New Delhi: The Culture Workers’ Support Trust (CWST), an umbrella organisation, has condemned the Delhi Police for naming filmmaker Rahul Roy in the supplementary chargesheet of a Delhi riots case and summoning Saba Dewan for questioning, saying these artists and many others are facing ‘harassment’ for exercising their democratic rights.
In a statement that is endorsed by nearly 650 people, the CWST said the “harassment being meted out to young art students whose only ‘crime’ seems to have been to paint murals and make posters to question contentious laws” is ‘highly objectionable’.
Saying it is the democratic right of all to protest without fear of being targeted for dissent, the statement adds it is “unacceptable that dissenting artists, academicians, activists, journalists and others are being harassed with digressive investigations, and arrested based on fabricated and forced confessions”.
“This is a clear attempt to create a culture of fear and is a direct attack on the right to critical speech and expression. The continued persecution of culture workers associated with Ambedkarite movements, such as Kabir Kala Manch, also points towards this attempt to quell voices of resistance who speak truth to power through art and activism,” the signatories said.
The “witch-hunt” against creative communities, activists, students and relief workers by alleging a “riots conspiracy” reveals the “machination of people in positions of power to conceal the true identity of conspirators who, through their incendiary speech acts, triggered the worst communal riots the city of Delhi has seen in decades”, they say.
“Not only is the Delhi Police cynically using this event to target dissenting voices, it is also denying justice to those who have suffered and died during the riots,” the statement adds.
The full statement, along with the list of signatories, has been reproduced below.
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Statement Against State Repression of Culture Workers : In Solidarity With Rahul Roy, Saba Dewan, And Art Students Facing Harassment And False Charges By the State
14 September 2020
The Culture Workers’ Support Trust (CWST) condemns the harassment of members of the creative community who are being targeted for exercising their democratic right to raise their voice against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019, the National Register of Citizens, the National Population Register and state-sponsored brutality during the anti-CAA protests.
The recent naming of documentary filmmaker Rahul Roy in the supplementary charge sheet as a co-conspirator in the Delhi riots (as reported by the press), the summoning of Saba Dewan for questioning and the harassment being meted out to young art students whose only ‘crime’ seems to have been to paint murals and make posters to question contentious laws, are highly objectionable.
It is the democratic right of all to protest without fear of being targeted for one’s dissent. It is unacceptable that dissenting artists, academicians, activists, journalists and others are being harassed with digressive investigations, and arrested based on fabricated and forced confessions. This is a clear attempt to create a culture of fear and is a direct attack on the right to critical speech and expression. The continued persecution of culture workers associated with Ambedkarite movements, such as Kabir Kala Manch, also points towards this attempt to quell voices of resistance who speak truth to power through art and activism.
Unleashing a witch-hunt against creative communities, activists, students and relief workers by alleging a “riots conspiracy” reveals the machination of people in positions of power to conceal the true identity of conspirators who, through their incendiary speech acts, triggered the worst communal riots the city of Delhi has seen in decades. Not only is the Delhi Police cynically using this event to target dissenting voices, it is also denying justice to those who have suffered and died during the riots.
Along with the undersigned members of the artistic community, CWST stands in solidarity with all victims of communal violence and those culture workers who are being persecuted for seeking a just and equitable society.
Regards,
CWST Team
Annapurna Garimella, Art Historian
Lokesh Khodke, Artist
Shefalee Jain, Artist and Academic
Shukla Sawant, Artist and Academic
Sindhura D M, Art Historian
Vidyun Sabhaney, Artist
About CWST:
The Culture Workers Support Trust (CWST) was founded in late 2019 to work as an umbrella organization that works with culture workers. CWST is a registered charitable organization that works to generate interest and create awareness among culture workers about their rights and responsibilities. To begin with we define culture workers as a combination of visual artists in all art forms and art workers including curators, handlers, set designers, gallery managers, etc. CWST enables the creation of mechanisms and institutions that will allow culture workers to obtain effective and timely redressal of grievances that may arise as a function of their professional relationships. It advocates for accountability and transparency in the conduct and governance of institutions involved in the practice, pedagogy, and research of arts and culture. CWST also takes up litigation related to the empowerment of culture workers, offers training and holds events to propagate causes that are of significance to professionals in arts and culture, to enable the full realization of human potential and to create the durable infrastructure that will foster a grounded, democratic cultural sphere. One of our core concerns is to work towards a sustainable and structurally effective community economy where solidarity networks help disperse power and resources more equitably.
