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{{Short description|Indian scholar (born 1950)}}
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| spouse = Rama Ambedkar
| relatives = [[Milind Teltumbde]] (brother)
| alma_mater = [[Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology]] ([[B.Tech.]])<br />
[[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]] ([[MBA]])<br />
[[University of Mumbai]] ([[PhD]])
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'''Anand Teltumbde''' (born 15 July 1951) is an Indian scholar, writer, and human rights activist who is a management professor at the [[Goa Institute of Management]].<ref name="HinduWhoIs16Feb19">{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/who-is-anand-teltumbde-and-why-was-he-arrested-recently/article26292219.ece |title=Who is Anand Teltumbde, and why was he arrested recently? |first=G. |last=Sampath |date=16 February 2019 |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220113732/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/who-is-anand-teltumbde-and-why-was-he-arrested-recently/article26292219.ece |archive-date=20 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NIEQuashing21Dec18">{{cite web |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/dec/21/koregaon-bhima-case-hc-rejects-civil-rights-activist-anand-teltumbdes-plea-seeking-quashing-of-fir-1914647.html |title=Koregaon-Bhima case: HC rejects civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde's plea seeking quashing of FIR |date=21 December 2018 |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227084935/http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/dec/21/koregaon-bhima-case-hc-rejects-civil-rights-activist-anand-teltumbdes-plea-seeking-quashing-of-fir-1914647.html |archive-date=27 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="AlJazeeraGovtSpying1Nov19" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=After brother Milind's death, jailed scholar Anand Teltumbde allowed to speak to grieving 90-year-old mother|website=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/after-brother-milinds-death-jailed-scholar-anand-teltumbde-allowed-to-speak-to-grieving-90-year-old-mother/articleshow/87766436.cms}}</ref> He has written extensively about the [[caste system in India]] and has advocated for the rights of [[Dalit]]s.<ref name="WashPoIntellectual21Feb19">{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/he-is-a-prominent-anti-modi-intellectual-the-indian-government-wants-him-behind-bars/2019/02/20/e2b5dbe4-2e47-11e9-8781-763619f12cb4_story.html |title=He is a prominent anti-Modi intellectual. The Indian government wants him behind bars. |first=Niha |last=Masih |date=21 February 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |quote=Teltumbde has been swept up in a government crackdown on lawyers and activists. The activists targeted in the investigation are advocates for India's most disadvantaged communities, including indigenous tribal people and Dalits, once called 'untouchables.' They also are vocal critics of the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309151658/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/he-is-a-prominent-anti-modi-intellectual-the-indian-government-wants-him-behind-bars/2019/02/20/e2b5dbe4-2e47-11e9-8781-763619f12cb4_story.html |archive-date=9 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/casteism-inequality-society-politics-caste-in-a-new-mould-5291078/ |title=Caste in a New Mould |first=Surinder S. |last=Jodhka |date=4 August 2018 |newspaper=Indian Express |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231241/https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/casteism-inequality-society-politics-caste-in-a-new-mould-5291078/ |archive-date=24 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-iima-faculty-speak-up-in-solidarity-with-anand-teltumbde-2709934 |title=IIMA faculty speak up in solidarity with Anand Teltumbde |first=Tanushree |last=Bhatia |date=20 January 2019 |newspaper=Daily News and Analysis |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224182002/https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-iima-faculty-speak-up-in-solidarity-with-anand-teltumbde-2709934 |archive-date=24 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Teltumbde is a longtime critic of Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], and he was imprisoned in 2020 along with other activists and intellectuals who were critical of the Modi government.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |title=Anand Teltumbde: Cards and letters for jailed India scholar as he turns 70 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53400138 |work=BBC News |date=15 July 2020}}</ref> His arrest was condemned by other academics and human rights organizations, and legal experts have said that the charges against him appear to be fabricated.<ref name="bbc" /><ref name="aljazeera" /> He was released on bail in 2022.

Teltumbde was awarded the [[Basava Puraskara]] in 2024.

