[GreenYouth] CNN Zardari and Palin
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/24/pakistans-president-tells-palin-she-is-gorgeous/ http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/ September 24, 2008 Pakistan's president tells Palin she is 'gorgeous'http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/24/pakistans-president-tells-palin-she-is-gorgeous/ Posted: 06:20 PM ET *From* From CNN's Peter Hamby and Wes Littlehttp://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/tag/from-cnns-peter-hamby-and-wes-little/ [image: Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari told Palin she's gorgeous.] Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari told Palin she's gorgeous. *NEW YORK (CNN) –* Sarah Palin and the foreign leaders she has met with in New York have said very little to reporters over the last two days, but the press happened to be in the room on Wednesday for one eyebrow-raising exchange, as the new president of Pakistan lavished praise on Palin's looks. On entering a room filled with several Pakistani officials this afternoon, Palin was immediately greeted by Sherry Rehman, the country's Information Minister. And how does one keep looking that good when one is that busy?, Rehman asked, drawing friendly laughter from the room when she complimented Palin. Oh, thank you, Palin said. Pakistan's recently-elected president, Asif Ali Zardari, entered the room seconds later. Palin rose to shake his hand, saying she was honored to meet him. Zardari then called her gorgeous and said: Now I know why the whole of America is crazy about you. You are so nice, Palin said, smiling. Thank you. A handler from Zardari's entourage then told the two politicians to keep shaking hands for the cameras. If he's insisting, I might hug, Zardari said. Palin smiled politely. The Alaska governor did not answer questions from reporters at her first two appearances on Wednesday, when she joined McCain in meetings with Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili and Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko, and then traveled downtown to meet with Iraqi president Jalal Talabani. But she did offer brief remarks to a reporter at the Zardari meeting who asked about her day. It's going great, Palin said. These meetings are very informative and helpful, and a lot of good people sharing appreciation for America. Filed under: Asif Ali Zardarihttp://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/category/asif-ali-zardari/ • Sarah Palin http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/category/sarah-palin/ -- Bobby Kunhu http://community.eldis.org/myshkin/Blog/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term
I think the issue of Caste-lessness of judiciary was well noted. As Bobby has indicated the capital punishment is a grievous issue. There has been a considerable debate on this. Still, the prevailing discourse added with middle class sentiment tends to favour the capital punishment. Even the otherwise progressive (Liberal) Left had favoured capital punishment echoing the middle class sentiment as evident in a recent case. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:10 AM, ranju radha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it d be noted here that the court has refused to consider this as a case of caste atrocity. that is the politics of indian judicial system On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Bobby Kunhu [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Having been part of a research on the implementation of the SC/ST atrocities act, while there is a sense of relief that, in this country finally there is a move towards legally punishing perpetrators of caste-based violence, I am worried about the extremes. While agreeing with the prosecution case about the gravity of the offence, I believe that it also is a moment to express a collective voice against capital punishment. This becomes an even more pertinent issue given the kind of prejudices that the Indian legal system operates within, victims of this most often would be people from marginalised backgrounds. To quote from an Amnesty study; *As the study relied on reported judgments, it was bound by certain limitations. For example, the socio-economic background of defendants does not normally emerge from the rulings, as it is judicial practice in India to avoid references to caste, community, religion and other socio-economic factors relevant to the victim or the accused, unless seen to be of direct relevance to the adjudication of the case. It is therefore almost impossible to analyse the impact of the application of the death penalty on members of particular religious or caste groups through a study of the judgments. There is an urgent need for more detailed studies, including detailed analyses of individual cases. Other countries have been shown to be using the death penalty in a highly prejudicial manner against individuals based on their ethnic origins or similar factors. For example, in the United States of America the death penalty has been shown to be disproportionately used against African Americans. * The full study can be accessed at http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=eid=ENGUSA20080502002 Warmly -- Forwarded message -- From: Ajay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/9/25 Subject: Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term To: *Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term * Special Correspondent *Capital punishment given for first time to killers of Dalits * -- * Verdict comes five days before the second anniversary of the killings Subject to confirmation by HC: defence lawyer * -- MUMBAI: In a historic verdict on Wednesday, the ad hoc sessions court in Bhandara handed down the death sentence to six persons in the Khairlanji massacre case. Two others held guilty were given life imprisonment. On September 15, sessions judge S.S. Das convicted eight of the 11 accused of murder, rioting with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly