Stan Swamy: A life dedicated to upliftment of Adivasis

Stan Swamy, a man who worked for the upliftment of adivasis in eastern tribal states, died on Monday in Mumbai. A Jesuit priest, he took up the causes of tribals marginalised after their lands had been taken over for dams, mines and townships.

The words "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race," from the Bible seems to sum up the life of Stanislaus Lourdusamy, 84 or ''Stan Swamy'' as he was known. Swamy , a Jesuit priest, who spent long years working among his beloved Advasis in this eastern Indian tribal state, died on Monday in Mumbai, hours before his appeal for bail in a case where he is ironically accused of being an `Urban Naxal' was to be heard.