Hampana is one of the greatest scholars of early Kannada literature and an authority on the Jain history of India
In the midst of the Kisan Andolan at the borders of Delhi, workers at Kundli Industrial Area are being targeted by the armed guards of the Kundli Industrial Association and the Haryana Police. On January 12, the Haryana Police barged into the Majdoor Adhikar Sanghatan (MAS) tent erected in solidarity with the protesting farmers and peasants at the Singhu Border and arrested a 24-year-old dalit woman, a worker and trade union activist Nodeep Kaur. The targeting of workers and the brutal sexual violence on Nodeep Kaur in the custody of the police comes alongside persistent efforts to discredit and malign the Kisan Andolan.