[Reader-list] reader-list Digest, Vol 64, Issue 221, To gain power with divided polity "hindu" terror of Sharad Pawar and Sonia.?
rajendra bhat
raja_starkglass at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 27 15:09:39 IST 2008
Dear All,
It is noteworthy that the term "hindu" terror was invented by Congress and its ally regional satrap Sharad pawar and ATS was made to waste quite a few weeks in insulting, harassing the sadhvi with threats, porn movies and vulgar expressions,army personnel detained for sacrifises to the nation, demotalising the defence forces, to-days' incident at Mumbai with Bharath mata ki jai and not Sonia ki jai should alert Sonia and her party that hindus do not indulge in terror, may be some are ambitious and greedy who in visual media become sycophants, some in other walks of life turn psuedo- seculars but never terrorists.
No faith preaches terror, but followers of faith when are greedy for power, become party to greedy actions, like a Lalu Prasad yadav, who after gulping crores worth fodder, to save himself from long arms of laws joined hands with ambitious Sonia, a Mulayam Yadav who after sacrificng all pronciples of humane life, to garner vote banks and save himself from laws, joins Sonia, A paswan who subsidised himself from fertiliser subsidy joins Sonia to save himself from loss of face, DMK wants power at any cost, joins any combination in power,atleast CPM and left parties often barking did not sacrifice the principles for power.. And the humans are in all faiths, those greedy for power and wealth change faith of the rulers, like the muslims who changed during the mogul rule, like the christians who changed faith during british rule, but these individuals once accustomed to cushy living in power do anything to harm the society so that they are always in power.?
That is when society observes the individual with a christian wife to be in good books with Sonia, a discard politician like Shivraj Patil or a manmohan Singh who is unfit to be in power become loyal to Sonia, sacrifice national interest,with one point ageba of N-deal and kickbacks, an Anthony becoming defence minister inspite of looser in his constituency rejected by people and their mandate, a "you know" Veerappa Moily" you know" with family loyalty betraying the nation, for power, police officers for promotion becoming more interested in illegal actions of arresting, detaining innocents when their attention should have been on national interest. NSA and IB inactive with political boss pleasing acts giving free run for the terrorists from karachi to come to Mumbai for terror attacks.!
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3. academic freedom in South Africa (Vivek Narayanan)
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Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:41:42 +0530
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Subject: [Reader-list] URGENT >> An appeal to send contribution for
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*Contribution for Kandhamal Survivors*
(An appeal on behalf of some friends in Orissa)
Dear friends,
You are aware of the carnage against the Christian community, mostly Dalits
and Adivasis, in the Kandhamal district of Orissa since 23rd August 2008
following the killing of the VHP leader Swami Lakshmananada Saraswati,
reportedly by Maoist groups. The Sangh Parivar and its outfits carried on
sustained assault on thousands of Christians forcing then to flee their
villages leaving behind everything they owned including their houses,
belongings, livestock, crops and harvests, means of livelihood, etc. The
Orissa government was a mere spectator of this violent saga.
While over 50,000 people have been displaced, only 23,000 are reported to be
in relief camps. Hundreds of families are living in terror in surrounding
district towns in clandestine manner. Many are reportedly leaving Orissa
itself. The conditions in relief camps are miserable. The Orissa government
and local administration has taken no proactive measures to restore
confidence and encourage people to return to their villages. Many are yet to
file FIRs.
We strongly believe that we need to stand by the Christian community to also
affirm our secular beliefs for a just society where no minority is
persecuted in the name of caste or religion. It will take years to be able
to restore normalcy, if ever. Meanwhile, food and essentials are in big
demand on a daily basis. We hope to be able to reach out some relief to
families living outside relief camps.
Some friends in Orissa have identified 150 families to begin with and have
made arrangements to buy blankets and mosquito nets that the families have
asked for. If this effort picks up more support, they will carry on this for
the next 2-3 months at least. We urge all our friends and supporters to
reach out to the survivors of the Kandhamal violence by making a financial
contribution.
*Cheque/ demand draft to be made in favour of 'Saheli Women's Resource
Centre'. *At the back of the cheque, please write 'for Kandhamal survivors'
and send us your postal address as well, so we can send you a receipt.
Please circulate this appeal to all your contacts.
In solidarity,
All of us in Saheli.
