[Reader-list] Appeal and invitation to South Asians to celebrate Daniel Pearl Music Day on Oct. 10.

[Harsh Kapoor]

APPEAL AND INVITATION TO SOUTH ASIANS TO CELEBRATE DANIEL PEARL MUSIC 
DAY ON OCT. 10.

Dear Friends

On Oct. 10, music groups and musicians will be joining people around 
the world to celebrate Daniel Pearl Music Day.

Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter who lost his life to 
fundamentalists in Pakistan, was not only a journalist but also an 
avid musician who carried his mission of dialogue through words and 
music in all his travels. In every city he lived, he joined a band, 
orchestra or chamber group and made new friends through his passion 
for music, friendship and humanity.

As a tribute to his life and as a way to unite around his spirit, the 
Daniel Pearl Foundation (www.danielpearl.org) has decided to 
celebrate Danny's birthday, Oct. 10, as a day of music-making 
worldwide. Thousands of musicians, orchestras, choral groups, and 
music lovers to participate.

South Asia, where Daniel Pearl lost his life is a region reeling 
under the impact of violence; While fundamentalist groups create 
mayhem and murder in the name of God(s) or what have you, the 
governments of the region make matters worse by their warped 
priorities and increased defence spending in the face of widespread 
poverty.
It is of particular import that our sub-continent reverberates with 
music and hope against forces of hate. And it would be appropriate 
that the event promotes cross cultural, cross border understanding 
and internationalism.

Let us make this into a secular festival for peace and hope in the 
subcontinent.

Organise your own programmes, street parties and concerts on Oct 10, 
make music for friendship and solidarity with victims of 
sectarianism, riots and violence in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal 
and Bangladesh ...
It would also be appropriate to collect funds for rehabilitation of 
people effected by riots and strife in the sub continent.

If you choose to organise events on Oct 10, drop me a note at 
<aiindex at mnet.fr> and i will share this with others on the South Asia 
Citizens Wire (Mailing list) or other lists.

In the memory of Danny Pearl and other nameless victims of 
fundamentalist violence.

Harsh Kapoor
(South Asia Citizens Web)
http://www.mnet.fr/aiindex