Remembering K Balagopal

Koodankulam Activist Nityanand Jayaraman Full Speech At Balagopal commemorative meet held in Hyderabad on October. 7th 2012.

Professor Haragopal inauguration speech on at Balagopal Commemorative Meet on October 7th 2012, on the occasion of the release of  K.Balagopal’s book titled  ”Manishi  &  Marxism”.

Audio collection of Balagopal’s speeches and interviews,

1. Towards a Political Engagement with the Maoists

2. Upholding Human Rights in the time of Terrorism

3. Caste and Indian Law

4. On Marxism

5. Caste and Indian Civil Rights Movement

On the occasion of first year anniversary of Balagopal’s demise and the commemoration meeting held on October 8th, 2010 in Dallas,Texas – Prof G Haragopal remembers Balagopal.
(Courtesy: www.prajakala.org)

On the occasion of first year anniversary of Balagopal’s demise and the commemoration meeting held on October 8th, 2010 in Dallas,Texas – Sri S Jeevan Kumar, President, HRF talks about his more than thirty years of association with Balagopal, his contribution to the human rights movement, emphasising that only way to respect and remember Balagopal is continue his work in HRF. (Courtesy: www.prajakala.org)

K Balagopal, B Ramulu and Gaddar in a public rally demanding water from Pranahita river and irrigation resources for the neighboring villages to Sirpur and Kagaznagar in Adilabad.

Dr. K Balagopal educational lecture on river water disputes in Andhra Pradesh. In this two hour long lecture, delivered in July 2009 at Human Rights Forum (HRF) chapter meeting in Vishakapatnam, Balagopal discusses the background of the river water disputes in the state of Andhra Pradesh and provides the historical, political and economical context in which the policies and the existent water sharing practices and irrigation projects on Krishna and Godavari rivers came about. And stresses the need for a proper water sharing framework – from a fairness, justice viewpoint and people rights to resources and development – of all the three regions of the state of Andhra Pradesh. And provides the right context to understand the grievances of the people of Telangana and Rayalaseema regions. And argues for a intra-state water redistribution and independent authority , along the lines of Bachawat Tribunal, for fair allocation of water resources.

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Balagopal TV interview in September 2009 (in Telugu) about Maoists, Green Hunt and Chattisgarh, where he talks about the ongoing violence both that of Maoists and the government in the states of Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and elsewhere. And states that the in the long run inherent structural violence and increasing inequality in the society are much more of a bigger threat to the Indian democracy than the Maoists, as claimed by the Indian government.
And talks about the need to oppose Green hunt and support a peace talks initiative.

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Two excerpts from a documentary by Deepa Dhanraj:

Tribute to Balagopal – Sung by Arunodhaya (Audio) (3.40 MB in mp3 format)

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This video was produced by Jyothi Gaddam.