Saheli Women's Resource Centre
Above Unit 105-108
Defence Colony Flyover Market
New Delhi 100 024
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Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:34:14 +0530
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Subject: [Reader-list] [DFA NewsLetter] DIEFF Schedule for 26 November
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*Delhi** International Ethnographic Film Festival
**26 -30 November 2008*
*DIEFF* opens on *26 November* with the screening of – *The Lunch Box*
*Venues*: Vivekanada Hall, Delhi School of Economics / School of
Environmental Studies / JB Media Resource Centre, AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia
Islamia / Alliance Francaise, Lodi Estate.
*For More information*: http://sociology.du.ac/dieff/
or search the web for -- DIEFF
*DIEFF Schedule for **26 November 2008**:*
*Vivekakananda Hall, **Delhi** **School** of **Economics**, **Delhi** **
University***
*Inauguration / **10:00 AM** / 26 Nov*
*Speakers: David MacDougall / Judith MacDougall / Patricia Monte-Mor /
Francoise Foucault / Rajni Palriwala / Deepak Mehta*
*Opening Film:*
*THE LUNCH BOX at 11 AM/ 26 Nov/Vivekananda Hall, Delhi School of Economics,
DU*
*Dir: Floriane Devigne / 52 mins / Belgium*
Show me your lunch box and I shall tell you where you come from! It is this
ordinary, functional object that is at the core of a surprising and
entertaining investigation of Belgium and its people. With humour and naive
amazement, serious research and intuition, Floriane Devigne, in her first
film, embarks on a journey to try and understand her country, brandishing
the lunch box as a link to hold together this diverse community. With a
light touch she reveals a plethora of insights in the humble receptacle:
Marxist theories, Joris Iven's *Borinage* film on Belgian miners,
French-Wallonese-Flemish differences, slag heaps and parks, malnutrition and
child poverty, immigration, linguistic and cultural boundaries. She cuddles
and destroys the box, builds statistic towers with it, drives it around and
looks deep into its etymology.. And casually she also pokes fun at her own
obsession with the object. A film inside a lunch box.
* *
*COUNTER MELODY at 12:15 PM / 26 Nov / Vivekananda Hall, Delhi School of
Economics, DU*
*Dir: Maxi Subiela De Biase / 46 mins / Italy*
Sandro Pimazzoni, the star of this documentary and known by all the Veronese
as "the Count", has roamed the streets of Verona as a tramp for more than
thirty years. His "friend" the camera follows his anarchic gait, recording
with its conspiratorial eye, the contrast of a picture postcard city like
Verona, often deaf and indifferent to his provoking countermelody, that
sounds so ironic, melancholic, angry, poetical and mystic as it echoes
through the city streets.
* *
*DIYA at 2:00 PM / 26 Nov / Vivekananda Hall, Delhi School of Economics, DU
*
*Dir: Judith MacDougall / 56 min / 2001 / Australia / dir present*
The lives of families who make, sell, and use* diyas*-small terracotta oil
lamps used in ceremonies and rituals - are explored through following the
"life history" of the *diyas* themselves. This film represents an
experimental approach to material culture.
*SHIT at 3:15 PM / 26 Nov / Vivekananda Hall, Delhi School of Economics, DU*
*Dir: Amudhan R. P. / 26 mins / India / dir Present*
Mariyammal, a *dalit* woman is a worker with Madurai Municipal Corporation
in Madurai, South India. Every morning without fail she sweeps, collects and
carries the night soil in a street adjacent to a Hindu temple with the help
of a broom, a vessel and some ash.
* *
*CARNAVAL, BEXIGA, FUNK E SOMBRINHA at 4:00 PM / 26 Nov / Vivekananda Hall,
Delhi School of Economics, DU*
* *
*Dir: Marcus Vinícius Faustini / 63 mins / Brazil*
* *A documentary about the heterogeneous universe of Clovis (from 'clowns'-
group of boys with particular costumes during the days of Carnivall) who
make their presence felt in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro during this
festive season.
