Dr G.N. Saibaba was born into a peasant family in Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh. He was struck by polio in early childhood which left him paralysed in his lower limbs. Despite his disability, he obtained his MA in English from Hyderabad University and his PhD from Delhi University and became a professor of English at Ram Lal Anand College in New Delhi. A human rights activist since his student days, he was arrested in May 2014 for alleged links to the Maoist movement and lodged in Nagpur Jail before being sentenced to life imprisonment in March 2017. He was acquitted of all charges and released in March 2024, but died seven months later, on 12 October 2024.

This website is a tribute to Dr Saibaba’s life and work, and his boundless spirit that continues to inspire others to speak truth to power. The website is also a testimony to Saibaba’s commitment to knowledge production as emerging from peoples’ struggles, as well as an effort to make his legacy widely accessible worldwide. The site shares aspects of his personal life, activism and academic work, though all of these were intimately intertwined.