==Biography==
Teltumbde was born on 15 July 1951 in [[Rajur]], a village in the [[Yavatmal district]] of present-day [[Maharashtra]] state, to a family of [[Dalit]] farm labourers.<ref name="HinduWhoIs16Feb19" /><ref name="WashPoIntellectual21Feb19" /> He is the oldest among eight siblings.<ref name="samaj2019profile">{{cite journal |last1=Lardinois |first1=Roland |title=Glimpses into the Life of an Engineer, Scholar and Public Intellectual |journal=South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal |date=11 March 2019 |doi=10.4000/samaj.5021 |url=https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/5021 |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413091436/https://journals.openedition.org/samaj/5021 |archive-date=13 April 2020 |url-status=live |doi-access=free }}</ref> He is married to Rama Teltumbde who is a granddaughter of [[B. R. Ambedkar]].<ref name="WashPoIntellectual21Feb19" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-elgar-parishad-case-activist-scholar-anand-teltumbde-surrenders-before-nia/350712|title=Elgar Parishad: Dalit Scholar Anand Teltumbde, Activist Gautam Navlakha Surrender Before NIA|last=|first=|date=14 April 2020|website=[[Outlook India]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415070213/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-elgar-parishad-case-activist-scholar-anand-teltumbde-surrenders-before-nia/350712|archive-date=15 April 2020|access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref> He earned a mechanical engineering degree from [[Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology]] in 1973, an [[MBA]] from the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad]] in 1982 and a [[PhD]] from the [[University of Mumbai]] in cybernetic modelling in 1993 while working as an executive at [[Bharat Petroleum]].<ref name=samaj2019profile/> He was also awarded an honorary doctorate ([[D.Litt.]]) from the [[Karnataka State Open University]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Court rules against Pune police's Elgaar arrest |url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/court-rules-against-pune-polices-elgaar-arrest/20337159 |first=Chaitraly |last=Deshmukh |website=Mid-day.com |date=3 February 2019 |access-date=7 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507143618/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/court-rules-against-pune-polices-elgaar-arrest/20337159 |archive-date=7 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Teltumbde was an Executive Director at Bharat Petroleum and managing director of Petronet India Limited before becoming an academic.<ref name="WashPoIntellectual21Feb19" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=39829622&privcapId=12517549&previousCapId=12517549&previousTitle=Petronet%20India%20Limited |title=Anand Teltumbde – Executive Profile |access-date=10 March 2019 |website=Bloomberg |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328053932/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=39829622&privcapId=12517549&previousCapId=12517549&previousTitle=Petronet%20India%20Limited |archive-date=28 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was a professor at the [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur]] and later became a senior professor at the [[Goa Institute of Management]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.iitkgp.ac.in/fac-profiles/showprofile.php?empcode=zSdUZ|title=Anand Teltumbde|publisher=Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508035539/http://iitkgp.ac.in/fac-profiles/showprofile.php?empcode=zSdUZ|archive-date=8 May 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/gims-introduces-countrys-first-programme-in-big-data-analytics/articleshow/64310930.cms|title=GIM's introduces country's first programme in Big Data Analysis|first=Gauree|last=Malkarnekar|website=[[The Times of India]] |date=29 May 2018|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330062251/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/gims-introduces-countrys-first-programme-in-big-data-analytics/articleshow/64310930.cms|archive-date=30 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gim.ac.in/faculty-details.php?f_id=187|title=Anand Teltumbde|publisher=Goa Institute of Management|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328053936/https://www.gim.ac.in/faculty-details.php?f_id=187|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He contributes a column titled "Margin Speak" to ''[[Economic and Political Weekly]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.epw.in/margin-speak |magazine=Economic and Political Weekly |title=Margin Speak |access-date=29 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204200330/http://www.epw.in/margin-speak |archive-date=4 February 