**
*Alliance Francaise, Lodi Estate*
*The Many Faces of a Venezuelan Goddess at 5:00 pm / 26 Nov /
AllianceFrancaise,
Lodi Estate *
*Dir: Roger Canals Vilageliu / 55 min / France / dir. Present*
María Lionza is the most popular Goddess in Venezuela. In the Venezuelan
mythological universe, this Goddess is an exception because, depending on
the representations, she is represented as Indian, of mixed race, white and
black. Sometimes she is a beneficial entity and sometimes evil. The
individuals in this documentary offer a portrait of the rich symbolism of
Maria Lionza, and highlight some of the roles her image plays in
contemporary Venezuelan society, and some of the ethnic, religious and
social conflicts which characterize this society. **
*Here to Stay at 6:00 pm / 26 Nov / Alliance Francaise, Lodi Estate *
*Dir: Alan Grossman and Aine 0'Brien / 72 min / Ireland*
Historically a country of departure, Ireland is now one of arrival and home
to new constituencies of migrant workers from Asia, Africa and Eastern
Europe. Shot over a period of two years, "Here to Stay" is an intimate,
observational portrait of Filipino nurse Fidel Taguinod, and the public
expression of his political activism, in dialogue with civil society
representatives, challenging and probing the inadequacies of immigration
policy in Ireland. Fidel's domestic life, where he lives with his Irish
partner, is further explored, as is the negotiation of his gay identity in
public performances such as "Miss Alternative Philippines" and 'Diva
Manila', in which he critically infuses bakla (gay) politics with questions
of transculturalism.
* *
*Les Maitres Fous at 7:30 pm / 26 Nov / Alliance Francaise, Lodi Estate *
*Dir: Jean Rouch / 30 min / 1955 / France*
This film, shot in a single day, shows the rituals of a religious cult.
Hauka worshippers, workers who have travelled from along the Niger to Accra,
meet for their great annual ceremony. On the "concession" of the high priest
Mountbyeba, following public confessions, the spirit possession ritual
begins. Foaming at the mouth, trembling, panting; these are signs of the
arrival of the "spirits of power". They are the symbolic personification of
the colonial rule: the corporal of the guard, the governor, the doctor, the
captain's wife, the locomotive driver and others. The ceremony reaches its
climax with the sacrifice of a dog later to be eaten by those possessed by
the spirits. The next day, the cult's initiates return to their daily round.
**
**
*School of Environmental Studies, **Delhi** **University**, North Campus*
*KORA RAJEE (LAND OF THE DIGGERS) at 12:00 / 26 Nov / School of
Environmental Studies, DU*
*Dir Biju Toppo/ Meghnath / 52 mins / India / dir. Present*
When we take a sip from our cups of tea do we realise that 80% of labour
that goes into making that tea is Adivasi? For the last 150 years, Adivasi
labours have been taken in the tea gardens of North Bengal and Assam which
they call *Kora Rajee* meaning 'land of the diggers'. It is also the
director's personal journey to find out how his ancestors went to the tea
gardens and what the present situation is.
*School Scapes at 2:00 pm / 26 Nov / School of Environmental Studies, DU*
*Dir: David MacDougall / 77 mins / dir. Present*
Inspired by the cinema of *Lumière* and the ideas of the 20th century Indian
thinker Krishnamurti, in his new film David MacDougall explores a famous
progressive school in South India, the Rishi Valley School. This is a film
dedicated to the simple act of looking, in which each scene is a single
shot.
*Sobre Rodas Brasil at 3:30 pm / 26 Nov / School of Environmental Studies,
DU*
*Dir: Sérgio Bloch / 52 min / Brazil*
A documentary on people who make a living pushing, pulling or riding
vehicles in Brazilian cities. It establishes a relationship between the
movement of the wheels and the inconstancy of life itself – especially of
those struggling for survival on a day-to-day basis.
*Roma Snapshots- A Day in Sarajevo at 4:25 pm / 26 Nov / School of
Environmental Studies, DU*
* *
*Dir: Vanja Celebicic / 8 min / UK *
The film attempts to enquire into the Sarajevan Roma's sense of
identification, belonging and memory. It portrays the daily lives of the
Roma through snapshots of their concurrent realities, where painful
memories, laughter and religious beliefs exist side by side.
*James Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK MCRC, *
*Jamia Millia Islamia*
*On Edge at 10:00 am / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK
MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*
* *
*Dir: Catarina Mourao / 64 min / Portugal *
During the European football cup, Portugal is relying on its team to raise
its morale. The film is set in a poor neighbourhood and follows a group of
idle pre-adolescents.
Sometimes things get tough and claustrophobic, while at other times there is
a feeling of harmony and melancholy in the neighbourhood.
*Every Good Marriage Begins With Tears at 11:15 am / 26 Nov / James
Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*
* *
*Dir: Simon Chambers / 62 min / UK *
Love, sex and marriage in the South Asian diaspora are explored in this
fast-paced soap opera of a documentary. Two young Bangladeshi London girls
have very different expectations from their traditional Muslim parents, so
when their father decides to send them both to Bangladesh to get married,
all hell breaks loose.