and suppression of evidence, while acquitting the other three of all charges. The court found no evidence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, which refers to assault or criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman. While Gopal Binjewar and Shishupal Dhande were given life imprisonment, Sakru Binjewar, Shatrughna Dhande, Vishwanath Dhande, Ramu Dhande, Jagdish Mandlekar and Prabhakar Mandlekar were sentenced to death. Welcoming the verdict, Ramdas Athavale, Republican Party of India (Athavale), said it was the first time in the country that six persons were given the death sentence in a case of murder of people belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Speedy trial Activist and journalist Milind Fulzale from Yavatmal told *The Hindu *that in the cases of the Gavai brothers, who had their eyes gouged out in the 1970s; in the case of the Thombre brothers, who were killed at Kalamb in Yavatmal in 1997 during Holi; or in the case of Pochiram Kamble, an activist burnt alive during the struggle to rename the Marathwada University, nothing happened. Though cases were filed, either the matter was suppressed or some light sentence handed down. This was the first time the court conducted a speedy trial and awarded the death penalty, he said. The verdict comes five days before the second anniversary of the Khairlanji killings, which occurred on September 29, 2006. The crime sent shock waves across the State. Four members of the family of Bhaiyyalal Bhotmange — his wife Surekha, daughter Priyanka and sons Roshan and
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term
I was referring to Dhanjoy chaterjee incident On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 12:04 PM, damodar prasad [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: I think the issue of Caste-lessness of judiciary was well noted. As Bobby has indicated the capital punishment is a grievous issue. There has been a considerable debate on this. Still, the prevailing discourse added with middle class sentiment tends to favour the capital punishment. Even the otherwise progressive (Liberal) Left had favoured capital punishment echoing the middle class sentiment as evident in a recent case. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 11:10 AM, ranju radha [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: it d be noted here that the court has refused to consider this as a case of caste atrocity. that is the politics of indian judicial system On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Bobby Kunhu [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Having been part of a research on the implementation of the SC/ST atrocities act, while there is a sense of relief that, in this country finally there is a move towards legally punishing perpetrators of caste-based violence, I am worried about the extremes. While agreeing with the prosecution case about the gravity of the offence, I believe that it also is a moment to express a collective voice against capital punishment. This becomes an even more pertinent issue given the kind of prejudices that the Indian legal system operates within, victims of this most often would be people from marginalised backgrounds. To quote from an Amnesty study; *As the study relied on reported judgments, it was bound by certain limitations. For example, the socio-economic background of defendants does not normally emerge from the rulings, as it is judicial practice in India to avoid references to caste, community, religion and other socio-economic factors relevant to the victim or the accused, unless seen to be of direct relevance to the adjudication of the case. It is therefore almost impossible to analyse the impact of the application of the death penalty on members of particular religious or caste groups through a study of the judgments. There is an urgent need for more detailed studies, including detailed analyses of individual cases. Other countries have been shown to be using the death penalty in a highly prejudicial manner against individuals based on their ethnic origins or similar factors. For example, in the United States of America the death penalty has been shown to be disproportionately used against African Americans. * The full study can be accessed at http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=eid=ENGUSA20080502002 Warmly -- Forwarded message -- From: Ajay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/9/25 Subject: Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term To: *Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term * Special Correspondent *Capital punishment given for first time to killers of Dalits * -- * Verdict comes five days before the second anniversary of the killings Subject to confirmation by HC: defence lawyer * -- MUMBAI: In a historic verdict on Wednesday, the ad hoc sessions court in Bhandara handed down the death sentence to six persons in the Khairlanji massacre case. Two others held guilty were given life imprisonment. On September 15, sessions judge S.S. Das convicted eight of the 11 accused of murder, rioting with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly and suppression of evidence, while acquitting the other three of all charges. The court found no evidence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, which refers to assault or criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman. While Gopal Binjewar and Shishupal Dhande were given life imprisonment, Sakru Binjewar, Shatrughna Dhande, Vishwanath Dhande, Ramu Dhande, Jagdish Mandlekar and Prabhakar Mandlekar were sentenced to death. Welcoming the verdict, Ramdas Athavale, Republican Party of India (Athavale), said it was the first time in the country that six persons were given the death sentence in a case of murder of people belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Speedy trial Activist and journalist Milind Fulzale from Yavatmal told *The Hindu *that in the cases of the Gavai brothers, who had their eyes gouged out in the 1970s; in the case of the Thombre brothers, who were killed at Kalamb in Yavatmal in 1997 during Holi; or in the case of Pochiram Kamble, an activist burnt alive during the struggle to rename the Marathwada University, nothing happened. Though cases were filed, either the matter was suppressed or some light sentence handed down. This was the first time the court conducted a speedy trial and awarded the death penalty, he said. The verdict comes five days before the second anniversary of the Khairlanji killings, which occurred on September 29, 2006. The crime sent shock waves
