One way of marking history is by the anniversaries of events of injustice of suppression, of pillage and of loot. In George Orwell’s striking phrase, both his writing and his speeches had the clarity of a windowpane.īalagopal writing on the second anniversary of the massacre of Dalits in Karamchedu noted: Language for him was not something which served to obfsucate meaning and muddy concepts, but rather a tool which had to be used to clarify difficult ideas and cut through conceptual confusions. Be it his speeches or his writings, it was clear that for Balagopal words were tools he used to express thought. We also go back to his writings in the EPW which show the clarity of his thought. One year after Balagopal’s death, what remains with us are memories of the number of times he spoke with such eloquence on human rights issues on his numerous visits to Bangalore. Remembering Balagopal: Thought, Action and the Moral Imagination of Human Rights Guest post by ARVIND NARRAIN, based on a talk given at the Kannada book release of Inner Voice of Another India: The Writings of Balagopal, at National College Basavangudi, Bangalore, 30 October, 2010
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