*Naza at 12:30 / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK MCRC,
Jamia Millia Islamia *
* *
*Dir: Silvio Figueiredo e Fernando Miceli / 15 min / Brazil /*
This documentary is about the "Festa de Nazaré" that happens annually in
Belem with processions, feasts and meetings that showcase the identity of
its inhabitants.
* *
*Malabares at 12:45 / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK
MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*
* *
*Dir: Maithê Lorena e Secy Jannuzzi / 10 min / Brazil *
This documentary looks up close at the behavior, thoughts and viewpoints of
five young jugglers. Although originally from different countries and social
classes, the jugglers come together with their own dreams, objectives and
customs.
* *
* *
*Word Within the Word at 2:00 pm / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource
Centre, AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*
* *
*Dir: Rajula Shah / 74 min / 2008 / India / dir. present*
Sabad Nirantar is a search for the *Word* within the word; a poised
reflection on the formless essence of reality expressed through the living
resonance of the indigenous spirit and its undying echoes enlivening the
emergent and modern soul.
* *
*Camara Vijante at 3:30 pm / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre,
AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*
* *
*Dir: Joe Pimentel / 21min / 2007 / Brazil*
Popular photographers from Fortaleza, Juazeiro do Norte and Canindé cities
talk about their personal trajectories and the painting photo techniques
still in use.
* *
*Multiplicadores at 3:55 / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre,
AJK MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia*
* *
*Dir: Renato Martins e Lula Carvalho / 21min / Brazil*
'Multiplicadores' is a documentary on the graffiti culture and its social
role in the state of Rio de Janeiro..
* *
*Hobby at 4:30 pm / 26 Nov / James Beveridge Media Resource Centre, AJK
MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia *
* *
*Dir: Ciro Altabas/ 50 min / Spain*
"Hobby" started as an innocent journey to witness the release of a
video-game console in Japan, but little by little, as these things usually
do, it changed into a showcase of some of the many wonderful ways in which
the Japanese spend their leisure time. "Hobby" is a documentary that aims to
entertain while speaking about entertainment.
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:19:54 +0530 (IST)
From: rajendra bhat <raja_starkglass at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Reader-list] MF hussain and malegaon blasts.?
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Inder,
that you fall into trap of SAHAMAT, leftist ideaological priests, who do not believe in any faith but only in cash,is amusing to feel the least. Let them also give the names of da vinci code protests., Salman rushdie novels protests, carton protests, and the way they treated taslima nasreen in Kolkatta, to prove their secular credentials.
If MF Hussain made crores with nude drawings of hindu deities it only shows his love for material wealth at 93 years of age. With 8 big deluxe cars, daily new gal to purr with, if nothing else, he is having ball of his life hurting others in society, let him have it all, but his imagination fails him to draw his mother in intercourse with his father, in nude so that he was ushered in this world, would have got him one more mercedez benz.?
By the way, during his days as painter of posters in Bombay this man used to get around 500/- for a poster of a movie, he did not even offer half tea to the boys who arranged the scaffolding for his work, but he shamelessly demanded tea from them.These poor helpers got hardly 15/- per day to care of their family, does he remember those shameless beggary days of his now that he is with crores.? Most of them were good humans who did not mind sharing the pav(bread) with fellow helpers, did not bother about the caste or faith of the individuals with whom they were sharing ork and food. This Hussain pretended to be pious to ogle at the breats of meena kumari or madhubala just as he offered namaz.! He seems to be fascinated by breasts of the female may be because his mother deprived him of just that.?
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:00:12 +0530 (IST)
From: rajendra bhat <raja_starkglass at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Reader-list] methods of interrogation of ATS and the
ambitious police officers role in investigation.
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Dear all,
Vivek and Pawan have raised a pertinent issue of investigations by police in their enthusiasm to please their political bosses. lest it be forgotten, not long ago, the very same police had big role in implementing the emergency in 1975 to 1977 with midnight arrets, torture, encounters, maiming the arrested, arrest and detention without recording of arrests. Basically, it is th over-ambitious police officials like AN Roy who was till recently police commissioner of Mumbai, who suddenly got promoted as DGP, matter still pending in court of law to adjudicate, the court taking its sweet time to ponder over the issue. The barbaric way in which this AN Roy handled the situation when unarmed, silent protest of doctors in Mumbai is well known as the police mercilessly laticharged the protesters, shamelessly this Roy who has no balls sitting in his chambers talked about the situation to please his political bosses and go the reward of promotion.