Please find below a list of 643 signatories:
| Name | Designation/Institution (optional) |
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| 2. A. M. Padmanabhan | |
| 3. A. Mangai | Artist and Academic |
| 4. Aabshaar Wakhloo | |
| 5. Aayush Gulati | Student, Faculty of Fine Arts Vadodara |
| 6. Aban Raza | Artist |
| 7. Abha Dev Habib | Miranda House, University of Delhi |
| 8. Abhijit | Individual |
| 9. Abhijit | |
| 10. Abhijit Kundu | University of Delhi |
| 11. Abhijit Waghmare | |
| 12. Abhilasha Kumari | Retired Academic |
| 13. Abhishek Majumdar | |
| 14. Abhishek Nilamber | Curator & Researcher |
| 15. Abhisikta Dasgupta | |
| 16. Achla Sawhney | |
| 17. Adarsh | University of Delhi |
| 18. Aditya Nigam | Academic |
| 19. Adv.Ansar Indori | Human Rights Lawyer, New Delhi |
| 20. Aishwarya | |
| 21. Aishwarya Dalal | Marra, bangalore |
| 22. Aishwarya K | Student, Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| 23. Ajatshatru | |
| 24. Ajinkya Kulthe | |
| 25. Ajit Patil | CPIML Liberation |
| 26. Akansha Rastogi | |
| 27. Akila Seshasayee | |
| 28. Akshay Sethi | Visual artist (freelance) |
| 29. Akshaya Tankha | PhD, University of Toronto |
| 30. Albert Jacob Aji | Faculty of fine arts, ms university, baroda |
| 31. Ali Javed | Working President, PWA |
| 32. Alnawaz Alam sheikh Farooqi | Freelance light designer |
| 33. Alokparna Mukherjee | Researcher. |
| 34. Amala Popuri | Film Audio a professional |
| 35. Aman Roy | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| 36. Amar Kanwar | |
| 37. Amba Suhasini | Theatre practioner |
| 38. Amber Habib | Professor |
| 39. Ameet Parameswaran | Assistant professor, JNU |
| 40. Amit Dasgupta | CPIML Liberation |
| 41. Amit Gupta | Architect |
| 42. Amit Ray | Film editing student Satyajit Ray film and television institute |
| 43. Amitabha Basu | Retired scientist, CSIR-NPL, New Delhi |
| 44. Ammu Abraham | |
| 45. Amol | TISS Mumbai student |
| 46. Amrita Singh | |
| 47. Anamika Haksar | Theatre director |
| 48. Anand Sahay | Columnist |
| 49. Anant Dayal | |
| 50. Anant Mann | |
| 51. Ananta Auddy | |
| 52. Ananya | |
| 53. Ananya Chakraborti | Chairperson, WBSCPCR |
| 54. Ananya Parikh | |
| 55. Anarya | Programmes Manager, Artreach India / independent artist |
| 56. Aniket salve | Must be released |
| 57. Anil | Professional |
| 58. Anil Kumar | Asst. Prof. MLN |
| 59. Anita Bhalekar | |
| 60. Anita Cherian | Ambedkar University Delhi, faculty |
| 61. Anjali Monteiro | Documentary Filmmaker |
| 62. Anjali Panjabi | |
| 63. Anjana Mangalagiri | Retired |
| 64. Anju Dodiya | Artist |
| 65. Ankit Mehrotra | |
| 66. Ankita Srivastava | Research Scholar, School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU, New Delhi |
| 67. Ankur Gulyani Panda | |
| 68. Anne Marie | |
| 69. Anomita Sen | Theatre Artist |
| 70. Anooradha Iyer Siddiqi | Barnard College, Columbia University |
| 71. Anshdeep Kaur | |
| 72. Anshuka Mahapatra | |
| 73. Anshul Uniyal | |
| 74. Antara Dev Sen | Journalist |
| 75. Anugyan Nag | Assistant Professor |
| 76. Anupama Srinivasan | Filmmaker |
| 77. Anuradha Kapoor | |
| 78. Anuradha Kapur | |
| 79. Anuradha Marwah | |
| 80. Anuradha Rudrapriya | |
| 81. Anuradha Vellat | Student, Ambedkar University, Delhi. |
| 82. Anurag Misra | Retired civil servant |
| 83. Anwar | Art director advertising |
| 84. Aparajithan A L | |
| 85. Aparna Andhare | Curator |
| 86. Aparna Sen | |
