[Reader-list] sunday book market faces closure.

[lalit batra]

dear all,

i agree with ravi that we have to read mcd's decision to close down
daryaganj book market in a larger context. 'decongestion' and
'beautification' of old delhi is an agenda which is at least 73 years old.
but in recent times it seems to have acquired an urgency which was not
there earlier, at least, not since 1940s. 
the draft master plan for delhi-2021, for instance, designates the entire
walled city, walled city extension and karol bagh as a 'special area' in
need of extensive 'redevelopment' to ensure 'modern services and
amenities' and create 'parking and open spaces'. the proposed
redevelopment plan entails shifting out wholesale markets and industrial
units, allowing transferable development rights and higher floor area
ratio and redesigning street pattern in such a way as to basically ensure
that 'all roads lead to metro stations'. 
for daryaganj area 'comprehensive redevelopment schemes with conservative
surgery as a planning tool' has been proposed. it seems the first limb to
go in this surgery is the sunday book bazaar. 

lalit batra

 --- Ravi Agarwal <ravig1 at vsnl.com> wrote:

> dear all,
> 
> It may be useful to also see this in light of the new plans for 'old'
> Delhi,
> and its 'decongestion' and beautification,' as have been appearing in
> the
> press over the past months. This may not be isolated and could be
> followed
> by other evictions/ demolitions.
> 
> ravi
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lawrence Liang" <lawrence at altlawforum.org>
> To: "Untitled 3" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 12:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-list] sunday book market faces closure.
> 
> 
> > Hi all
> >
> >
> > Just to follow up on Ravi's suggestions, I am thinking aloud on the
> kinds
> of
> > strategies that one may think of. One of the usual strategies,  if one
> sees
> > past judicial strategies when it comes to asserting rights of street
> > hawkers/ vendors has been a right to life and right to trade argument.
> And
> > again apart from a few 'sympathetic'  sweet nothings, the SC has
> generally
> > rejected these fundamental rights arguments.
> >
> >
> > It however be interesting in terms of a campaign to argue, apart form
> a
> > livelihood argument, an argument of a violation of freedom of  speech
> and
> > expression. Since the SC has held in favour of right to information,
> it
> > would be useful to start thinking of the question of infrastructures
> of
> > information in addition to the question of access. This can also be
> > pursuasive given that a large number of the book sellers sell basic
> text
> > books. While the question of the link between infrastructure and
> freedom
> of
> > speech has thus far been used only by large media players (the Indian
> > express case argued that costs of news print can affect freedom of
> speech),
> > how  do we start using these arguments to speak of infrastructures for
> > common people?
> >
> >
> > I am also interested in looking at the connections between these urban
> > cleansing programs and the question of the emerging  regimes of
> > information, such as copyright. I am not sure if there is a linkage
> that
> is
> > being made here , or any pressure that is asserted by say, the Indian
> Boo
> > Publishers Association, because a few years ago I was in a   meeting
> > organised by the IBPA and one of the things that they were advocating
> was
> > stringent action against street book sellers.
> >
> >
> > Lawrence
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/28/05 3:08 PM, "Ravi Agarwal" <ravig1 at vsnl.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I will  be happy to participate and / or help in taking this
> forward. We
> > > should consider a range of options, including legal remedies, media,
> street
> > > protest, letters to mcd...but first we must also we should ask the
> street
> > > book sellers what their view on this is.....
> > >
> > > ravi
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "shivam" <shivamvij at gmail.com>
> > > To: "Anand Vivek Taneja" <radiofreealtair at gmail.com>
> > > Cc: "Reader List" <reader-list at sarai.net>;
> <chapatimystery at googlegroups.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 4:06 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Reader-list] sunday book market faces closure.
> > >
> > >
> > > They did the same in Mumbai recently. What, just what, is wrong with
> > > these guys? Sarkari monsters who work at the "municiopal
> corporation"
> > > seem especially berserk. "Municipal corporation(s)" have special
> teams
> > > to withdraw the menace of cows and rabid dogs from the city. These
> > > teams are equipped with a huge van and nets and what not. I suggest
> > > establishing a paralell municipal corporation (with maoist help from
> > > nepal, if you please) and putting our cattle-catching team after
> these
> > > sarkari monsters.
> > >
> > > May I float a conspiracy theory? Has the MCD been requested,
> > > pressurised, bribed by Daryaganj's publishers and booksellers into
> > > doing this?
> > >
> > > sv
> > >
> > >
> > > On 6/25/05, Anand Vivek Taneja <radiofreealtair at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Dear All,
> > >>
> > >> Woke up to the horrifying news in this morning's Hindustan Times
> that
> > >
> > >
> > > www.shivamvij.com
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