[GreenYouth] visit savi sawarkar
Savi Sawarkar is neither the only Dalit who paints nor the only one who paints Dalit subjects, but he is unquestionably the most powerful visual artist dealing with Dalit themes anywhere in the world today. The fact that he is a Dalit himself and vulnerable to severe harassment for speaking out, is only one indication of the difficulty he has faced and continues to face. The more significant fact is that his work speaks out so passionately and eloquently in defense of all downtrodden and in condemnation of all those who continue to degrade the humanity of their human brothers and http://www.savisawarkar.arttimes.in --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Fwd: [bytesforall_readers] China takes lead in [GNU] Linux education
Forwarded Message From: Frederick FN Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [bytesforall_readers] China takes lead in [GNU] Linux education Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:39:45 +0530 China takes lead in Linux education Since the Chinese government began supporting domestic open source communities in 2005, hundreds of thousands of young people in the world's most populous country have become a part of the open source world. With the help of the government-supported Leadership of Open Source University Promotion Alliance (LUPA), Zhejiang Technology Institute of Economy (ZJTIE) founded its Linux Training and Examination Centre in 2006. The centre started out offering a simple 48-hour course; upon completion, students received a Linux operator certificate or a Linux network administrator certificate or both. According to ZJTIE, 1,500 students in the last two years have passed the examination. However, those students who wanted to learn more had to learn by themselves. Now, however, LUPA offers nine Linux certificates, including certificates for software engineers, 'C' programming language engineers, and LAMP system engineers. In response to a requirement from China's Ministry of Education, LUPA published 11 new Linux textbooks in July. The ministry hopes that these textbooks will help Chinese students learn more advanced Linux technologies. Some Chinese schools believe that Linux education has helped students gain employment. According to ZJTIE, 90 per cent of the students in its Economic Information Department received the LUPA certificates in 2006; as a result, employment rose to the highest the school has seen. This may be a result of the booming open source market in China. According to CCID Consulting, the sale of Chinese open source software increased 17.1 per cent, while sales of Linux increased 20.2 per cent in 2007. As Linux accounts for 66.5 per cent of China's open source market (according to a 2007 survey from CCID Consulting), open source education has been focused mostly on Linux. However, its success has encouraged ZJTIE to expand its teaching and certification. In March 2008, ZJTIE worked with LUPA to expand its education system from Linux to the whole open source industry. According to LUPA, more than 300 Chinese universities and colleges have joined its system. Open source technology has become a required course in many of these schools. Although the total number of students who have been trained for open source technologies is not available yet, Zhang Jianhua, chairman of LUPA, estimates that LUPA will train 100,000 students in Linux per year. Besides developing open source courses, government-supported communities also regularly hold activities such as open source conferences, speeches, contests, festivals, and campus marches to attract students to learn more about the culture, history, ideas, and technologies of the open source industry. At the same time, open source communities without government support have brought many young Chinese to the open source world by offering free open source information, translation of open source articles from other countries, and forums for open source technologies communication. Thanks in part to promotion by these communities, open source has become a powerful idea among Chinese programmers. In a survey by PHPChina in June 2007, 32.6 per cent of PHP professionals said that they chose PHP mostly because it's open source, and 64.8 per cent of interviewees who would start to learn PHP believed that open source is the strong point of PHP. The same survey also showed that more than three quarters of Chinese PHP professionals learned something from or received information through domestic PHP communities. The rapid growth of China's open source expertise has yet to result in a significant contribution to the development of the global open source industry. This may be because young Chinese people are still novices in the open source industry, or it may be due to the fact that they have to work more than 60 hours a week to fight for their new jobs and have no time to work on open source projects for the time being. However, as the open source education system improves and as more young people become open source veterans, the global open source community will benefit from China's presence. Author: Chen Nanyang Originally published at www.linux.com; reprinted with the author's permission. -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Blog: http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Tech links from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490 -- Any responsible politician should be encouraging a home grown Free Software industry because it creates the basis for future jobs. Learning Windows is like learning to eat every meal at McDonalds. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