| 87. Apeksha Priyadarshini | Ph.D scholar, School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU |
| 88. Archana | DU |
| 89. Archana Mangalagiri | |
| 90. Arijiet Pal | |
| 91. Arnab Bhattacharya | Scientist and science communicator, TIFR |
| 92. Arnav Gogoi | |
| 93. Arnika Ahldag | PhD scholar, Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| 94. Arshad Hakim | artist/filmmaker |
| 95. Arun | Virasam |
| 96. Arun Kumar | |
| 97. Arundhati Ghosh | |
| 98. Asheesh Pandya | |
| 99. Ashish Dha | Music Teacher, Composer-Musician / NAADAALAY |
| 100. Ashok Bhowmick | Artist |
| 101. Ashok Tiwari | |
| 102. Ashwini | Student |
| 103. Ashwini Deshpande | |
| 104. Atanu Singha | Poet, Jourajlist and Cultural Activist. |
| 105. Ateesh Chattopadhayay | |
| 106. Atul Bhalla | |
| 107. Atul Kumar | |
| 108. Avinash V | |
| 109. Ayesha Matthan | PhD Student, Cornell University |
| 110. Ayesha Sultana | Stop repression of Cultural workers |
| 111. Barnali Pain | |
| 112. Bazik Thlana | Visual Artist |
| 113. Bedabrata Pain | ex-NASA scientist and film-maker |
| 114. Belinder Dhanoa | |
| 115. Benny Kuruvilla | Researcher |
| 116. Bharati Kapadia | NA |
| 117. Bharti Ali | |
| 118. Bhuvana R | TISS Mumbai Alumna 2017-2019 |
| 119. Bidisha Mahanta | |
| 120. Bindu Menon Mannil | |
| 121. Bratati Pande | Retired Teacher, Delhi University. |
| 122. Brinelle D’souza | JSA-MUMBAI, JCoR West India |
| 123. C.sri ram | Human Rights Activist |
| 124. Chaiti Nath | Post graduate student in History of Art, Kala Bhavana, Santiniketan |
| 125. Chandan Gupta | Art Director |
| 126. Chandni Arora | Visual and performance artist. |
| 127. Chandrima Sen | Teacher |
| 128. Chayanika Shah | |
| 129. Chhandak | |
| 130. Chinar shah | Artist |
| 131. Chirag Raveendran | Concerned citizen, India |
| 132. Chithra KS | Art Historian |
| 133. Chitra Vishwanath | |
| 134. Christin Glauser | Artist |
| 135. Chun Kapur | |
| 136. Daminee Benny Basu | Actor/ Performance Artist |
| 137. Darsana Prakash | |
| 138. Debabratee Dhar | |
| 139. Debaditya Bhattacharya | Faculty, Kazi Nazrul University |
| 140. Debalina Banerjee | I am against these sort of harassment to these cultural activists.(MA final year,Presidency University.). |
| 141. Debashree Mukherjee | Columbia University |
| 142. Debasree | Student |
| 143. Debdutta Mete | |
| 144. Debjani Sengupta | IP College, DU |
| 145. Deepa Pathak | |
| 146. Deepak Swaminathan | Architect |
| 147. Deepikah Bhardwaj | Artist |
| 148. Deeptha Achar | Academic |
| 149. Dev Desai | ANHAD |
| 150. Devashish Makhija | Author, Fimmaker |
| 151. Devi Palakurthi | Cultural activist |
| 152. Devika | |
| 153. Dhiman Karmakar | Sound Designer cum Sound Recordist |
| 154. Dhruvi Acharya | visual artist |
| 155. Diksha Sharma | |
| 156. Dimple Oberoi Vahali | Independent Activist |
| 157. Dipa Donde | Research Associate |
| 158. Dr Charulatha Banerjee | |
| 159. Dr Pramod Bagde | Dept of Philosophy& Religion, BHU, Varanasi |
| 160. Dr Sangram maurya | Doctor |
| 161. Dr. Sarbani Bandyopadhyay | St. Xavier’s College Kolkata |
| 162. Dr. V. Sasi Kumar | |
| 163. Dr.Mohan Rao | |
| 164. DrKishwar A Shirali | Retd Assiciate Profeeor HP Universjty |
| 165. Dvijendra Nath Kalia | DU (Retd) |
| 166. Ekta Oza | |
| 167. Epsita Halder | Associate Professor, Jadavpur University |
| 168. F Gangte | IITB |
| 169. Faezeh | Performer |
| 170. Farhatullah Beig | Film maker |
| 171. Freny Manecksha | Independent journalist |
