Fill in the blanks with an appropriate article.

Human rights activist Ranjan Lakhanpal lost his father and son to excesses of ……………….. (a / the / no article) state. But this 52-year-old lawyer is still crusading across borders. He says that those two incidents only prodded him to fight harder for …………………. (a / the / no article) dispossessed, ……………….. (a / the / no article) weak and ……………….. (a / the / no article) vulnerable.

Lakhanpal’s father, ………………….. (a / the / an / no article) advocate like him, was arrested under …………………. (a / the / no article) Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) because he raised his voice against imposition of Emergency and arbitrary arrests being made at that time. He died in Jail. Years later, tragedy struck Lakhanpal again. His son, just 10, was killed by the police because he was fighting cases against them.

Lakhanpal started his practice in ………………… (a / the / no article) Punjab and Haryana High court in 1980, and has been instrumental in freeing 250 Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails. During his career spanning decades he has taken up more than 10,000 cases of human rights abuses. ………………….. (a / the / no article) reason? He says he knows ……………….. (a / the / no article) pain of ………………… (a / the / no article) sufferer.

Answers

Human rights activist Ranjan Lakhanpal lost his father and son to excesses of the state. But this 52-year-old lawyer is still crusading across borders. He says that those two incidents only prodded him to fight harder for the dispossessed, the weak and the vulnerable.

Lakhanpal’s father, an advocate like him, was arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) because he raised his voice against imposition of Emergency and arbitrary arrests being made at that time. He died in Jail. Years later, tragedy struck Lakhanpal again. His son, just 10, was killed by the police because he was fighting cases against them.

Lakhanpal started his practice in the Punjab and Haryana High court in 1980, and has been instrumental in freeing 250 Pakistani prisoners in Indian jails. During his career spanning decades he has taken up more than 10,000 cases of human rights abuses. The reason? He says he knows the pain of a sufferer.