Bela Malik, RIP
Vijay Prashad pays tribute to Bela Malik:
Last year, I wrote an essay for CounterPunch about the Indo-US agreement. It began with the bravery of my friends Bela Malik and Tommy Mathew, whose protest in Jangpura drew the might of the US secret service and the Delhi police. Bela, an editor and teacher, went into a coma shortly afterwards. She was then in Nepal, where she threw herself into the democracy movement (for those in Kathmandu, there will be a memorial for her at Martin Chautari on the 22nd at 11am). An incandescent light, Bela slipped away on December 16, 2007. She was my first editor and a dear friend. Many years ago, we chatted about the Ghadar movement while roaming around Delhi. This essay helps me remember her humor and intelligence, and above all, her commitment.
Can we really go on trusting Vijay Prashad after his shameful CPI(M) family ass cover re. Nandigram?
Comment by el pueblo — December 18, 2007 @ 11:37 pm
How did bela pass away. I am an old firend of bela’s from her LSR days. News of her death has come as a total shock and surprise to me. Could you please write and tell me some details.
thanks
sandy
Comment by Sandy — August 28, 2008 @ 12:20 pm
I am extreamly in sorrow on her premature demise. She studied with me in K V bareilly in 1983-84. May GOD rest her soul in peace. I and my family’s deepest comdoleces to her. We salute to her intelligence and her commitments.
BEENA Rawat and family Ahmedabad.
Comment by beena rawat — October 12, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
Worked with Bela at OUP and even played badminton with her at the YMCA grounds in New Delhi…i knew she was in a coma but didn’t know the origin of it is shrouded in mystery…
Comment by Arijit — September 3, 2009 @ 2:30 am