| 172. Gargi Bharadwaj | Theatre practitioner and academic |
| 173. Gargi Chandola | Visual Artist |
| 174. Gargi Raina | |
| 175. Gaurav Bumb | Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute |
| 176. Gaurav Kalyani | |
| 177. Gauri Gill | |
| 178. Gautam Bhattacharya | Freelance Light Designer |
| 179. Gautam Nima | Dance Artist/Educator |
| 180. Gayatri Chatterjee | Teacher/writer |
| 181. Geeta K | |
| 182. Geeta Kapur | Art Critic |
| 183. Geeta Sahai | writer |
| 184. Girwar Singh | Retrieved teacher |
| 185. Githa Hariharan | Writer |
| 186. Gopika Chowfla | Visual Artist |
| 187. Gopika Nath | |
| 188. Gourav Gill | Freelancer filmmaker |
| 189. Grace Zaidarhzauva | |
| 190. Gurpreet Sidhu | People Tree Arts Trust |
| 191. Gurunathan | Artist And Art teacher |
| 192. Gurvinder Singh | Filmmaker |
| 193. Hafiz Abbasi | Retired |
| 194. Hans Kaushik | artist |
| 195. Harish Natarajan | |
| 196. Harshit Vishwakarma | |
| 197. Heena Pari | Artist |
| 198. Hemant Sareen | Art writer-researcher |
| 199. Himali Soin | |
| 200. Himmat Singh | BYB, General Secretary |
| 201. Hrishikesh Arvikar | UQ |
| 202. Humaira | Student |
| 203. Humanism Project | |
| 204. Humera Chougle | |
| 205. Imran | Retired |
| 206. Inder salim | |
| 207. Indira Chandrasekhar | |
| 208. Indira Chowdhury | |
| 209. Indrapramit Roy | |
| 210. Indu Kumari | Researcher / JNU |
| 211. Intiyaz | |
| 212. Ira Raja | |
| 213. Isha | |
| 214. Ishani | |
| 215. Ishani kanani | Designer |
| 216. Ishita | Artist |
| 217. Islahuddin Ashraf | |
| 218. Ivy | |
| 219. J Rizvi | Citizen of India |
| 220. Jacob | Documentary |
| 221. Jagdish Chand Upadhyaya | Freelance researcher, writer, translator |
| 222. Jahangir Asgar Jani | Artist |
| 223. Jaishankar J | |
| 224. Janet Chawla | Self employed |
| 225. Jasmeen Patheja | |
| 226. Jasveen Jairath | Concerned Citizens |
| 227. Jay Patel | Student at MSU, Baroda |
| 228. Jaya Menon | |
| 229. Jaya Singh | |
| 230. Jayanta Dasgupta | Retired. |
| 231. Jayashree Borah | University of Delhi |
| 232. Jayati Datta | |
| 233. Jeetin Rangher | |
| 234. Jenny Rowena | Assistant Professor, Miranda House |
| 235. Jenny Shabnam | |
| 236. Jeroo Mulla | Sophia Polytechnic, Mumbai |
| 237. Jhanvi | |
| 238. Jinat Rehena Islam | Feminism dot comm |
| 239. Joseph Lalngaihzuala | Self Employed |
| 240. Judith Misrahi-Barak | University Paul Valéry Montpellier, France |
| 241. June Banerjee | Content Writer |
| 242. Jyotsna Sharma | The Humanism Project |
| 243. K. Padma | Advocate |
| 244. K.P. Jayasankar | Documentary Filmmaker |
| 245. Kabi | |
| 246. Kakali Bhattacherjee | Social worker |
| 247. Kamayani Bali Mahabal | |
| 248. Kameshwaran.A | arts |
| 249. Kamran Akhter | |
| 250. Kanika Gupta | Art Historian |
| 251. Karan Talwar | Harkat Studios |
| 252. Karen Gabriel | St Stephen’s College, DU |
| 253. Kathyayini Dash | Phd candidate (Performance), University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| 254. Katyayani Prabhakar | Filmmaker |
| 255. Kausik Mukhopadhyay | Artist |
| 256. Kavita Bahl | Story Teller & Poet |
| 257. Kavita Nayar | Visiting professor College Of Art, delhi |
| 258. Kedar Shirali | Concerned citizen |
| 259. Ketki Ranade/ KP | |
| 260. Keval Arora | Associate Professor, Delhi University |
| 261. Khounesh Indra Ghosh | Self employed |
| 262. Kirtana Kumar | Little Jasmine Theatre & Film Project |
| 263. Kirti jain | Theatre artist |