[GreenYouth] The society of the query and the Googlization of our lives
The society of the query and the Googlization of our lives A tribute to Joseph Weizenbaum There is only one way to turn signals into information, through interpretation, wrote the computer critic Joseph Weizenbaum. As Google's hegemony over online content increases, argues Geert Lovink, we should stop searching and start questioning. A spectre haunts the world's intellectual elites: information overload. Ordinary people have hijacked strategic resources and are clogging up once carefully policed media channels. Before the Internet, the mandarin classes rested on the idea that they could separate idle talk from knowledge. With the rise of Internet search engines it is no longer possible to distinguish between patrician insights and plebeian gossip. The distinction between high and low, and their co-mingling on occasions of carnival, belong to a bygone era and should no longer concern us. *Nowadays an altogether new phenomenon is causing alarm: search engines rank according to popularity, not truth.* Search is the way we now live. With the dramatic increase of accessed information, we have become hooked on retrieval tools. We look for telephone numbers, addresses, opening times, a person's name, flight details, best deals and in a frantic mood declare the ever growing pile of grey matter data trash. Soon we will search and only get lost. *Old hierarchies of communication have not only imploded, communication itself has assumed the status of cerebral assault. Not only has popular noise risen to unbearable levels, we can no longer stand yet another request from colleagues and even a benign greeting from friends and family has acquired the status of a chore with the expectation of reply*. The educated class deplores that fact that chatter has entered the hitherto protected domain of science and philosophy, when instead they should be worrying about who is going to control the increasingly centralized computing grid. What today's administrators of noble simplicity and quiet grandeur cannot express, we should say for them: there is a growing discontent with Google and the way the Internet organizes information retrieval. *The scientific establishment has lost control over one of its key research projects – the design and ownership of computer networks, now used by billions of people. How did so many people end up being that dependent on a single search engine? Why are we repeating the Microsoft saga once again? It seems boring to complain about a monopoly in the making when average Internet users have such a multitude of tools at their disposal to distribute power. *One possible way to overcome this predicament would be to positively redefine Heidegger's *Gerede*. Instead of a culture of complaint that dreams of an undisturbed offline life and radical measures to filter out the noise, it is time to openly confront the trivial forms of *Dasein* today found in blogs, text messages and computer games. Intellectuals should not longer portray Internet users as secondary amateurs, cut off from a primary and primordial relationship with the world. *There is a greater issue at stake and it requires venturing into the politics of informatic life*. It is time to address the emergence of a new type of corporation that is rapidly transcending the Internet: Google. The World Wide Web, which should have realized the infinite library Borges described in his short story *The Library of Babel* (1941), is seen by many of its critics as nothing but a variation of Orwell's *Big Brother* (1948). The ruler, in this case, has turned from an evil monster into a collection of cool youngsters whose corporate responsibility slogan is Don't be evil. Guided by a much older and experienced generation of IT gurus (Eric Schmidt), Internet pioneers (Vint Cerf) and economists (Hal Varian), *Google has expanded so fast, and in such a wide variety of fields, that there is virtually no critic, academic or business journalist who has been able to keep up with the scope and speed with which Google developed in recent years. New applications and services pile up like unwanted Christmas presents. Just add Google's free email service Gmail, the video sharing platform YouTube, the social networking site Orkut, GoogleMaps and GoogleEarth, its main revenue service AdWords with the Pay-Per-Click advertisements, office applications such as Calendar, Talks and Docs. Google not only competes with Microsoft and Yahoo, but also with entertainment firms, public libraries (through its massive book scanning program) and even telecom firms. Believe it or not, the Google Phone is coming soon.* I recently heard a less geeky family member saying that she had heard that Google was much better and easier to use than the Internet. It sounded cute, but she was right. Not only has Google become the better Internet, it is taking over software tasks from your own computer so that you can access these data from any terminal or handheld device. Apple's MacBook Air is a
[GreenYouth] Jharkhand news Portal
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[GreenYouth] Re: മു സ്ളീമായ പത്രാധിപ രെ ഒഴിവാക്കി
On 24 Sep, 14:50, rsajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you as a Secularist, applaud America's denying entry to Modi? Denying Modi's visa was the after effect of a campaign by Various Human rights groups and South Asian groups in America See this sites for details on this campaign http://www.coalitionagainstgenocide.org/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: മു സ്ളീമായ പത്രാധിപ രെ ഒഴിവാക്കി
Can we dictate terms to America? It is their prerogative to choose their guests. Did you as a Secularist, applaud America's denying entry to Modi? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Fwd: [Reader-list] Kitnay Mastermind Thay?
