[Reader-list] Fwd: stop the award to narendra modi

[anupam chakravartty]

Oh congratulations Murali you have such vast knowledge about African
history. thanks for enlightening us. what do you know about the recent
happenings in your neighbourhood? looks like immediate past is something
elusive for u and you can recall very well from the history books. some
ability i must say to cite this example twice.

Modi's own party members are regretting the fact that why he was not sacked
after the post-godhra riots. what do u have to say to them? how do u
accomodate Vajpayee's sleepless nights during the mass murders in Gujarat?

If Sonia Gandhi is to be blamed for accepting Leopold's order, this man who
is not only responsible for the most deadly riots of my time, has also
managed to advertise the MoUs of the industries which have backed out of the
investments in Gujarat. what do u have to say about that? there are zillions
of proof against his government fudging the actual investment figures of the
vibrant gujarat and use it as an advertisement to promote gujarat as an
industrial hub. worse, the golden corridor for chemical industries
(districts such as Valsad and Bharuch) is so polluted that the government
has stopped any kind of expansion. the common and final effluent treatment
plants in all the industrial estates have not been following the Gujarat
Pollution Control Board norms since the day it started functioning. where
are the safeties to set up anything in Gujarat? or is he being awarded
because most of the industrialisation is unregulated with Environmental
Assessment Report not being prepared and you say industries popping out of
now where?

I frankly do not mind our leaders being awarded. its an honour but at least
in the past people who were really worthy of making changes in our society
have been awarded by various organisations.

- anupam

Sonia having accepted the order of Leopold requires no proof as it is
universally known. Mass murders and Genocide in Zaire is also a known fact.

By accepting the Order of Leopold, Sonia had to sign register signing
unquestioned loyalty and alegiance to the king of Belgium, which is
against the constitution of INdia.

Regards,
V Murali

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:39 PM, anupam chakravartty<c.anupam at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Murali and Rajen,
>
> Please and try defend Mr modi instead of bringing shallow comparisons, for
> which you do have any proof or even an argument.
>
> -anupam
>
> On 9/1/09, Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What do we do to Sonia who has accepted the Order of Leopold,  which
>> evokes the gruesome memories of Leopold's mass murders and genocide in
>> Zaire (erstwhile Belgian Congo).
>>
>> By accepting the ‘Order of Leopold’ from the King of Belgium in
>> November 2006, she has clearly shown that she has contempt for India
>> and the Indian people.  She has greater contempt for the Law of Indian
>> Constitution.
>>
>> Regards,
>> V Murali
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Shilpa Phadke<phadkeshilpa at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > There is a petition online protesting the award to Modi.
>> >
>> > http://www.petitiononline.com/FDI/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: shabnam hashmi <shabnamhashmi at gmail.com>
>> > Date: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:17 PM
>> > Subject: stop the award
>> > To: shabnam hashmi <shabnamhashmi at gmail.com>
>> >
>> >
>> > The Financial Times group in London has decided to confer the 'FDI
Asian
>> > Personality of the Year 2009’ on Narendra Modi. It is well known and
>> > documented by over 30 human rights fact finding reports that he was
>> > complicit in and personally responsible for the communal carnage that
>> > occurred in Gujarat in 2002, seen as India’s worst instance of violence
>> > against minorities. Even today over 5000 families of Internally
Displaced
>> > Muslims, the victims of 2002 communal carnage live in rehabilitation
>> > colonies built by NGOs as they have not been allowed to return to the
>> > villages which bear the sign of the Hindu Rashtra. It will be a matter
of
>> > great shame if this award is given to him. The FT Group, is part of
>> Pearson
>> > PLC, a London headquartered media conglomerate. The current CEO is
>> Marjorie
>> > Scardino, she serves on the board of MacArthur Foundation, which
>> ironically
>> > gives out peace grants.
>> >
>> > The award in question has been instituted by the FDI Magazine [glossy,
>> > 15,000 circulation], which is part of the FT Group. It is a fortnightly
>> and
>> > focuses on the business of globalisation.
>> >
>> > The panel which chose Modi include the editor at FDI Mag -- Courtney
>> Fingar,
>> > [E-mail: courtney.fingar at ft.com/ Tel: +44 (0) 20 7775 6365].
>> >
>> > I am sending a letter of protest to the British High Commissioner
>> tomorrow.
>> > Please write to the British High Commissioner ( *Email:*
>> > web.newdelhi at fco.gov.uk)  and send copies to courtney.fingar at ft.com or
>> write
>> > to her directly.
>> >
>> > shabnam hashmi
>> >
>> >
>> > -
>> >
>> >
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