| 264. Koma Mandakini | |
| 265. Komal Mistri | Artist |
| 266. Komita | Theatre practitioner |
| 267. KP Reji | Artist |
| 268. Krishna Sengupta | Retired teacher. |
| 269. Krishnapriya C P | Artist |
| 270. Kristine michael | Artist |
| 271. Kshiraja K | |
| 272. Kunal Chattopadhyay | Jadavpur University |
| 273. Kunjathur Chandrahasa | |
| 274. Lakshay Chadha | |
| 275. Lalita du Perron | Stanford University |
| 276. Lalitha Krishna | |
| 277. Lalvenhimi Khiangte | |
| 278. Latika Gupta | |
| 279. Likla | Writer |
| 280. Lokesh Khodke | Artist and Illustrator |
| 281. Lokesh Malti Prakash | Bhopal |
| 282. Madhukar | |
| 283. Madhuri Adwani | Nirantar Trust, Storyteller |
| 284. Madhurjya Mahanta | Artist |
| 285. Madhusree Dutta | Filmmaket |
| 286. Maheen Mirza | |
| 287. Maithreyi m r | Consulting editor |
| 288. Maitrayee | Lawyer |
| 289. Malaika | |
| 290. Malathi Maithri | Writer |
| 291. Malavika Rajnarayan | |
| 292. Malavika Rao | Research scholar, performance maker, University of Exeter, UK |
| 293. Malini Subramaniam | Independent Journalist |
| 294. Mallika | |
| 295. Mallika Taneja | Theatre Artist |
| 296. Mallika Taneja | Theatre Artist |
| 297. Manali P | |
| 298. Manasa | |
| 299. Manasi Pingle | |
| 300. Mangalesh Dabral | poet and journalist |
| 301. Mangesh Kambale | |
| 302. Manjeet Singh | |
| 303. Manjima Chatterjee | Drama explorer |
| 304. Manju Kapur | Writer |
| 305. Manmeet Sandhu | Artist |
| 306. Mansi Bhatt | Artist |
| 307. Mary | Humanitarian worker |
| 308. Mary Mitzy | Advocate |
| 309. Maya Rao | Theatre artist |
| 310. Mayank Mansingh Kaul | |
| 311. Meenakshi Nath | |
| 312. Meenakshi Shedde | Consultant |
| 313. Megha Sheth | Mental Health Professional |
| 314. Meghna Mehra | Activist, All India Queer Association |
| 315. Meghna Singh | |
| 316. Meraj khan | The Humanism Project |
| 317. Mithra.K | Artist |
| 318. Mithu Sen | |
| 319. MMPSingh | Editor, Naya Path & General Secretary , Janwadi Lekhak Sangh |
| 320. Monica Narula | |
| 321. Monobina Gupta | |
| 322. Mortimer Chatterjee | |
| 323. MOUMITA ROY | Art Teacher (T.G.T). |
| 324. Moushumi Basu | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| 325. Mridul | |
| 326. Mrugen | Rathod |
| 327. Mukul Priyadarshini | DU |
| 328. Munish Bhardwaj | |
| 329. N.D.Pancholi | PUCL |
| 330. N.Ramachandran injambakkam Chennai | Artist |
| 331. Navjot Altaf | Visual artist |
| 332. Nabil Sadd | |
| 333. Nagaragere Ramesh | P D F, Bengaluru |
| 334. Najma | |
| 335. Nakul Sood | Founder Entrepreneur |
| 336. Namita | Concerned citizen |
| 337. Nandan Saxena | |
| 338. Nandini | |
| 339. Nandita Narain | Associate Professor/ St.Stephen’s College, Delhi University |
| 340. Nanita Sharna | |
| 341. Narendran K | Artist |
| 342. Narendran R Nair | Student, MSU Baroda |
| 343. Nasima | |
| 344. Navroze Contractor | Photograoher/Film Maker |
| 345. Neel Chaudhuri | Playwright and Theatre Director |
| 346. Neena | Independent filmmaker |
| 347. Neha Paliwal | |
| 348. Neha Vyas | |
| 349. Nelson Thangjam | |
| 350. Nidhi | MPhil Scholar |
| 351. Nidhi Tuli | Documentary filmmaker |
| 352. Nikhileswar Baruah | Artist |
| 353. Nilanjan | |
| 354. Nilanjan | |
| 355. Nilanjan Bhattacharya | Filmmaker |
| 356. Nilima Sheikh | |
| 357. Nirali L | Artist |
| 358. Nirmala Karunan | Consultant |
| 359. Nisha Susan | Writer |
| 360. Nisha Y | |
| 361. Nundrisha | |
| 362. Nuzhat Kazmi | Art Historian |
