[Urbanstudy] Bangalore man fasts for two years in protest of government land seizure

[Vinay Baindur]

http://www.vancouverdesi.com/news/bangalore-man-fasts-for-two-years-in-protest-of-government-land-seizure/759856/




Bangalore man fasts for two years in protest of government land seizure

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Sukumaran Menon has survived an incredible 723 days on just bread and water
in a lonely protest at rapacious developers who have robbed him of his tiny
plot of land. CEN News.

*CEN NEWS*

This man in India has survived an incredible 723 days on just bread and
water in a lonely protest against rapacious developers who have robbed him
of his tiny plot of land.

With his umbrella tilted over his left shoulder to protect him from the
sun, Sukumaran Menon has become a regular fixture of everyday life in the
south-western city of Bangalore.

He carries no placards protesting against the injustice, he does not like
his photograph being taken, but he has absolute blind faith that if he
continues sitting there like his hero Mahatma Gandhi at some stage he will
see justice.
What do you think?

The 75-year-old man has even chosen to sit on a bench near a statue of
Gandhi and vows: “Like him, I will continue my protest until justice is
done.”

He is already thin and his teeth are falling out due to lack of a proper
diet, but it is not deterring him from his silent protest.

A government employee for more than 40 years, he had invested all he had in
a piece of land – and he lost it all to the state government when they
seized it to sell to developers.

This, he claims, is his final fight for justice, the Gandhian Way – a
peaceful fast that has been going on for the last two years.

He sits peacefully under the statue come rain or shine from 8am until 6pm
with only his body to protect him from the elements, then goes home to his
family.

“I do not talk, the government should see my plight and talk,” is all he
says.

When pressed he added: “They took my land away from me to make a vast
profit with a development company. Neither they nor the company have
offered me any cash for what they took, so how can this be right in what we
call the world’s biggest democracy?”

The local government however is also responding with silence and is
refusing to discuss his case, saying his land was subject to a compulsory
purchase order and that is the end of the matter.

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