Southern Indian folk artist and revolutionary Gummadi Vittal Rao or popularly known as Gaddar sings during a press meet at Press Club of India, in New Delhi
Photograph by AP
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Gaddar, 68, at Yadadri shrine off Hyderabad, recently. He aims to bring together ‘like-minded’ parties.
Photograph by Hindustan Times
Revolutionary singer and founder of Telangana Praja Front, Gaddar, along with representatives of all political parties and organizations supporting formation of Telangana state dur...
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Revolutionary poet and singer Gadar paying tributes to Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on his 54th death anniversary in Hyderabad.
For decades, the shirtless bard’s stirring songs lent punch to a class struggle. Gaddar may carry on singing, but his opting to be a voter implies the mutation of a rebel note.
A sampling of Gaddar's songs, loosely translated by him. The rhythm of the original in Telugu is not quite there, but the words are very much Gaddar's.