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‘Always the first to protest violation of human rights’ © Provided by The Times of India RANCHI: As a 28-year-old Jesuit priest, Fr Stan Swamy first arrived in Jharkhand, then a part of undivided Bihar, to “live and understand” the life of the Ho tribe in Chaibasa. What he saw and experienced then led him to become the voice of the poor and marginalised until his death in judicial custody at the age of 84 on Monday. Colleagues recalled how Fr Swamy, while studying Ho life, felt the need to further sharpen his understanding of academic sociology and went to Belgium to pursue a one-year course in the subject. Though he was selected for a doctoral degree in sociology there, he preferred to return to Chaibasa. “I first met him in Bengaluru in the 1980s when he was director of the Indian Social Institute. He drove down in a jeep to receive me. A real humble gesture,” social activist Balaram said. “Later, In the 1990s, he came to Jamshedpur and stayed at Mango as our nei

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