Kalekuri Prasad
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- Srinivasa Rao (father)
- Lalita Sarojini (mother)
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| Born | 25 October 1962 Kanchikacherla village, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh |
| Died | 17 May 2013 (aged 50) |
| Occupations | poet, writer |
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Kalekuri Prasad (25 October 1964 – 17 May 2013) was a Telugu poet, writer, literary critic, and dalit revolutionary activist.
Kalekuri Prasad was born on October 25, 1962 in Kanchikacherla village, Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh to Lalita Sarojini and Srinivasa Rao.[1] His parents were teachers in a missionary school.[2]
Kalekuri completed his primary and high school education in Eluru and Kanchikacherla. He then went to Guntur Andhra Christian College (AC College) in the early 1980s where he became involved in dalit activism.[2]
Dalit movement in Andhra Pradesh
Prasad worked in Jananatyamandali, Virsam, and former member of People's War Group. He actively participated in the Dalit movement at the time of the Chundur Massacre/Tsundur massacre (1991), Karamchedu massacre (17 July 1985), along with Bojja Tharakam, K.G. Satyamurthi, and others.[3] He participated in the World Conference against Racism 2001, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Tolerance (WCAR), which was organised by the United Nations in Durban from 31 August to 8 September.[citation needed] He contested from the Nandigama Assembly constituency in 1994 Elections from the Bahujan Samaj Party and secured 1,467 votes. [4]