-- Forwarded message -- From: Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:42 PM Subject: [Reader-list] Kitnay Mastermind Thay? To: sarai list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear friends, The daily paper Mail Today, published in Delhi, has been doing an extraordinary set of stories on the investigations into the various blasts conducted by the Indian Mujahideen. While the rest of the media has barely begun to use words like 'allegedly', 'police claim', Mail Today has been investigating the investigations. They unfortunately have only an epaper for a website. I have taken the pains to copy-paste, reformat and post on this list some of the reports. best shivam MULTIPLYING MASTERMINDS Mumbai Police claim they have nabbed the real Indian Mujahideen boss responsible for all bombings since 2005, including Delhi Ahmedabad Karnataka rubbishes Delhi Police claims By Krishna Kumar in Mumbai Mail Today, Delhi, 25 September 2008 mailtoday.in Days after the Delhi Police named Mohammad Atif Ameen as the Indian Mujahideen (IM) chief, the Mumbai Police claimed to have identified the real Indian Mujahideen mastermind responsible for terrorist strikes across India since 2005. In a hurriedly-convened press conference on Wednesday, Mumbai Police Commissioner Hassan Gafoor announced the arrest of five IM members and said they were involved in the recent bomb blasts across the country and had plans to attack Mumbai. He named Mohammad Sadiq Shaikh as the man from whom Atif, the alleged leader of the Delhi bombers, reportedly took his orders. In the process, the Mumbai Police introduced new characters and debunked old theories of the police forces of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Jaipur, Gujarat and Delhi, each of whom had earlier claimed credit for arresting the 'real' terror mastermind behind bomb attacks in their states and elsewhere. Walliullah was supposed to have triggered the Uttar Pradesh blasts in 2006, Shahbaz Hussain was believed to be behind the Jaipur blasts in May, and Abu Bashar and Tauqeer had allegedly masterminded the Gujarat blasts in July. Those theories seemed to hold till the Delhi Police changed the script. They said that Atif plotted UP, Jaipur, Gujarat and the Delhi blasts. Now, the Mumbai Police has introduced Sadiq Shaikh as yet another mastermind and said he controlled Atif. Gafoor said that the five arrested men had planned the Ahmedabad and Delhi blasts and were behind every blast in the country since 2005. It was not Atif Ameen who was the mastermind. He was just the operations guy. It was actually Sadiq who used to control Atif and made him do the terror attacks, said Gafoor. This contradicts the Delhi Police claim, made after the police action in Delhi's Jamia Nagar on September 19, that Atif had masterminded the series of terror attacks across the country since 2006. If this is confusing, read on. According to the Mumbai Police, even Sadiq is not the 'real' master mind. Amir Razza, who is residing in Pakistan, is the one who is controlling Sadiq, claimed Mumbai's joint police commissioner (crime) Rakesh Maria. Since Razza is in Pakistan, it is not known who 'controls' him. Like the police from other states, the Mumbai Police insisted that the ones they had caught were the ones that had orchestrated the strikes in other states. The five have been identified as Afzal Mutalib Usmani (32), Mohammed Sadiq Shaikh, Mohammed Arif Shaikh (38), Mohammed Zakir Shaikh (28) and Mohammed Ansar Sheikh (31). The Lashkar-e-Tayyeba and the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami had also allegedly trained them, Gafoor claimed. Fifteen detonators, eight kg of ball bearings, four fully-active electronic circuits which are used in bombs, one submachine carbine, two .38 revolvers, 30 cartridges of 9 mm carbine and eight cartridges of .38 revolver were reportedly found from them. Maria said, The five (IM) members have assisted or been actively involved in the unexploded bombs in Varanasi, the Shramjeevi Express attack, the Sankatmochan Temple blast, the blasts in a waiting room in Varanasi railway station, the 7/11 blasts in Mumbai local trains and all other blasts in the country that have occurred from 2005. This runs counter to what the Uttar Pradesh police have claimed earlier. According to them, Walliullah was the mastermind of the Sankatmochan Temple blast in 2006. The perplexing series of claims on terror masterminds has resulted in a somersault of sorts in the Mumbai Police's own claims made earlier. On Wednesday, it said the five men whose arrests it announced had also engineered the 7/11 blasts by training and helping seven people — who are now in jail — to plant bombs. But, the state police's anti terrorist squad (ATS) has already arrested more than seven people for planning 7/11 blasts and said in its charge sheet that the men were given training by Pakistani nationals. So how could the five men, who are residents of India, become Pakistani nationals in the ATS charge sheet? When this was
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term
