey [Concerned citizen] |
553 | Sushobha Barve [Peace builder and social activist] |
554 | Susie Tharu [Writer and women's activist] |
555 | Suvo Khan [Concerned citizen] |
556 | Suvrat Raju [Tata Institute of Fundamental Research] |
557 | Swami Agnivesh [Concerned citizen] |
558 | Swaminathan Aiyar [Senior journalist] |
559 | Swati Desai [Concerned citizen] |
560 | Swati Narayan [Right to Food campaign] |
561 | Swatija Paranjape [Activist, Forum Against Oppression of Women] |
562 | Sweta Das [Student, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
563 | Sylvia Karpagam [Public Health Doctor, Bangalore] |
564 | T.Sobha Rani [University of Hyderabad] |
565 | Tanay Balantrapu [World Bank Group] |
566 | Tanika Sarkar [Concerned citizen] |
567 | Tanweer Mazhari [Concerned citizen] |
568 | Tara Sinha [Concerned citizen] |
569 | Tashi Choedup [Buddhist Monastic, Human Rights and Interfaith activist] |
570 | Tatsita Mishra [Student, Azim Premji University] |
571 | Tejaswini Niranjana [Writer and professor, Lingnan University-Hong Kong] |
572 | Udvas Das [Student, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore] |
573 | Uma Chakravarti [Historian] |
574 | Usha Mudiganti [Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
575 | Usman Jawed Siddiqi [Senior researcher, Centre for Equity Studies, Delhi] |
576 | Valay Singh [Concerned citizen] |
577 | Vandana Mahajan [Concerned citizen] |
578 | Vandana Prasad [Community Pediatrician] |
579 | Vappala Balachandran [Journalist] |
580 | Varnica Arora [Ph.D candidate, City University of New York] |
581 | Varnika [MA student, Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding, Jamia Millia Islamia] |
582 | Varsha Poddar [Concerned citizen] |
583 | Vasundhara Rangaswamy [Concerned citizen] |
584 | Vebhuti Duggal [Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
585 | Veena Ravikumar [Academician] |
586 | Vibha Puri Das [Concerned citizen] |
587 | Vibhinna Ramdev [Freelance Choreographer] |
588 | Vijayan Madhavan [Concerned citizen] |
589 | Vijendra Sharma [Activist, New Delhi] |
590 | Vika Dubey [Ph.D. candidate, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur] |
591 | Vikas Bajpai [Assistant Professor, Jawharlal Nehru University] |
592 | Vikram Nehru [Faculty, John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies] |
593 | Vikram Vyas [Physicist] |
594 | Vinata Nanda [Writer, Filmmaker, Creative Activist, Head Asian Centre for Entertainment Education] |
595 | Vineeta Bal [Scientist, Pune] |
596 | Vinod C. Khanna [Indian Foreign Services (IFS), retired] |
597 | Vinod Kumar [Journalist, Jharkhand] |
598 | Vipul Vivek [Student, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
599 | Virginia Saldanha [Concerned citizen, Mumbai] |
600 | Virginius Xaxa [Sociologist] |
601 | Vivek Kumar [Right to food campaign, Jharkhand] |
602 | Vivek Sundara [Concerned citizen] |
603 | Wajahat Habibullah [Indian Administrative Services (IAS), retired] |
604 | Xavier Dias [Editor, Khan Khaneej aur Adhikar] |
605 | Yogesh Snehi [Assistant Professor, Ambedkar University Delhi] |
606 | Yug Mohit Chaudhry [Lawyer] |
607 | Zaibun [Concerned citizen, Uttar Pradesh] |
608 | Zoya Hasan [Former Professor of Political Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University] |
A few signatories are ‘Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs)'