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Article

14 Feb 2009

Author:
Velur Swaminathan, Secretary, Plachimada Adivasis Samrakshana Sangham, and R. Ajayan, Convener, Plachimada Samara Aikyadhardya Samithy

An Open Letter to Shashi Tharoor

The anti Coca Cola struggle launched in 2002 in Plachimada by primarily the Adivasis and Dalits, is the longest popular struggle in the history of Kerala supported by the widest sections of the people of Kerala and of all political hues...A former Under-Secretary- General of the United Nations, author, writer-columnist and an advisor to several institutions and reportedly nurturing political ambition, it is with shock and dismay that we, in your native Kerala, have to see you as a Member of the Advisory Board of Coca-Cola India Foundation. We condemn your insensitivity and unconcern to align with the criminal Coca-Cola against the people of Plachimada.