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> and has also contributed to ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281944 |title=It's Not Red Vs Blue |first=Anand |last=Teltumbde |date=20 August 2012 |magazine=Outlook India |access-date=16 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816032840/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?281944 |archive-date=16 August 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Tehelka]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Fw240511TheFalseDalit.asp|magazine=Tehelka|title=The false Dalit of capital |first=Anand |last=Teltumbde |date=24 May 2011 |access-date=29 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602032644/http://www.tehelka.com/story_main49.asp?filename=Fw240511TheFalseDalit.asp |archive-date=2 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''Seminar''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2012/633/633_anand_teltumbde.htm |website=india-seminar.com |first=Anand |last=Teltumbde |title=Identity politics and the annihilation of castes |date=28 February 2012 |access-date=29 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821073803/http://www.india-seminar.com/2012/633/633_anand_teltumbde.htm |archive-date=21 August 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india-seminar.com/2011/625/625_anand_teltumbde.htm |website=india-seminar.com |first=Anand |last=Teltumbde |title=Corruption and injustice |date=30 July 2011 |access-date=29 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911024859/http://www.india-seminar.com/2011/625/625_anand_teltumbde.htm |archive-date=11 September 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> His 2018 book, ''Republic of Caste'', is a collection of essays that assesses the position of Dalits in India, including the relationship between caste and class.<ref name="jacobin">{{cite magazine |last1=Chattopadhyay |first1=Kunal |title=The Struggle Against Dalit Oppression in India |url=https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/dalit-india-ambedkar-teltumbde |magazine=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |date=July 2020}}</ref> Teltumbde advocates for a closer relationship between Marxism and the [[Ambedkarite]] movements in fighting for Dalit liberation, as well as reform of the [[Reserved political positions in India|reservation system in India]].<ref name="jacobin" />

In January 2024, Teltumbde was awarded the [[Basava Puraskara]] by the [[Government of Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Civil rights activist Anand Teltumbde chosen for Basava Award; Na. D'Souza gets Pampa Prashasti |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/civil-rights-activist-anand-teltumbde-chosen-for-basava-award-na-dsouza-gets-pampa-prashasti/article67776367.ece |work=The Hindu |date=25 January 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="award">{{cite news |title='A small streak of light': Seven Bhima Koregaon prisoners congratulate Anand Teltumbde on award |url=https://scroll.in/latest/1063186/a-small-streak-of-light-seven-bhima-koregaon-prisoners-congratulate-anand-teltumbde-on-award |work=Scroll |date=4 February 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Never Adjusted Your Stand': 9 Elgar Accused Congratulate Anand Teltumbde From Jail |url=https://thewire.in/rights/anand-teltumbde-elgar-parishad-jailed |work=The Wire |date=February 5, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

===Imprisonment and international reactions===

On 29 August 2018, the police raided Teltumbde's home, accusing him of having a connection to the [[2018 Bhima Koregaon violence]] and an alleged [[Maoist]] plot to assassinate [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]].<ref name="HinduWhoIs16Feb19"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/elgaar-parishad-prosecution-claims-to-have-evidence-to-show-teltumbde-involved-in-insurgent-activities-5560610/ |title=Elgaar Parishad: Prosecution claims to have evidence to show Teltumbde involved in insurgent activities |first=Sushant |last=Kulkarni |date=30 January 2019 |newspaper=Indian Express |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190223131549/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/elgaar-parishad-prosecution-claims-to-have-evidence-to-show-teltumbde-involved-in-insurgent-activities-5560610/ |archive-date=23 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Teltumbde denied the allegations and was granted temporary protection from arrest, but he was nevertheless arrested by the [[Pune]] police on 3 February 2019 and released later that day.