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nNandini Sundarnis a noted sociologist of India. She is currently working as the Professor ofnSociology, Delhi University. She has also published many path breaking books onnsociology, anthropology and various facets of counter insurgency operations innSouth Asia. She is considered a Left leaning intellectual and her publishednworks also point to the same.
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nNandini Sundarnwas recently in news because of an FIR filed against her along with four othersnin the murder of an anti naxal tribal leader. It is hard to digest that she cannbe involved in a murder. But, there is also no denying that she has always protectednmany murderers and terrorists.
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nProfile ofnNandini Sundar
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nNandini Sundarnis exclusively known for her works in Chhatisgarh and some of her publishednbooks/opinions. Apart from being a Professor, she is also involved with manynLeftist publications.
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nNandini has beennaccused many times for inciting tribals in Chhatisgarh to become naxals andnraise arms against the Government machinery. In fact, Baghel, who was killednrecently allegedly by naxals, had filed a complaint against her few months backnin the local police station. Baghel and many of villagers were trying to makentheir area peaceful through proper communication mechanism among tribals andnnon tribals. It is said that Nandini sensed that Baghel can become a problemnfor Naxals in the long run if he succeeded. That’s why the entire plan of hisnmurder was done and executed. The FIR has been lodged against her on the basisnof complaint filed by the wife of the victim.
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nHusband ofnNandini Sundar
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nNandini Sundarnis also known for her husband – Siddarth Varadrajan, the former Editor-in-Chiefnof The Hindu newspaper. It should be noted that Siddarth doesn’t hold thenIndian citizenship. He is a USA citizen and lives a lavish life in New York. Itnis not known whether Nandini is an Indian or not. Siddarth Varadrajan is knownnas the most vocal supporters of naxalites, goons and terrorists in India. Innfact, he was removed from The Hindu because of the sheer stupidity he wasnshowing there. As a matter of policy, The Hindu doesn’t interfere with news andnpresent it in actual forms. This newspaper is Left leaning and stick with viewsnonly on the Editorial Section and Op-Ed Pages (apart from its sister concernnFrontline). However, Siddarth Varadrajan was started to insert views – against NarendranModi – in news also. He was warned and later dismissed. Now, he is running anuseless e-magazine named The Wire.
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nNeedless to say, the naxalite apologist Siddharth Varadrajan along with hundreds of urban naxals have started to protest for this FIR. However, they don’t care about Mr. Baghel who was killed in a gruesome manner by naxals.
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nREAD MORE: Husbands of Barkha Dutt
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