[Reader-list] Namdeo Dhasal needs your help

[Shivam Vij]

The parrot of existence perennially pecks at the permanent pain of death.

Namdeo Dhasal, founder of the Dalit Panther, author of the literary
classic Golpitha, bestowed with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004
by the Sahitya Akademi, has suffered from myaesthenia gravis – a rare
and irreversible neuromuscular disease – since the 1980s. He is
undergoing treatment at the Bombay Hospital and Medical Research
Centre. The treatment is exorbitant, recurring and indefinite.

Amitabh Bachchan, who suffers from the same ailment, has donated Rs 5
lakh towards Dhasal's treatment. Salman Khan has given Rs 1 lakh. The
Maharashtra government has decided to give Rs 5 lakh to Dhasal.

If you wish to contribute towards the treatment and hospitalization of
Dhasal, and the recurring costs incurred by his family:

1. Write a cheque in favour of the 'Bombay Hospital Trust and Medical
Research Centre' with a covering note mentioning that the amount sent
by you is specifically meant for the hospitalization and treatment of
their patient Namdeo Dhasal, or

2. Send a cheque drawn in favour of Namdeo's wife Malika Amar Shaikh.

You may send your contributions to:

Malika Amar Shaikh
c/o Namdeo Dhasal
404/B, Florida, 4th Floor
Shastrinagar
Andheri (West)
Mumbai 400 053


For news on Namdeo Dhasal's condition, see:

http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article&sectid=15&contentid=2007090520070905025022156186907d2

http://www.ndtvmusic.com/story.asp?id=ENTEN20070025099

http://www.indianexpress.com/story/215603.html



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