<ref name="NIEQuashing21Dec18" /><ref name="NYTModiHitler20Feb19" /> After his release, Teltumbde accused the government of harassment and of attempting to criminalize dissent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/it-was-humiliating-activist-anand-teltumbde-on-his-arrest-by-pune-police-1988703 |title="Urban Naxal An Oxymoron," Says Activist Anand Teltumbde Accused In Koregaon-Bhima Case |first=Purva |last=Chitnis |date=5 February 2019 |website=NDTV |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224231251/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/it-was-humiliating-activist-anand-teltumbde-on-his-arrest-by-pune-police-1988703 |archive-date=24 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the course of the investigation, various others have been critical of the handling of the case, including Supreme Court Justice [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud|D. Y. Chandrachud]] who questioned the biased nature of the investigation by the Maharashtra Police, when hearing a plea on the same.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bhima-Koregaon Case: Justice Chandrachud Questions Maharashtra Police Impartiality In Elgar Parishad Probe |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/justice-chandrachud-questions-maharashtra-police-impartiality-in-elgar-parishad-probe/317314 |website=www.outlookindia.com |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930180654/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/justice-chandrachud-questions-maharashtra-police-impartiality-in-elgar-parishad-probe/317314 |archive-date=30 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that Teltumbde was arrested as part of "a government crackdown on lawyers and activists" who are critics of Modi.<ref name="WashPoIntellectual21Feb19" /> Legal experts have said the charges against Teltumbde appear fabricated.<ref name="aljazeera">{{cite news |last1=MN |first1=Parth |title=India arrests activist Anand Teltumbde over 2018 caste violence |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/4/14/india-arrests-activist-anand-teltumbde-over-2018-caste-violence |work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=14 April 2020 |language=en |quote=Legal experts and activists said the charges are fabricated and aimed at targeting the critics of Modi’s right-wing government.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sahni |first1=Ajai |title=Urban Maoist Fakery |journal=South Asian Intelligence Review |date=3 September 2018 |volume=17 |issue=10 |url=https://www.satp.org/south-asia-intelligence-review-Volume-17-No-10 |access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119225629/http://www.satp.org/south-asia-intelligence-review-Volume-17-No-10 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> More than 600 scholars and academics issued a joint statement in support of Teltumbde, condemning the government's actions as a "witch-hunt" and demanding an immediate halt to the actions against Teltumbde.<ref name=twi1>{{cite web |url=https://thewire.in/rights/anand-teltumbde-activists-arrested-petition |title=Academics Demand Dropping Charges Against Teltumbde, Other Activists |author= |date=7 February 2019 |website=The Wire (India) |access-date=10 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328053934/https://thewire.in/rights/anand-teltumbde-activists-arrested-petition |archive-date=28 March 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=U.S., European scholars come out in support of Teltumbde |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/us-european-scholars-come-out-in-support-of-teltumbde/article26200491.ece |access-date=28 March 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=7 February 2019}}</ref> In addition, over 150 organizations and intellectuals—including [[Noam Chomsky]] and [[Cornel West]]—signed a letter to [[United Nations]] secretary general [[António Guterres]], describing the charges as "fabricated" and calling for the UN to intervene.<ref name="NYTModiHitler20Feb19">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/world/asia/india-modi-intellectuals-dissent.html |title=Indian Professor Who Compared Modi to Hitler Is Waiting to Be Jailed |first1=Kai |last1=Schultz |first2=Jeffrey |last2=Gettleman |first3=Hari |last3=Kumar |date=20 February 2019 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228174303/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/world/asia/india-modi-intellectuals-dissent.html |archive-date=28 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Teltumbde's mobile phone was hacked by Israeli spyware [[Pegasus (spyware)|Pegasus]] through [[WhatsApp]] along with over a dozen other activists, lawyers, and journalists in India.