Dear Ranju The castedness of the Indian judiciary and legal system is actually fairly well written about, so the lack of implementation of the SC/ST Act is hardly surprising. Well, in its 58 year history since independence, our SC has just 3 dalit judges and one dalit CJ. If thats testimony enough. The same is the question of gender. Since Fatima beevi became the first woman judge of the SC, there is an unwritten practice, where another woman would be appointed only after the term of the incumbernt woman is over. Well, in that context, the worry is about capital punishment. This worry is also pertinent in terms of the fact that most people vulnerable to the policing system are Dalits and Muslims. My point was that while conviction in the Khairlanji massacre needs to be welcomed, the sentencing needs to be condemned Warmly 2008/9/25 ranju radha [EMAIL PROTECTED] it d be noted here that the court has refused to consider this as a case of caste atrocity. that is the politics of indian judicial system On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Bobby Kunhu [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Having been part of a research on the implementation of the SC/ST atrocities act, while there is a sense of relief that, in this country finally there is a move towards legally punishing perpetrators of caste-based violence, I am worried about the extremes. While agreeing with the prosecution case about the gravity of the offence, I believe that it also is a moment to express a collective voice against capital punishment. This becomes an even more pertinent issue given the kind of prejudices that the Indian legal system operates within, victims of this most often would be people from marginalised backgrounds. To quote from an Amnesty study; *As the study relied on reported judgments, it was bound by certain limitations. For example, the socio-economic background of defendants does not normally emerge from the rulings, as it is judicial practice in India to avoid references to caste, community, religion and other socio-economic factors relevant to the victim or the accused, unless seen to be of direct relevance to the adjudication of the case. It is therefore almost impossible to analyse the impact of the application of the death penalty on members of particular religious or caste groups through a study of the judgments. There is an urgent need for more detailed studies, including detailed analyses of individual cases. Other countries have been shown to be using the death penalty in a highly prejudicial manner against individuals based on their ethnic origins or similar factors. For example, in the United States of America the death penalty has been shown to be disproportionately used against African Americans. * The full study can be accessed at http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=eid=ENGUSA20080502002 Warmly -- Forwarded message -- From: Ajay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/9/25 Subject: Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term To: *Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term * Special Correspondent *Capital punishment given for first time to killers of Dalits * -- * Verdict comes five days before the second anniversary of the killings Subject to confirmation by HC: defence lawyer * -- MUMBAI: In a historic verdict on Wednesday, the ad hoc sessions court in Bhandara handed down the death sentence to six persons in the Khairlanji massacre case. Two others held guilty were given life imprisonment. On September 15, sessions judge S.S. Das convicted eight of the 11 accused of murder, rioting with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly and suppression of evidence, while acquitting the other three of all charges. The court found no evidence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, which refers to assault or criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman. While Gopal Binjewar and Shishupal Dhande were given life imprisonment, Sakru Binjewar, Shatrughna Dhande, Vishwanath Dhande, Ramu Dhande, Jagdish Mandlekar and Prabhakar Mandlekar were sentenced to death. Welcoming the verdict, Ramdas Athavale, Republican Party of India (Athavale), said it was the first time in the country that six persons were given the death sentence in a case of murder of people belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Speedy trial Activist and journalist Milind Fulzale from Yavatmal told *The Hindu *that in the cases of the Gavai brothers, who had their eyes gouged out in the 1970s; in the case of the Thombre brothers, who were killed at Kalamb in Yavatmal in 1997 during Holi; or in the case of Pochiram Kamble, an activist burnt alive during the struggle to rename the Marathwada University, nothing happened. Though cases were filed, either the matter was suppressed or some light sentence handed down. This was
[GreenYouth] Re: മു സ്ളീമായ പത്രാധിപ രെ ഒഴിവാക്കി
it is pathetic to compare modi s case with this. need no further explanation. On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:20 PM, rsajan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can we dictate terms to America? It is their prerogative to choose their guests. Did you as a Secularist, applaud America's denying entry to Modi? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Fwd: Please help .....mark corruption issues in calicut university.
