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'''Kanwaljeet Singh''' is an activist,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Intellectuals deliberate on political gain and loss by SAD+BJP and Congress during Assembly Elections - 2012|url=https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=5114|access-date=2020-11-21|website=www.babushahi.com}}</ref> author working in various social and political organisations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Covid 19 Lockdown Relief Work in Chandigarh {{!}} Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|url=https://cpiml.net/liberation/2020/05/covid-19-lockdown-relief-work-in-chandigarh|access-date=2020-11-21|website=cpiml.net|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dutt|first=Nirupama|title=The Dalit who lost his limbs for protesting against his daughter’s gang-rape|url=http://scroll.in/article/805090/the-dalit-who-lost-his-limbs-for-protesting-against-his-daughters-gang-rape|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Punjab|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140411/punjab.htm|access-date=2020-11-21|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref> He is currently a member of the central committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Organisation {{!}} Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation|url=http://cpiml.net/organisation|access-date=2020-11-21|website=cpiml.net|language=en}}</ref> the state president of the Chandigarh Unit of [[All India Central Council of Trade Unions]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 9, 2014|first=Deepak|last=Yadav|title=CPI(ML) Liberation opposed administration's decision to demolish slum colonies |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/CPIML-Liberation-opposed-administrations-decision-to-demolish-slum-colonies/articleshow/34876569.cms|access-date=2020-11-21|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Organisation|url=http://cpiml.org/party-organization/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)|language=en-US}}</ref> He has worked as state president of the Punjab unit of [[Revolutionary Youth Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=CPI(ML) State Conference in Punjab|url=http://cpiml.org/cpiml/cpiml-state-conference-in-punjab/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)|language=en-US}}</ref> He graduated as engineer in Mechatronics and Industrial Automation from Indo Swiss, [[Central Scientific Instruments Organisation]] Chandigarh.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140313/cth1.htm|access-date=2020-11-21|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Colony residents hold protest against demolition drive in city|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/colony-residents-hold-protest-against-demolition-drive-in-city-169088|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref> He also holds a Master of Art in Philosophy degree from [[Panjab University]]. He briefly worked as an Engineer in [[GE Healthcare]] and [[NCR Corporation]]. In 2005, he left his job to join a social movement for justice for [[Bant Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Dalit who lost his limbs for protesting against his daughterʹs gang-rap|url=http://avaninews.com/article.php?page=572|access-date=2020-11-01|website=avaninews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Dutt|first=Nirupama|title=The Ballad of Bant Singh: A Qissa of Courage Paperback – 15 January 2016|publisher=Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited|year=2016|isbn=978-9385288302|location=|pages=}}</ref> As an author he has published articles on op-ed pages of [[Punjabi Tribune]] and [[Nawan Zamana]]. In his early days into activism he was a theatre activist performing street and stage plays. He acted in a film [[The Fourth Direction]] as Jugal one of the main protagonist.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fainaru|first=Dan|title='The Fourth Direction': Review|url=https://www.screendaily.com/cannes/the-fourth-direction-review/5088211.article|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Screen|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Weissberg|first=Jay|date=2015-05-15|title=Cannes Film Review: ‘The Fourth Direction’|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/the-fourth-direction-review-cannes-1201497808/|access-date=2020-11-21|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=‘The Fourth Direction’: Cannes Review {{!}} Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/fourth-direction-cannes-review-796148|access-date=2020-11-21|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com}}</ref>

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->Bobfrombrockley at 09:04, 12 October 2021