<ref name="AlJazeeraGovtSpying1Nov19">{{cite news |last1=Satheesh |first1=Shone |title=Indian activists, lawyers accuse government of spying on them |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/indian-activists-lawyers-accuse-government-spying-191101084129315.html |work=Al Jazeera |date=1 November 2019 |access-date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105025426/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/indian-activists-lawyers-accuse-government-spying-191101084129315.html |archive-date=5 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chishti |first1=Seema |title=WhatsApp confirms: Israeli spyware was used to snoop on Indian journalists, activists |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/whatsapp-confirms-israeli-spyware-used-snoop-on-indian-journalists-activists-pegasus-facebook-6095296/ |work=The Indian Express |date=1 November 2019 |language=en-IN |access-date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105030753/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/whatsapp-confirms-israeli-spyware-used-snoop-on-indian-journalists-activists-pegasus-facebook-6095296/ |archive-date=5 November 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Teltumbde had noticed his phone had been "acting up" and was later contacted by [[Citizen Lab]] in October 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mahale |first1=Ajeet |title=Spyware targeted prominent human rights activists in Maharashtra |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/spyware-targeted-prominent-human-rights-activists-in-state/article29846805.ece |work=The Hindu |date=1 November 2019}}</ref>

On 16 March 2020, the [[Supreme Court of India]] dismissed Teltumbde's plea for anticipatory bail under the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]] (UAPA), which makes bail difficult to obtain for accused individuals.<ref>{{cite news |title=Anand Teltumbde: India activist surrenders over Bhima Koregaon violence charges |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-52279301 |work=BBC News |date=14 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="OutlookPTIMar16">{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/bhima-koregaon-case-sc-refuses-anticipatory-bail-to-navlakha-teltumbde-gives-3-weeks-to-surrender/1763389|title=Bhima Koregaon case: SC refuses anticipatory bail to Navlakha, Teltumbde, gives 3 weeks to surrender|website=Outlook|access-date=14 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830004731/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/bhima-koregaon-case-sc-refuses-anticipatory-bail-to-navlakha-teltumbde-gives-3-weeks-to-surrender/1763389 |archive-date=30 August 2021}}</ref> The Court gave Teltumbde and Navlakha three weeks to surrender.<ref name="OutlookPTIMar16"/> On 8 April, a bench headed by Justice [[Arun Mishra]] ordered Teltumbde to surrender to the [[National Investigation Agency]] on 14 April.<ref name="TheHindu14Apr2020">{{Cite news|last1=Singh|first1=Vijaita|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/elgar-parishad-case-anand-teltumbde-gautam-navlakha-surrender-to-nia/article31338048.ece|title=Elgar Parishad case {{!}} Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navlakha surrender to NIA|date=14 April 2020|work=The Hindu|access-date=14 April 2020|last2=Saigal|first2=Sonam|issn=0971-751X|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415080626/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/elgar-parishad-case-anand-teltumbde-gautam-navlakha-surrender-to-nia/article31338048.ece|archive-date=15 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Historians such as [[Romila Thapar]] and organizations including [[Human Rights Watch]] condemned the arrest while [[Amnesty International India]] expressed disappointment in light of the [[OHCHR|UNHCHR]] guidelines to release all political prisoners due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]].<ref name="bbc" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/rights/romila-thapar-cji-bobde-gautam-navlakha-anand-teltumbde/|title='Especially Inhuman': Romila Thapar, Others Write to CJI Bobde On Teltumbde, Navlakha|website=The Wire|access-date=14 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414033636/https://thewire.in/rights/romila-thapar-cji-bobde-gautam-navlakha-anand-teltumbde|archive-date=14 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/apr/11/sc-decision-to-send-activists-gautam-navlakha-and-anand-teltumbde-to-jail-disappointing-amnesty-2128824.html|title=SC decision to send activists Gautam Navlakha and Anand Teltumbde to jail 'disappointing': Amnesty|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=16 April 2020}}</ref> Teltumbde was denied bail again in July 2021.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Press Trust of India |title=Elgar case: Mumbai court rejects bail plea of activist Anand Teltumbde |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/elgar-case-mumbai-court-rejects-bail-plea-of-activist-anand-teltumbde-121071201185_1.html |work=Business Standard India |date=12 July 2021}}</ref> While imprisoned, he was allowed a weekly two-minute phone call with his wife.<ref name="bbc" />