Hi All, I had earlier given the details of mark corruption issues of s/c students in calicut university, kerala. Even after repeated requests from students and S/C leaders, university authorities are not allowing an inquiry in this. They say that FORMAL COMPLAINT is necessary for checking mark corruptions. Two *big idiots* - s/c-s/t representatives in Senate(Prof.T.M.Sudharsanan , Trichur Govt. Engg college) , syndicate (Vinod Madampurath,calicut) are keeping silent on this issue saying no solid proof. Please note that the actual proof -original mark registers- could be easiy verified by a phone call. The question is, are they representing Carl Marx in senate or socially backward scheduled categories? Since CPI[M]/DYFI people are behind this, no students are coming forward to give a formal complaint, which has got other consequences also. This issue was reported to many S/C political leads, they are also not interfering. Many people says it looks like some horror story hence unbelievable. Most people *WANT* to *unbelieve* this as CPI[M] is against. So, now we are in a helpless state [ really tired] even after 3 years. A big amount was spent in journeys and phone calls to many idiotic S/C leads in CPI[M]. Many leaders rejected us, as they donot know us personally. Because of this social backwardness only Ambedkar was particular to reserve S/C-S/T representatives in authorities. But if they also stand aside enemies what we can do? Only one leader in CPI[M] came to enquire on this and he died after 3 months[] .[name details available on demand] *Do any one of you know how to bring these issues to attention of somebody having social power, who is interested to inquire on this?* If somebody comes with genuine interest we can bring the affected students to them, but in secret. We have limited contacts. [ for details of issue please visit http://scststudents.blogspot.com] Please post your valuable comments on this. One more question is that, CPI[M] leaders 'almost' cheated high court of kerala on a case filed on this. Then, is it legal to inform high court on that, so that an enquiry will be initiated by them? Other option is of human rights commission. does this come under human rights? Even CBI, did not accept this as complaint is anonymous. DYFI/SFI leads have already threatened many students not to give formal complaint. Some CPM leads want to publicize the reported issues as political attacks. If these are politics based corruptions, why only NAIR's [Arun.K.Nair, Binoj.S.Nair] are sent for threatening students? Aren't anybody from S/C-S/T in SFI or DYFI? Whoever comes to oppose us in this, belongs to forward castes - university staff from enquiry section to examination controllers office, local politicians in calicut university, politicians at cochin[ Mr. Ashokan Mamman Cheriyan, a known lawyer of high court and also secretary of Cochin university - CPI[M] fraction], at the same time see to that SFI / DYFI chiefs are belonging to scheduled caste in calicut university [names available on demand]. We put only that demand finally, please convince one of these S/C leads on this issue by let them verify marks. Regards, GK Vinod. http://www.scststudents.blogspot.com/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Fwd: [humanrights-movement:612] invite urgent
*CENTRE FOR POLICY ANALYSIS* The Centre for Policy Analysis cordially invites you for a *Discussion* *On* *COMMUNAL VIOLENCE: AGAINST CHRISTIANS AND OTHER MINORITIES* At *Conference Room I* *India International Centre* *Lodhi Estate* *On* *Friday, September 26,2008* *At 2p.m.* *The discussion will be joined by senior leaders from the CPI(M), CPI, BSP, TDP and other political parties.* * * *S.P.Shukla* *Deepak Nayar* *Anuradha Chenoy* *Probir Purkayastha* *Kamal Chenoy* *Seema Mustafa* --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term
Dear Bobby, I agree. I was only pointing out that well-written aspect, but not well accepted by our conscience. as far as capital punishment is concerened i have the same opinion my friends in the legal system inform me that majority of the convctd people are innocent i dont understand how we can go with such a system my sister is in SC now. She tells me that how cleverly a judge can manipulate judgements caste, religion, gender, class ... these are the categories not only for academic discourses we encounter it in each and every step in life secular classless, casteless rhetoric helps those who sits and give judgments whehter it be in courts, police stations, media houses, online forums etc. \regards On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Bobby Kunhu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Ranju The castedness of the Indian judiciary and legal system is actually fairly well written about, so the lack of implementation of the SC/ST Act is hardly surprising. Well, in its 58 year history since independence, our SC has just 3 dalit judges and one dalit CJ. If thats testimony enough. The same is the question of gender. Since Fatima beevi became the first woman judge of the SC, there is an unwritten practice, where another woman would be appointed only after the term of the incumbernt woman is over. Well, in that context, the worry is about capital punishment. This worry is also pertinent in terms of the fact that most people vulnerable to the policing system are Dalits and Muslims. My point was that while