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Dying for the Ganges: A Scientist Turned Swami Risks All

Posted by Dr. Sudhanshu Kumar on March 20, 2012 at 12:43am

For those who don't know him, Guru Das Agarwal — with his flowing white beard and piercing eyes — might appear like a rishi. For those who know him, he's nothing less. Probably it is an indication of the kind of esteem in which the 76-year-old former IIT Kanpur professor is held that when he decided to go on a fast-unto-death to protest against the hydel power projects being built on the upper reaches of the Ganga, support began pouring in.

 

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  • Dr. Sudhanshu Kumar March 23, 2012 at 7:30am

    Update: Save Ganga activist GD Aggarwal also known as Swami Gyan Swarup Sanand broke his fast against dams on the Ganga at the Jawahar Auditorium in All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday. He broke his fast by taking a glass of fruit juice. His supports said that even though Sanand had ended his fast but his fight against dams on the Ganga would continue.

    http://ibnlive.in.com/news/save-ganga-activist-swami-sanand-ends-fa...

  • GOPI KANTA GHOSH March 20, 2012 at 6:07am

    Thanks for information...he is not just whimsical monk but scientist too...

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