Dear Satya, Thank you. I would really be interested in attending the public meeting / event on human rights. Do send me the details. Who is organising this event? You can also mail me at [email protected]. Please do call me up when you are in Chennai. My mobile no. is 9442137140. Do keep in touch, Best wishes geeta
--- On Mon, 16/11/09, Satya Sivaraman <[email protected]> wrote: From: Satya Sivaraman <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [humanrights-movement:2113] Fwd: Invite: Discussion on Land, Violence and Development in Chhattisgarh, 18th 4pm Loyola college To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 16 November, 2009, 16:12 Dear Geeta Thanks for the invitation to the meeting at Loyola College on 18th November on Operation Green Hunt. I would have loved to come but I am in a village outside Calcutta for two months training to be a paramedic and will not be coming to Chennai till late January. I will be coming to Chennai to address a public meeting on human rights, tentatively on January 23. Will keep you informed of the event and its details in case you are interested and able to attend. best regards Satya On 11/16/09, Geeta Charusivam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > --- On Mon, 16/11/09, Geeta Charusivam <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Friend, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My name is Geeta Charusivam and I am based in Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu. I > am a social activist and free lancer with an interest in socio-political > issues, human rights, economic development models, social equality and > justice issues, arts and culture. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your name is listed as a free lance journalist in Network of women in media > resource base, with an interest in human rights issues. This interested me > greatly as I would like to be in touch with people having similar concerns, > based in Chennai or other parts of Tamil Nadu, so that we can get together > and find common areas to focus upon in the media and other spheres of > action. As part of this process, I am forwarding an attached invitation for > a discussion on 18th Nov. 2009 to be held at Loyola College about the > current situation of gross human rights violations related to development > issues in the heartland of India. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My personal assessment is that the Srilankan model of military action > against the LTTE has been hailed as a success by many Asian countries > including India. Massive and indiscriminate killing of the local population > and evacuation of vast lands enmasse, total blackout and sellout by the > media in the name of patriotism, development etc, complete ban on > independent observers, humanrights workers, international media, relief > agencies from the designated area all seems to be the self made rules of the > State against its own people. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Indian govt. seems keen to replicate the Srilankan model in the mineral > and resource rich tribal heartlands of India. MOUs have been signed with > indian corporates and MNCs for mining in these areas. The indian state needs > an enemy to attack its own tribal and non tribal rural people. For this the > 'maoists' seem to have been chosen as the enemy. Operation Green Hunt is the > name of this sinister operation to grab land from the tribals and hand it > over to MNCs and indian corporates for making profits. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some speakers from chattisgarh will be in Chennai on 18th Nov for a > discussion on this issue. Please go thru the attached invitation in English > and / or Tamil and do join in to raise a voice against this war on our own > people. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please accept the invitation and do join us in the discussion. > > > In solidarity > geeta > > > > > > > > > LAND VIOLENCE and DEVELOPMENT in CHHATTISGARH > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Speakers > > Sudha Bharadwaj, is a well known and long serving union leader, in the > forefront of Chattisgarh Mukti Morcha, the movement initiated by Shankar > Guha Niyogi. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Himanshu Kumar, a gandhian, has spent his entire active life in Chattisgarh > and through his ashram has been trying to provide the people what the Indian > State that prides itself with the Gandhian legacy has failed to provide. His > ashram was bull dozed by the police for his struggle against Salwa Judum. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Venue : Loyola College > Time: 4pm -- 8pm > Date: 18th Nov 2009 > > Organised by: PUCL Tamilnadu & Pondycherry, Department of social work, > Loyola College, Vettiver Collective, Makkal Nalvazhuvu Iyyakam > > for information contact 9176079543 > find attached the invites in tamil and english > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. 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