"All my brothers and sisters were named
after prominent Marxist leaders by my father. Though he was a leftist, he was
deeply religious. Meanwhile, my grandfather, a Gandhian, was an atheist. An
egalitarian, he had a good grasp of grassroots politics. I grew up with my
grandparents in Bombay. Our home felt the turbulence of ideologies. These
shaped me. Other influences on me were the ideologies of Gautam #Buddha, #Kabir,
Dr BR #Ambedkar,
Mahatma #Gandhi
and Swami #Agnivesh.
Though a left-liberal ideologist, engaged with the politics of the marginal
(Dalits and minorities), I am a firm believer in non-violence." says Lenin Raghuvanshi
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