That this man has assured the political bosses, Sharad pawar and Sonia to get the confessions from the detainees is well known,but the detainees being accused , are innocent till proved guilty, this Roy has been using the government machinery to tarnish the hindu society, thru selective leakage to press, selective media houses. Amusing also to note that all the leaks are to female correspondents with size38D and visual media representatives have lost their ethics and morals after the tehelka used the pimps and prostitutes for their stings, these represenatatives likes of Toral wadia was arrested and detained in malegaon not long ago, the channel hiding the fact from its viewers, Anasuya roy, Megna prasad are all in the leak scam of ATS. CBI on one day claimed that togadia has financed the terror of Abhinav Bharath, but developed cold feet on receipt of legal notice, ATS claimed RDX was used in terror on train, in a court of law, very next day withdrew
the statement, which clearly shows the ATS has men of wooden legs, balls removed made them without testicles, are not man enough, with perverted mindsets, trying to please the political bosses in unannounced state of emergeny during the pol preparations.
If the aim was to appease the vote banks let it be remembered that the hindu society in general does not like violence, is elephantine, mild and tolerent, but if provoked, can go berserk and the very same who provoke will be biting dust, ground to dust.If Sharad Pawar has game plan ready for being a regional satrap ready to push Sonia to dust bin, it is fine with all of us, but let him not take the cowardly route of fighting from behind.If Sonia wants to rule with numerical high of present 5 percent followers of faith, watch out Sonia, your mother in law, Indira played with fire of creating a monster of bhindranwale, your own husband did it with LTTE and paid the price. A tom Vadakkan or a Oscar fernandes will not be match for the intellect of truth, bishops with morals at new low, are no match for selfless workers and citizens of India. Bishops who at the age of 56 years leading immoral life to get divine child with 26 year old female, Bishop Moras of
bangalore who has no civilised way of behaving with CM of the state, bishop of Orissa who hides the raped nun in delhi and not co-operating with judicial system are not the good bishops of faith.
It is good that your uncle Q has received the kickbacks thanks to CBI , defreezed amount in crores can be used now in Italy, and your son Raols' live in can live with him there, not that we indian mind the private life of public figure, even if she is daughter of a drug lord of Venejuela.? Now that your hizra ministers have had enough of kickbacks please leave the governance to us indians and get lost.
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Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:07:58 +0530
From: Vivek Narayanan <vivek at sarai.net>
Subject: [Reader-list] academic freedom in South Africa
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Hi all,
An ex-colleague and friend at the University of Kwazulu-Natal has
written to me asking to sign the following petition by South Africa's
National Tertiary Education Staff Union (NTESU) in the interests of
protecting academic freedom (in this case, freedom to criticise the
university itself and its management) against an increasingly
dictatorial and corporatist management, one that comes complete with its
own deadly and ruthless lawyers. Please see:
http://petitions.ntesu.org.za/ukzn <http://petitions.ntesu.org.za/ukzn>
For what its worth, my friend asks academics from India and all over the
world to add their voices to this case: "Hey Vivek. I need your help.
Something terrible is happening here. Please go to
http://petitions.ntesu.org.za/ukzn <http://petitions.ntesu.org.za/ukzn>
and read the documents. Forward to all of your academic friends,
especially in the Indian universities. This is urgent."
It would be hard to explain the background to this to someone not
familiar with the management cadre of South African universities, who
now combine the worst of statist dictatorship and corporatist,
job-cutting ruthlessness in their unique hybrid style. It's a process
that has been going on for a while--I remember it gathering steam when I
was last there in 1999-- but I have never known my friend to write such
a note, so it has clearly reached a new level.
To put it simply, two science professors are under sanction, threatened
with dismissal, for criticising the university. A report on the case
can be found here:
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-11-17-ukzn-meeting-thwarted
But perhaps the larger problem can be best summed up by an extract from
a recent address given by Nithaya Chetty, one of the professors facing
dismissal:
"The threats to academic freedom may be summarised as: a lack of public
understanding and appreciation of the need for academic freedom, a poor
understanding by academics themselves of their roles and
responsibilities as demanded by the principles of academic freedom (or
is it a lack of courage in acting on that understanding?), an
interfering government hand in higher education that erodes
institutional autonomy, the increasing corporatised model that sees
research and education as a business enterprise, and an excessively
managerialist ethos at our universities."
( taken from:
http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-11-24-in-favour-of-free-minds )
....and it's precisely because of statements like these that he is being
targeted.
Vivek
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