Gladson Dundung
Gladson Dungdung is a Human Rights Activist. He comes from the Indigenous community of Jharkhand. His family was displaced during the construction of Kelaghagh Dam, Simdega and after a long struggle he was able to complete the Post Graduate in Human Rights from IIHR, New Delhi and 18 months Internship Programme in Public Advocacy from the National Centre for Advocacy Studies, Pune.
He is associated with the various organizations, campaigns and movements in India including Jharkhand Indigenous People’s Forum, CREJ Jan Mukti Andolan, Land Rights Campaign of Ekta Parishad, Save the Forest Movement and Campaign against Torture of People’s Watch. He has under taken the Fact Finding Mission of 450 cases of Police Atrocities and Human Rights violation. He has trained 2000 professionals on Human Rights including Police Officers, Lawyers, Journalists, Teachers, Doctors, Psychiatrists, Elected Representatives and Social Activists.
Gladson has written extensively on the issues of Indigenous’ Rights, Human Rights, and Communalism including a research paper on the ‘impact of the Forest Policies on Adivasis of Orissa’. His areas of interest include Indigenous’ rights, advocacy, human rights, policy formation & implementation and strategic planning & campaign. He is the founder Secretary of ‘Navjeevan Foundation’, an organisation works with abandoned children, tribals, dalits, women and rickshaw-pullers in Jharkhand.
He writes regularly for the Daily Newspapers, Weeklies and Journals on the issues of indigenous people’s rights, human rights and social change. He is a regular contributor to the Tehelka (English) and Tarang Bharti (Hindi). His articles are also carried out by the leading News papers of Jhakhand including Prabhat Khabar, Dainik Jagran and Ranchi Express.
i wish your success, my brother. Keep writing, try to cath the hands of the victims more strongly. Feel their pain, sorrow & anger. Fight against impunity. People are with you.
with warm solidarity
Dear Gladson, I am very impressed with your articles. Keep it up.
Best wishes,
Sandip
Gladson…I am glad..that we met and worked together.
Make change happen within and beyond….keep hope alive and dreams…of a better world- a world without poverty, discrumination and injustice.
Keep writing..keep moving…keep discovering.
Love
JS
My Dear Mr.Gladson, I am very much happy to reading your articles which was witten by you for indigenous( Dalits and Adivasi) Rights.I have experience working with you in campaign against torture in a team. you have feeling to uplift the marginalise people. Please keep it up to writing towards indegnous. From my side, please give me an opportunity to give legal aid to the dalits/ adivasi and other maarginalised section.
Best wishes
Uday Kumar ( Human Rights advocate)
Executive director
Centre for Human Rights
c/o Dalits Association for social and Human Rights Awareness ( DASHRA)
House No 96, Road No 12
S.K.Nagar, Patna 800001
09955489362
0612 2526224
Dear Mr Dundung,
I read your article on the Kathikund agitation and am v impressed by it. Wish you all the best,
Ivy
Dear Brother,
I am very happy after reading your article.
Actually, I am in search of people like you who is working for the poor, abondoned, dipressed, tortured, etc. and fighting against the injustice done to our Adivasis.
Congratulation and continue your work for the cause of Adivasis throughout India and abroad. Be a Jewel among the Adivasis.
From,
Mr. Philemon Toppo
philemontoppo@rocketmail.com
Angel Computer Press
Opp. UCO Bank, Gossaigaon
Dist. Kokrajhar, BTC (Assam).
(M) 9957281200.