In November 2022, Teltumbde was released from Taloja Central Prison after the [[Bombay High Court]] granted him bail and the order was upheld by the Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thanawala |first1=Sarah |title=Bhima Koregaon: NIA court allows Anand Teltumbde to travel to Bengaluru to receive Basava Rashtriya Puraskar award – The Leaflet |url=https://theleaflet.in/bhima-koregaon-nia-court-allows-anand-teltumbde-to-travel-to-bengaluru-to-receive-basava-rashtriya-puraskar-award/ |work=The Leaflet |date=30 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Prison not reform centre as claimed, it's centre of sadism: Prof Anand Teltumbde |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2023/Aug/01/prison-not-reform-centre-as-claimed-itscentre-of-sadism-prof-anand-teltumbde-2600888.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=1 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Human Rights Defender Anand Teltumbde released on bail |url=https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/human-rights-defender-anand-teltumbde-released-bail |website=Front Line Defenders |access-date=June 4, 2024 |language=en |date=7 December 2022}}</ref> The court found no prima facie evidence that Teltumbde had been involved in a terrorist act under the UAPA.<ref>{{cite news |title='Sad we spent time in jail in fake case': Anand Teltumbde |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/sad-we-spent-time-in-jail-in-fake-case-anand-teltumbde-8291797/ |work=The Indian Express |date=27 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

==Selected publications==
* ''[[The Radical in Ambedkar]]'' (ed.) (Penguin Random House, New Delhi, 2018) {{ISBN|978-0670091157}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Radical Ambedkar: Analysing divergent personas of the leader |first=Ashutosh |last=Bhardwaj |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/book-review-the-radical-in-ambedkar-critical-reflections-analysis-of-many-divergent-personas-of-ambedkar/1489929/ |website=Financial Express |date=17 February 2019 |access-date=10 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508033257/https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/book-review-the-radical-in-ambedkar-critical-reflections-analysis-of-many-divergent-personas-of-ambedkar/1489929/ |archive-date=8 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Republic of Caste: Thinking of Equality in the Era of Neoliberalism and Hindutva'' (Navayana, New Delhi, 2018) {{ISBN|978-8189059842}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Anand Teltumbde |url=https://jacobinmag.com/author/anand-teltumbde |website=Jacobin |access-date=26 April 2019 |date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426081214/https://jacobinmag.com/author/anand-teltumbde |archive-date=26 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Dalits: Past, Present and Future'' (Routledge, London and New York, 2016) {{ISBN|978-1138688759}}
* ''Mahad: The Making of the First Dalit Revolt'' (Aakar, New Delhi, 2015) {{ISBN|978-9350023983}}<ref name=penguin>{{cite web |title=Anand Teltumbde |url=https://penguin.co.in/author/anand-teltumbde/ |website=Penguin Books India |publisher=Penguin Random House |access-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426081217/https://penguin.co.in/author/anand-teltumbde/ |archive-date=26 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''The Persistence of Caste'' (Zed Books, London, 2010) {{ISBN|9781848134492}}<ref>{{cite book |title=The Persistence of Caste – The Khairlanji Murders and India's Hidden Apartheid |url=https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/P/bo20851224.html |website=University of Chicago Press |access-date=26 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426081216/https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/P/bo20851224.html |archive-date=26 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* ''Khairlanji: A Strange and Bitter Crop'' (Navayana, Delhi, 2008) {{ISBN|978-8189059156}}<ref name=penguin />
* ''Annihilation of Caste'' (Ramai, Mumbai, 2005) {{ISBN|978-9353040772}}<ref name=penguin />
* ''Hindutva and Dalits: Perspectives for Understanding Communal Praxis'' (ed.) (Samya, Kolkata, 2005) {{ISBN|978-8185604756}}<ref name=penguin />
* '''Ambedkar' in and for the Post-Ambedkar Dalit Movement'' (Sugawa, Pune, 1997) {{ISBN|978-8186182291}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/anand-teltumbde-open-letter-before-arrest_in_5e946ae6c5b6765e95647801|title='I See My India Being Ruined': Anand Teltumbde Writes Open Letter A Day Before He Is To Be Arrested|date=13 April 2020|website=HuffPost India}}

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Anand Teltumbde - Revision history

Saurabh jain at 07:53, 26 August 2025