| 363. P. Leena | |
| 364. Padmaja Shaw | Rtd Professor |
| 365. Padmini | Evangelist |
| 366. Pallavi Paul | Artist and Scholar |
| 367. Pamela Philipose | Journaliat |
| 368. Panchali Kar | Vice President, State Committee (WB) of All India Queer Association |
| 369. Pankaj Jha | Citizen of India |
| 370. Paribartana Mohanty | Artist |
| 371. Peehu Pardeshi | Teacher |
| 372. Poonam | |
| 373. Poonam kaushik | General secretary pragatisheel Mahila Sangathan Delhi |
| 374. Prabakaran swaminathan | Fine Artist and film director |
| 375. Prachee Bajania | Filmmaker |
| 376. Pradeep Kambathalli | Artist, Assistant professor |
| 377. Pragya Akhilesh | Director, Lok Theatre, Bhim Dal |
| 378. Prashant Savita Mohan Randive | |
| 379. Prateek Nagchoudhuri | Concerned Citizen |
| 380. Prateek Vats | Film director |
| 381. Pratichi Majumdar | |
| 382. Premjish Achari | Curator |
| 383. Priya Mirza | |
| 384. PRIYA T | Filmmaker |
| 385. Priyadarsi Kundan Sanyal | Singer/Composer |
| 386. Priyanka D’Souza | |
| 387. Priyanka Singh | |
| 388. Promona | Freie Unuversität Berlin |
| 389. Purandhar | |
| 390. Pushpa | Women against sexual violence & state repression (WSS) |
| 391. Pushpamala N | Artist |
| 392. Pushpendra Singh | Filmmaker |
| 393. Pyoli Swatija | Lawyer |
| 394. Quasar Thakore Padamsee | QTP |
| 395. Rachel Mader | University of Applied Sciences and Arts Lucerne |
| 396. Rachel Spence | Poet / Arts writer |
| 397. Radhika Desai | Independent Researcher and Consultant |
| 398. Raghav Kacker | |
| 399. Raghavender V | Film Editor |
| 400. Ragini | |
| 401. Raheema Begum | Democratic Alliance for Diversity |
| 402. Rahul Kumar | Filmmaker |
| 403. Rajan Barrett | |
| 404. Rajarshi Dutta | Designer |
| 405. Rajdeep Atha | |
| 406. Rajesh Athrassery | |
| 407. Rajkumar Thangappan | |
| 408. Rajshree Rajmohan | Architect and adjunct faculty |
| 409. Rakeshmahala | Freelance artist |
| 410. Rakhi Peswani | Artist and Academic, Ashoka University |
| 411. Rakhi Sehgal | |
| 412. Ram Rahman | Photographer, Delhi |
| 413. Ramdas Kadavallur | Film Maker |
| 414. Ranima khatun | |
| 415. Ranjan Solomon | Badayl |
| 416. Ranjana Mangalagiri | |
| 417. Ranjit Contractor | Nil |
| 418. Ranu Ghosh | Filmmaker |
| 419. Ranu sharma | |
| 420. Rashmi D | |
| 421. Rashmi Doraiswamy | |
| 422. Rashmi Pant | |
| 423. Rattanamol Singh Johal | Columbia University |
| 424. Ravikumar Kashi | artist |
| 425. Reena Mohan | |
| 426. Rekha Awasthi | Retired DU Teacher & Activist. Associated with Naya Path & Janwadi Lekhak Sangh |
| 427. Rema Harish | |
| 428. Revati Laul | Rights activist and journalist |
| 429. Ridhima | |
| 430. Rimli Bhattacharya | |
| 431. Rina Ramdev | |
| 432. Rinchin | ektaracollective |
| 433. Rituparna Sengupta | |
| 434. Rohini | Writer |
| 435. Rohini Devasher | artist |
| 436. Rohit Raj | |
| 437. Roobina Karode | |
| 438. Rosalyn Dmello | Author |
| 439. Ruchika | |
| 440. Runu Chakraborty | Independent activist and professional |
| 441. Rupali Jadhav | Kabir Kala Manch |
| 442. Rupam Raja | Director |
| 443. Rupesh Kumar Singh | Freelance Journalist |
| 444. Rupsa Ray | |
| 445. Rustom Singh | |
| 446. Ruth Lalrinawmi | |
| 447. S PANDA | |
| 448. S Saran | |
| 449. S. Michael Irudayaraj | Yes |
| 450. S.G.Jagtap | Selfworker |
| 451. Sabeena Gadihoke | Jamia Millia islamia |
| 452. Sabyasachi Bhattacharjee | Artist |
| 453. Sakshee | |
| 454. Sakshi | |
| 455. Salim Saboowalla | |
