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{{Short description|Indian author, poet, folk singer and publisher}}
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'''Anant Rao "A. R." Akela''' (born 30 September 1960){{citation needed|date=April 2018}} is an Indian author, poet, [[folk singer]] and [[publisher]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=cr190107politics_isolation.asp |title=Tehelka:: Free. Fair. Fearless |publisher=Archive.tehelka.com |date=19 January 2008 |access-date=2013-05-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202525/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main37.asp?filename=cr190107politics_isolation.asp |archive-date=29 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| last = Narayan| first = Badri| title = Women Heroes and Dalit Assertion in North India: Culture, Identity and Politics| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=iAQrpDW4-_YC&pg=PA79| access-date = 2013-05-14| year = 2006| publisher = Sage Publications India| location = New Delhi| isbn = 978-0-7619-3537-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Badri Narayan |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/a-candle-in-the-dark/article3377562.ece |title=A candle in the dark |work=The Hindu|date=3 May 2012 |access-date=2013-05-14}}</ref>
==Literary works==
Akela's works include ''Shambook Rishi (Baahmasi)'', ''Bheem Gyan-Gitanali'', ''Buddha Gyan-Gitanali'', ''Baspa Ke Bol'', ''Mere Mishanary Geet'', ''Angulimaal Katil Kyo Bana'' (All song collections) ''Yug Pravartak Ambedkar'' (Play) and ''Baba Saheb Ne Kaha Tha''.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}} He edited ''Kanshiram Press Ke Aaine Mein'', ''Mayawati and Media'' and ''Kanshiram Ke Sakshhatkar''.{{Citation needed|date= June 2018}}
==Publication==
Akela owns the publishing business ''Anand Sahitya Sadan''.<ref>{{cite book| last = Gupta| first = K.r| title = Directory of Publishers and Booksellers in India| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=szcK3UJNq3sC| year = 2004| publisher = Atlantic Publishers & Dist| isbn = 978-81-269-0400-6 }}</ref>
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