Anand Azaad

B.Krishnavardhan N Reddy had just completed his M.Sc in physics and had registeted for Ph.D in Osmania University, Hyderabad. He always had a zeal to serve society through activism. Right from his first year, he was part of student movement as an ABVP activist. He was a soft spoken and good mannered person. He initiated various movements on academic and social issues, which made him very populer amongst the students. This led to him being elected as president of Osmania University Science College Students Union for the year 1985-86. As ABVP Zonal Secretary, he used to strive hard to expand the base of ABVP in suburban Hyderabad. On 1st October 1987, he left his hostel room at 7AM to reach ABVP office. Members of maoist organization PWG, who were following him, spotted him in a restaurant near ABVP office while he was having tea. Krishnavardhan sensed the danger and ran onto the street. The assassins chased him. While trying to take shelter in a nearby nursing home, he slipped an...

अनशन पर बैठे है बोले, खाना है, नहीं खाना.... A poem spontaneously composed for, The girl who was denied admission in an engineering college. The #ABVP activist who was beaten by the college director. The 49 #ABVP activists who fought back through historic hunger strike. खाना खाना, नहीं खाना। रे जाना जाना, नहीं जाना। अनशन पर बैठे है बोले, खाना है, नहीं खाना। रे अनशन पर बैठे है बोले, जाना है, नहीं जाना। लड़ना लड़ना, है लड़ना। रे चलना चलना, साथ चलना। भाई कैसे लड़ना, पता नहीं। भाई कहाँ चलना, कोई बता सही। इंकलाब का ख्वाब सजाकर, बस लड़ना है, है लड़ना। क्रांतिकारी जज्बात समझकर, बस चलना है, है चलना। हारना हारना, नहीं हारना। हार गए तो, फिर उठ लड़ना। भाई कब हारे थे, जब लड़े ही नहीं। भाई कैसे उठे थे, जब इरादें थे सही। उदास चेहरे देख रहे है, हारना है, नहीं हरना। नए हाथ आगे बढ़ रहे है, फिर उठाना है, है उठना। Read the complete story about the hunger strike protest here: Open Letter to MIT Students and ABVP activists on 'Historic Fight Against Injustice

डोंगराच्या त्या वाटावर, खूप ठिकाणी पडलो, वैतागून रडलो, कधी दगडांवर जाऊन धडकलो, पण आता पुढे निघून आलोय, थोडासा हुशार सुद्धा झालोय. मला वाटलं माझीच मस्ती होती, पण देवानेच ही स्क्रिप्ट रचली होती. कारण तो मला रडताना पाहू शकतो, अरे हरताना तर पाहूच शकतो, पण थांबताना पाहू शकत नाही....! - आनंद पुरोहित

Meet the hyper revolutionaries!! They consider that their purpose of existence is to 'change the world'. After their failed initial attempts to 'change the world' single-handedly, they join social organizations. Some join revolutionary organizations and find consistency of thoughts, while each one present there has his own timeline for 'dawn of revolution'. Whereas others join evolutionary cadre-based organizations, aspiring that either fortunately they would find true purpose of their life there, breaking away from all perceptions or unfortunately this would end into a miserable experience. Evolutionary cadre-based organisations always are in need of such people fullfilled with zeal, innovation and commitment. Their mere presence ensures that organization never attains stagnation. While organization intends to impart certain principles in it's cadres, revolutionaries come with pre-loaded principles that might enrich the organization's moto. Along ...

Gautam woke up early in the morning and started counting money that he was saving since the last one month. It was a mammoth task for this 15-year student to save Rs.150 required to bear travel expenses in-order to attend training camp of the organization he was working with. It turned out to be a lucky morning for him as he had finally saved the required amount from his pocket-money. Gautam came from a humble background, with both of his parents struggling hard each day to ensure that Gautam is able to complete his education without any financial hindrances. This could also be the reason behind his father’s disapproval over his involvement in social organizations. He followed his father’s directives in everything, but did not sync with his opinion about non-involvement in social organizations. From his early days, he explored different organizations. After getting disappointed by experiencing vested interests and hypocrisy in all social and political organizations in his locality, h...

रात्री २ वाजता नेहमी सारखा आम्ही कंपनीततून कॅब मध्ये बसायला निघालो. रोज आम्हाला कॅब मधून सोडणारे आमच्या 'काकांच्या गाडीत' आज एक नवीन व्यक्ती आली होती. कंपनीत दिवसभर काय-काय घडलं यापासून ते काका कुठे कुठे गाडीत फिरले, याची चर्चा सुरूच होती. त्यात आम्हाला असं कळलं की ती नवीन व्यक्ती कंपनीत 'मॅनेजर' म्हणून काम करत आहे. मॅडमचा घर जेव्हा जवळ आलं तेव्हा 'ड्राइवर हितना लेफ्ट घ्या' असं ती बोलली. आमची चर्चा शांत झाली आणि एकामेकांकडे बघायला लागलो. आजपर्यंत आमच्या गाडीत कधी कोणीही काकांना 'ड्राइवर' म्हणून हाक मारली नव्हती. मला वाईट वाटलं पण काकांच्या चेहऱ्यावर त्याचा काहीच परिणाम झाला नाही. मॅडमची सोसायटी आली आणि ती उतरली. काका यू-तर्न घ्यायला लागले. सोसायटीच्या गेटला आत्मधून कडी लावलेली होती. मॅडम सोसायतीचं गेट वाजवायला लागली पण गार्ड झोपलेला असावा. रस्त्यावर पूर्ण अंधार होता, त्यामुळे मॅडम अस्वस्थ झाली. आम्ही आमच्या गप्पांमध्ये मग्न होतो. जेव्हा गाडी तिथून निघत असताना काकांनी हे पाहायला, तेव्हा त्यांनी गाडी मागे घेतली. २-३ दा होर्ण वाजवला आणि तिथेच गाडी थांब...

Karyakarta! A sacred character that is always difficult to understand. Some say that his atttibutes cannot be explained, but can be only experienced. An incident that occurred years back in my initial days of ABVP flashed in front of me when my friend who is a volunteer of an international NGO was cribbing about his NGO for delay in crediting petrol allowance. The story is about a 19-year student from a humble background. He was an office-bearer in the city unit but owned the identity of 'ABVP Karyakarta' more on his shoulders. He was made incharge of a campaign and he had to send reminder SMS of the meeting to all the karyakartas. A recharge of SMS plan was essential for it, which at that time would cost Rs.20. As he checked his pocket he could only find a 20 Rupee note which he had saved for his bus fare to travel to ABVP office for the meeting. He was caught in a great dilemma. Sending SMS was a very important task which he wanted to complete, so was attending the meeting ...

Sir, Last night was a sleepless night for mother of Shyam, an ITI student of your state Kerala, who was serving society though ABVP. He was brutally killed by PFI, an organization with terror links, but enjoying complete freedom to perpetuate terror under your regime. Last night was also a sleepless night for millions of youth of Kerala and ABVP activists across the nation, as they lost one more brother in the terror unleashed by CPM-PFI combine. I know it would make no difference to you, as you are a member of the politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) which has orchestrated killings of more than 250 activists of ABVP and RSS. Infact, it is a matter of shame that you were involved in the first political murder that took place in Kerala on April 28, 1969 when RSS activist Vadikkal Ramakrishnan was killed by a mob of 200 CPM goons led by then CPM State Secretary M.V. Rajagopalan along with you. I wonder that a person like you, who has spent his youth life reading about...