| 456. Sallie Lallawmzuali | |
| 457. Samawati Ghosh | Academic and activist |
| 458. Sameer Abraham Thomas | |
| 459. Sameera | |
| 460. Sameera Iyengar | theatreperson |
| 461. Samina Mishra | |
| 462. Samira Nadkarni | Individual |
| 463. Samruddhi.M.J | |
| 464. Samyak Ballak | Service |
| 465. Sanchita | |
| 466. Sandeep Ghusale | Researcher, PhD scholar |
| 467. Sandip K Luis | Researcher / Artist |
| 468. Sanjay Barnela | Filmmaker |
| 469. Sanjeeb Mukherjee | |
| 470. Sanjeev Sharma | |
| 471. Santanu Datta | |
| 472. Santanu Ghatak | Musician |
| 473. Santhosh kr. Sakhinala | |
| 474. Santhosh S. | SCCE, AUD |
| 475. Santosh Dash | Associate Professor |
| 476. Saptarshi Sarkar | |
| 477. Sarita | Hanno |
| 478. Saswati Ghosh | Academic and activist |
| 479. Satya Sagar | |
| 480. Saumya | Student |
| 481. Sayan Das | Nshm kolkata |
| 482. Sayanti Mukherji | Freelance writer |
| 483. Sd | Teacher |
| 484. Seema Kohli | we stand in solidarity |
| 485. Shabani Hassanwalia | Filmmaker, Writer |
| 486. Shaibani Azam | Professor, Jamia Millia University |
| 487. Shakuntala Kulkarni | Visual Artist |
| 488. Shalini Gera | |
| 489. Shalini Mits | Gender Rights Activist |
| 490. Shalmali Guttal | Researcher |
| 491. Shampa Roy | |
| 492. Sharanya | Cultural activist, Rangmatipadar, Koraput |
| 493. Sharda dixit | Principal |
| 494. Sharifa Siddiqui | |
| 495. Sharmistha Saha | IIT Bombay |
| 496. Sharvari Deshpande | Art Student |
| 497. Shashi Shekhar Praasd Singh | University of Delhi |
| 498. Shaunak Mahbubani | Curator |
| 499. Sheeba Chadha | Na |
| 500. Sheela Gowda | visual artist |
| 501. Shefalee Jain | Artist |
| 502. Shefali Saini | TISS Mumbai |
| 503. Sheila Makhijani | |
| 504. Sherna Dastur | |
| 505. Shikha Gala | Artist |
| 506. Shikha Sen | Editor and teacher |
| 507. Shilpi | Filmmaker and researcher |
| 508. Shivam Rastogi | The Third Eye |
| 509. Shivangi Mariam Raj | Independent Researcher and Translator |
| 510. Shoby Michael | Visual artist |
| 511. Shreeparna Mitra | |
| 512. Shreerupa Banerjee | |
| 513. Shruti Sareen | Unemployed academic |
| 514. Shruti Sharada | Queer Feminist Writer |
| 515. Shubhangi Bhong | |
| 516. Shubhangi Singh | |
| 517. Shubhra | Artist |
| 518. Shuddhabrata Sengupta | |
| 519. Shweta Azad | |
| 520. Siddhant | Student |
| 521. Siddhartha Dutta | Proofreaderpp |
| 522. Siddheshwar | Engineer |
| 523. Simonti Sen | Director, State Archives, WB |
| 524. Sitangshu Pramanik | Retired Govt Officer |
| 525. Sitaram Singh | Theatre activist |
| 526. SK S | Unemployed |
| 527. Smriti Nevatia | IAWRT India |
| 528. Sneha Ragavan | |
| 529. Sneha Sharma | University of Delhi |
| 530. Solanki Chakraborty | Cinematographer |
| 531. Sonam | Artist |
| 532. Sonam | Student |
| 533. Sonia khurana : | Visual artist , independant, with ideological affiliations to what JNU, ans other free thinking institutions stand for. |
| 534. Soumitro Ghosh | |
| 535. Soumya Tejas | Filmmaker |
| 536. Sourav Sarangi | Filmmaker |
| 537. Sree sandeep Dangeti | architect |
| 538. Sreelekshmi Namboothiri | Student |
| 539. Srinjoyee Dutta | |
| 540. Stuti | Ambedkar University |
| 541. Subba Ghosh | Artist |
| 542. Subhankar Ghose | |
| 543. Suchandra Kundu | |
| 544. Sudhanva Deshpande | LeftWord Books |
| 545. Sudhanya Roy Chowdhury | |
| 546. Sudheer Palsane | |
| 547. Suhit | |
| 548. Sujata Gothoskar | |
| 549. Sujata Raghavan | Freelance Development Writer |
