[Reader-list] Convention on War, Democratic Rights and Peace Processes>> Sunday, 11th Jan 2009, 2-7 pm, Constitution Club

[Partha Dasgupta]

Dear Lalit,
Since we are talking about violence, strife, displacement & unrest; lets
also take up:
1.  Violence against women (which is on the rise in metro's)
2.  Caste based discrimination
3.  The recent 'Hindu' blasts
4.  The Sri Lanka fight against the LTTE & 'ethnic cleansing'
5.  The Maoist struggle
6.  The ULFA
7.  Displacement of people for 'development'
8.  The option taken by political parties of exchanging prisoners who cause
havoc
9.  Religion/caste based polarisation being enforced by all
political parties

And since we are discussing the issue, the Pakistan based "Islamism
inspired" terrorism has it's roots in the 'Christianity' based support by
the US against the 'Communist' culture of the ex-USSR from the cold war.

Terrorists may be of a particular religion, but just as some madcap Hindu's
bursting bombs does not make all Hindus terrorists or define that Hinduism
inspires terrorism, some misguided followers of the Islam creating havoc
does not automatically denote that all followers of Islam (or even "Pan
Islamists") are terrorists. Do note that the people who died / were injured
in Mumbai were of many nations & religions - including Islam.

And if you are a member of other lists, you would have noticed that 'civil
society' is not silent about the current battle in the jungles of J&K -
would be extremely hard considering the daily coverage it is getting in the
TV channels.

Rgds, Partha
............................

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Lalit Ambardar
<lalitambardar at hotmail.com>wrote:

>
> It is hoped that the issue of Pakistan sponsored pan Islamism inspired
> terrorism that raised its head in Kashmir when Kashmiri Hindu Pandits were
> subjected to ethnic cleansing in the valley twenty years ago & is now
> targetting  rest of India with impunity (26-29/11 Mumbai carnage being the
> latest bloody attack) also features in the convention.
> It is almost a week now  that our forces are fighting the pan Islamists in
> Poonch & the civil society is silent about the incursion....????....
> Regards all
> LA
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 13:37:10 +0530> From: saheliwomen at gmail.com> To:
> reader-list at sarai.net> Subject: [Reader-list] Convention on War,
> Democratic Rights and Peace Processes>> Sunday, 11th Jan 2009, 2-7 pm,
> Constitution Club> > Dear Friends,> Join us on Sunday 11th January 2009 and
> also endorse the enclosed statement> on Mumbai attack.> In solidarity,>
> Saheli> > > *Say NO to war and a clampdown on our democratic rights!!*> >
> *Join us for a day of discussions and cultural programs*> > > > *Convention
> on*> > *War, Democratic Rights and Peace Processes*> > > > 11 January 2009>
> > (2.00 pm – 7.00 pm)> > Deputy Speakers Hall, Constitution Club> > Rafi
> Marg, New Delhi> > > > **> > *Session 1*> > *Chair: Pamela Phillipose*> >
> **> > - *Post Mumbai attacks: An Overview* - *Tapan K. Bose*> > - *Tackling
> terror: Implication for democratic rights* - *Nitya Ramakrishnan> *> > -
> *Media: Its response and role* - *Tarun Tejpal & Ved Bhasin*> > - *Feminist
> perspective* - *Seema Kazi*> > > > *Tea break*> > > > *Session 2*> > *Chair:
> Manoranjan Mohanty*> > - *International linkages of war: Politics and Nexus*
> - *Kamal Mitra Chenoy*> > - *Perspective from Trade Unions* - *Ashim Roy*> >
> - *Voices from the Student community* - *Sandeep Singh*> > - *Strategizing
> for the future* - *Gautam Navalakha & Apoorvanand*> > *> > > > …with poetry
> recital and songs by Shweta Tripathi, Sania, Sumangla> Damodaran, Gauhar
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Partha Dasgupta
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