April 12th 2008 – Remembering the Life of Maoist leader Anuradha Ghandy by Raul Pandita

 

                                                      Picture Anuradha Ghandy

She was born into privilege and could easily have chosen the easy life. But Anuradha Ghandy chose guns over roses to fight for the dispossessed.

On a muggy April evening in 2008, somewhere in Mumbai, a doctor was trying desperately to get in touch with his patient. The patient happened to be a woman in her