| 550. Sujay | Artist |
| 551. Sumit Baag | Practicing Artist |
| 552. Sumit Singla | |
| 553. Sumita | |
| 554. Sumitra | Curator |
| 555. Sumo Banerjee | |
| 556. Sunanda | |
| 557. Suneeta | Activist |
| 558. Sunil Gupta | Artist |
| 559. Sunil Kumar Evaney | Youth facilitator, Synergy Sansthan. Harda(Madhya Pradesh) |
| 560. Sunil Manilal Kothari | school of Arts andvAesthetics JNU New Delhi |
| 561. Sunil Shanbag | Theatre director |
| 562. Sunish Kumar Deb | |
| 563. Sunitha Kumar Emmart | |
| 564. Supriya Madangarli | |
| 565. Surabhi Sharma | Filmmaker |
| 566. Suraj Pawar | NA |
| 567. Surajit C Mukhopadhyay | Academic |
| 568. Surekha | Artist |
| 569. Suresh Jayaram | Art historian. |
| 570. Suresh Rajamani | |
| 571. Susanta Mandal | Artist |
| 572. Sushama Deshpande | Theatre activist |
| 573. Sushma Veerappa | Indian |
| 574. Susie | Tharu |
| 575. Suvanj | Independent |
| 576. Suvarna ravi salve | Siddharth college of arts commerce and science .,mumbai university |
| 577. Swati Goswami | |
| 578. Swati Jain | Assistant Professor |
| 579. Swati Kumari | |
| 580. T Jayashree | filmmaker |
| 581. Tabinda Akhtar Rizvi | |
| 582. Tallur L.N. | Artist |
| 583. Tanika sarkar | Retired professor jawaharlal Nehru university delhi |
| 584. Tanushree Gangopadhyay | Journalist Independent |
| 585. Tanvi Chowdhary | |
| 586. Tara Rai | Ashoka University |
| 587. Tara Rao | |
| 588. Tarini Manchanda | |
| 589. Tarun Jain | Journalist/Filmmaker |
| 590. Tarun Pain | |
| 591. Tasneem Balasinorwala | |
| 592. Teena Gill | Filmmaker |
| 593. Teerna Bhattacharyya | National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore |
| 594. Tejaswini Niranjana | Writer and academic |
| 595. Tenzin | |
| 596. Tripti dessi | |
| 597. Uma Bhrugubanda | Academic, Hyderabad |
| 598. Umang Baheti | |
| 599. Urmila | Self employed |
| 600. Urmita Ray | Associate professor of History, West Bengal Education Service |
| 601. Usha Iyer | Stanford University |
| 602. Ushasi Roy | Justice |
| 603. Uttam Ghosh | |
| 604. Uzramma | Independent researcher |
| 605. V s Sreedhara | I support |
| 606. Vaishali | |
| 607. Vaishnavi Ambatipudi | |
| 608. Vaishnavi Gandhi | Student |
| 609. Vaishnavi R | |
| 610. Vani Subramanian | Filmmaker |
| 611. Vanshika Babbar | Student, M. S. U Baroda |
| 612. Varsha Nair | |
| 613. Varunika Saraf | Artist/ Art Historian |
| 614. Vasantha | WSS |
| 615. Vasudha Thozhur | Artist |
| 616. Vasuki Chandak | Artist |
| 617. Vasvi Oza | Artist |
| 618. Veena P | |
| 619. Venu Arora | Researcher Filmmaker Radio enthusiast |
| 620. Venu maddipati | |
| 621. Veronica Xavier | CRY – Child Rights and You |
| 622. Vidur Sethi | Cultural Practitioner |
| 623. Vidya Das Arora | Gargi College (retd) |
| 624. Vidya kamat | Artist |
| 625. Vijay Bharatiya | |
| 626. Vijay Pratap Singh Aditya | |
| 627. Vijay Sankaran | |
| 628. Vijaya Kumar seethappa | Earthworms collective. |
| 629. Vikas Rawal | Professor, JNU |
| 630. Vinaya Malati Hari | Personal |
| 631. Vinod Raja | Film. Maker/ Dop |
| 632. Vishal Patil | Actor |
| 633. Vishnu Kolleri | Individual |
| 634. Vivan Sundaram | Artist self employed |
| 635. Vivek Sharma | |
| 636. Vrinda Phadke | Individual |
| 637. Vrishali Purandare | Artist |
| 638. Vyankatesh Sambrani | Individual |
| 639. Yagya | |
| 640. Yamini Sharma | Self employed |
| 641. Yashodhara Dalmia | Art Historian |
| 642. Yugashri S A | |
| 643. Zasha Colah | NABA, Milan |