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I had requested a young friend to pass on this message to you at Jantar Mantar today; but I hear you have been `picked up’ and taken away in police action. What a tragedy it is that there is complete silence from those whose duty it is to speak to us, and that force and coercion are sent in their stead. This reinforces what I set out to say to you, which is this:

As it is with many many others, I too am deeply concerned about your fast, and the state of your health. Of equal concern is the health of Neha, Manish and Aameen, who have been on the fast alongside you.

It is not difficult to understand why you felt the imperative to ask for a responsive state in the midst of declining standards in the education system. Your commitment to education, and your fostering of curiosity and imagination, are no secret. You are known to have given new meaning to the word `innovation’. HIAL, the institution you founded, holds a place all its own, and, much as it needs desperately to be replicated, there is plainly a load of work to be done if it is to happen.

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