conviction in the Khairlanji massacre needs to be welcomed, the sentencing needs to be condemned Warmly 2008/9/25 ranju radha [EMAIL PROTECTED] it d be noted here that the court has refused to consider this as a case of caste atrocity. that is the politics of indian judicial system On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Bobby Kunhu [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Having been part of a research on the implementation of the SC/ST atrocities act, while there is a sense of relief that, in this country finally there is a move towards legally punishing perpetrators of caste-based violence, I am worried about the extremes. While agreeing with the prosecution case about the gravity of the offence, I believe that it also is a moment to express a collective voice against capital punishment. This becomes an even more pertinent issue given the kind of prejudices that the Indian legal system operates within, victims of this most often would be people from marginalised backgrounds. To quote from an Amnesty study; *As the study relied on reported judgments, it was bound by certain limitations. For example, the socio-economic background of defendants does not normally emerge from the rulings, as it is judicial practice in India to avoid references to caste, community, religion and other socio-economic factors relevant to the victim or the accused, unless seen to be of direct relevance to the adjudication of the case. It is therefore almost impossible to analyse the impact of the application of the death penalty on members of particular religious or caste groups through a study of the judgments. There is an urgent need for more detailed studies, including detailed analyses of individual cases. Other countries have been shown to be using the death penalty in a highly prejudicial manner against individuals based on their ethnic origins or similar factors. For example, in the United States of America the death penalty has been shown to be disproportionately used against African Americans. * The full study can be accessed at http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=eid=ENGUSA20080502002 Warmly -- Forwarded message -- From: Ajay [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/9/25 Subject: Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term To: *Death for six in Khairlanji case; two get life term * Special Correspondent *Capital punishment given for first time to killers of Dalits * -- * Verdict comes five days before the second anniversary of the killings Subject to confirmation by HC: defence lawyer * -- MUMBAI: In a historic verdict on Wednesday, the ad hoc sessions court in Bhandara handed down the death sentence to six persons in the Khairlanji massacre case. Two others held guilty were given life imprisonment. On September 15, sessions judge S.S. Das convicted eight of the 11 accused of murder, rioting with deadly weapons, unlawful assembly and suppression of evidence, while acquitting the other three of all charges. The court found no evidence under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Section 354 of the Indian Penal Code, which refers to assault or criminal force with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman. While Gopal Binjewar and Shishupal Dhande were given life imprisonment, Sakru Binjewar, Shatrughna Dhande, Vishwanath Dhande, Ramu Dhande, Jagdish
[GreenYouth] Fw: ACHA Peace Star Award for Dr. Raghuvanshi
fyi DR.LENIN (ASHOKA FELLOW) Shruti, PVCHR, SA4/2A, DAULATPUR, VARANASI-221002,UP,INDIA.PH.:+91-542-2586688 Mobile:+91-9935599333 Please visit: http://www.universalrights.net/heroes/display.php3?id=101 www.pvchr.org http://lenin-shruti.blogspot.com/ www.pvchr.blogspot.com www.sapf.blogspot.com www.antiwto.blogspot.com www.rtfcup.blogspot.com www.dalitwomen.blogspot.com --- On Fri, 9/26/08, ACHA-Pritam Rohila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: ACHA-Pritam Rohila [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ACHA Peace Star Award for Dr. Raghuvanshi To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, September 26, 2008, 4:22 AM ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNAL HARMONY IN ASIA (ACHA) www.asiapeace.org www.indiapakistanpeace.org 4410 Verda Lane NE, Keizer, OR 97303, USA September 25, 2008 ACHA Peace Star Award Dear Dr. Raghuvanshi: It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that, upon nomination by Mr. Tanweer Ahmed Siddiqui, and in recognition of your leadership and exemplary work to protect and advance the human rights of children and the poor and deprived people of your area, ACHA Board of Directors has decided to present you, 2008 ACHA Peace Star Award. Congratulations! The Board has directed me to personally present the Award certificate to you, during my and my wife Kundan’s Peace Pilgrimage to Varanashi on October 29 or 30. You may wish to arrange a suitable gathering, along with some media personnel, for the formal presentation of this award to you. Also, please have Mr. Tanweer Ahmed Siddiqui to be available at the award presentation, so that he can tell the audience briefly why he had nominated you. My wife and I are eagerly looking forward to meet you personally. Best wishes, Pritam -- Pritam K. Rohila, Ph.D. Executive Director Association for Communal Harmony in Asia (ACHA) www.asiapeace.org www.indiapakistanpeace.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
