[Reader-list] Re: Please JOIN pro-reservation agitation in London

[murari kumar jha]

Comrades,
We have already waged a struggle in favour of reservation at JNU on the banner of ALL INDIA STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION (AISA). The JNUSU President who is from this organisation has brought out leaflet supporting the cause of social justice. From today onwards we going on a relay hunger strike to extend our support to reservation for the OBCs.
Lal Salaam.

On Mon, 29 May 2006 arisen silently wrote :
>This sounds like an RSS invasion.
>
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>On 5/26/06, Kuber Sharma <kubers at gmail.com> wrote:
>>Join them at Picadilly Square...
>>
>>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Kuber Sharma <kubers at gmail.com>
>>Date: May 26, 2006 2:45 AM
>>Subject: Starting our Agitation
>>
>>Dear Friends,
>>   Jaibheem
>>
>>Indians Campaign for claim on all Nations has decided to start its
>>campaign on 29th May evening by holding a public meeting in favour of
>>reservation in LSE. From 30th morning we will start our Dharna in front
>>of Picadilly Square in London. Some of us will go on hunger strike. We
>>will start with relay hunger strike with more students joining in. The
>>aim of our hunger strike and dharna is to mobilise more indians,
>>youths as well as other professionals to come out in support of
>>Reservation policy and to oppose the nationalist biases of Media, Academia
>>and black mail of nationalist Britishers and also to
>>force Blair government to fulfill its obligation effectively.
>>
>>We are in contact with pro-reservation students from different parts
>>of the old empire. Many of them have assured their participation in our
>>protest in London. Within a week we are hoping to have students from
>>each one of the ex colonies of Great Britain sitting on hunger
>>strike and dharna in London. Right now our plan is to focus our protest
>>in London only. Given our limited means it will be appropriate for us
>>to focus our agitation at one place. With the time period gradually we
>>can coordinate with students from other part of the world and bring
>>all of us under one Umbrella and make concerted efforts.
>>
>>We call students from various part of the old empire to flood London in
>>coming days. We are small group of students without any financial
>>means so it is must that those students who can afford traveling and
>>staying in London should come. The only thing we can do is to provide
>>them the space in our rooms for their stay.
>>
>>It is most important that our intellectuals and scholars should join
>>us. We appeal to them to come to London and at least stay with us for
>>one day. This will boost our confidence and help us to mobilise more
>>support from Indian community.
>>
>>We also appeal our professionals to come to London, if possible, or
>>support us in what ever way they feel they can.
>>
>>TOGETHER ALL OF US CAN REALLY BRING DESIRED CHANGES IN THE SOCIETY
>>
>>The main rationale behind our agitation are
>>
>>1. Stupid Indian reservationists has provided us a golden opportunity to
>>bring caste and national discourse in mainstream. As we all are aware of the
>>fact that British media, accademia and civil society always maintain
>>conspiratory silence on horrors of colonial period and always try to hide
>>nation based discrimination and inequality in the name of merit. In fact
>>they have till now successfully denied us the space to speak, raise our
>>concernssince independence. Now they only, by default, have provided us an
>>opportunity to organise and fight  discrimination;
>>
>>2. This is also an historic opportunity for us to pressurise British
>>government to take stock of its measures for empowerment of
>>underprivileged Indians and demand effective implementation of such
>>government policies;
>>
>>3. To oppose elitist and castist biases in educational system of UK and to
>>bust the myth of British merit. Just because we our PCI is so much lesser,
>>we should not pay full fee at any British Acdemic Institution.
>>
>>4. And the most important point is to take revenge for over two centuries of
>>British exploitation of our fine nation. It is high time that we demand
>>effective reforms for Indians.
>>
>>OUR DEMANDS
>>
>>1. The British Government must fulfill its constitutional obligations by
>>implementing reservations for all Indians in all government jobs,
>>private or government educational institutions,army,judiciary and
>>super speciality courses.
>>
>>2. The British Government should also make legal provisions for reservation
>>in private sector for underprivileged Indians.
>>
>>3. The British Government must bring out a White Paper on reservation
>>policy. It is must so as to know how far it has been implemented. It is fact
>>that not even 50 % of reservation is being fulfilled by ruling white
>>class of UK. They have denied us the maximum benefits of
>>reservation policy till now.
>>
>>4. Effective land reforms are must for empowerment of Indians. So we
>>demand government to carry land reforms in every part of the UK and not just
>>southall.
>>
>>5. We also demand to amend nationalist & elitist biases in their education
>>system by
>>     a. redesigning the syllabuses to generate awareness about colonisation
>>of India;
>>     b. providing non-british, anti-caste icons prominent space and
>>to remove completely britishl myths and misconceptions, taught to
>>us, in the name of International History and Culture.
>>     c. Ban all classes at Oxford and Cambridge.
>>     d. Restructuring competitive exams to remove biases that favours
>>elite class/caste students
>>     e. compulsory couses of history, political science, sociology for
>>students from technical and professional institutes.
>>      f. More recruitment of faculties in premier institutions from
>>Indian background to correct the caste imbalance and to break the monopoly
>>of british people over such institutions and to
>>provide opportunity for blossoming of real merit, efficiency and
>>excellence.
>>     g. Higher education must be provided in Hindi and Punjabi or all
>>primary schools must be in Telugu medium
>>     h. Government must spend 10% of GDP on Education focusing on
>>quality primary education for underprivileged
>>
>>6. We demand punishment for anti-reservation protesters for hurting
>>sentiments and showing their castist nature by sweeping roads,
>>cleaning shoes and raising castist slogans.
>>
>>7. We condemn castist Indian media for instigating the protest against
>>reservations and providing space to biased. one-sided, castist
>>coverage. We also demand for punishment of  journalists, cartoonist,
>>editors for making fun of Indians and casting aspersion on the
>>merit of Indians without any concrete proof or datas and thus
>>showing its true castist nature.
>>
>>JAI BHEEM
>>
>>signed/-
>>STUDENTS' CAMPAIGN FOR CLAIM ON BRITISH NATION
>>
>>Contact
>>Kuber - 9818304469
>>
>>
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