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Nobel and Booker laureates, leading filmmakers appeal to Sonam Wangchuk to end hunger strike
We request that the authorities initiate a dialogue with this committed citizen and honor the spirit of public service that Sonam Wangchuk represents.
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Ajit Sahi - Sat, 18, Jul 2026
- 01:41 EDT
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Sonam Wangchuk - on the 20th excruciating day of his hunger strike - is our collective conscience, a great protector and ally of the environment and of young people in India.
Sonamji - we appeal to you to end your fast. You are too precious to lose in this tragic way. Your sacrifice and courage have inspired people around the world.
We request that the authorities initiate a dialogue with this committed citizen and honor the spirit of public service that Sonam Wangchuk represents.
Signed by the individuals below:
- Zoya Akhtar, Filmmaker
- Shamina AlyKhan, Human Rights Advocate Raghav Bahl, Journalist
- Abhijit Banerjee, Economist Kanu Behl, Filmmaker
- Dev Benegal, Filmmaker
- Vishal Bharadwaj, Composer, Filmmaker Kalpana Brijnath, Activist
- Angana P. Chatterji, Scholar, Writer Amit Chaudhuri, Writer
- Nandita Das, Actor Rana Dasgupta, Writer Anita Desai, Writer Kiran Desai, Writer
- Sabrina Dhawan, Professor, Screenwriter Siddharth Dube, Author
- Siddhartha Dubey, Journalism Educator Shruti Ganguly, Filmmaker
- Amitav Ghosh, Writer Sushmit Ghosh, Filmmaker
- Timmy Grover, Special Needs Educator Kartiki Gonsalves, Filmmaker
- Navina Haidar, Art Historian, Curator Mira Kamdar, Writer
- Payal Kapadia, Filmmaker Ritu Kapur, Journalist
- Sneha Khanwalkar, Musician Raghava KK, Artist
- Deepanjana Klein, Art Historian Amitava Kumar, Writer, Educator Romi Mahajan, Entrepreneur Aasif Mandvi, Actor
- Nalini Malani, Artist Deepa Mehta, Filmmaker Pankaj Mishra, Writer Savita Monie, Writer
- Vikramaditya Motwane, Filmmaker Madhusree Mukerjee, Writer
- Raqib Naik, Researcher, Writer Ruchi Narain, Filmmaker Mira Nair, Filmmaker
- Samir Patil, Publisher
- Nandita Persaud, Sustainable Infrastructure Manager Freida Pinto, Actor
- Anjali Puri, Journalist Shaifali Puri, Advisor
- M.V. Ramana, Author Kiran Rao, Filmmaker Arundhati Roy, Writer
- Ajit Sahi, Human Rights Advocate Jim Sarbh, Actor, Producer Konkona Sen, Actor, Filmmaker Nandana Sen, Writer
- Arjun S. Sethi, Lawyer, Writer Vinay Shukla, Filmmaker Prarthna Singh, Photographer Aatish Taseer, Writer
- Ankur Tewari, Musician Sunita Thakur, Journalist
- Rintu Thomas, Filmmaker Honey Trehan, Filmmaker Salil Tripathi, Writer Altaf Tyrewala, Writer
- Nilita Vachani, Filmmaker, Writer
- Sunita Viswanath, Human Rights Activist
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