Dear Sathyashree, Keep doing your bit.Ravindran is too.Rintu is doing his-and
chuckling.Every 2 legged ones need work-lots and lots -to keep all the rest:
fed,clothed,housed,elevated.Work liberates MAN.Work never kills.Lack of work
does-plenty. The British had different ideas when they were up against Child
Labour.They needed"Clever ones to conquer the World". They also were the
biggest slave labour traders.And look at the Semi-slave ones they brought in
to Assam.The Indian "Founding Fathers" who were told to copy and make " Our
Sacred Constitution-which thou shalt never Change" did not dare to write above
in.Now they make big business out of Sarva Siksha Mission,iit/iim/aiims----all
good sources of money for pockets. And look at the devastation caused by
AutoBahns,RiverLinking,RamSethu. Nearer home look at the devastation caused by
57 years of National Embankment Policy. Take everything in -RationallyEnjoy
your Child Welfare Work and come back soon to your daughter. MukulDada
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Dear Rintu,
Congratulations!! It is really nice to know that you have got the recognition
you deserve. I am really happy to know that we are begining to open dailogue
about national migration and refugee policies. let us take up this advocacy
forward with appopriate lobbying. let me know if there is something I can do
and further why ont you take up a research to suggest directions to making of
the policies.... Right now I am sitting in the thick of a minning site in
Hospet (karnataka) trying to talk to child labour in the mines..
Wish you the very best and assuring you of my solidarity
Lots of Love
Sathyasree
On 9/23/07, Sanjiv Goswami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Dear Friends
Yes...it was a grand experience, specially since I am not an academic person.
Getting an invitation from Melbourne University is for me, by itself, a great
achievement, more so since it has been fully sponsored (partly by the
University and party by others) I am sure even Gauhati Univesity would not
have invited me for their seminars as I am not an academic persons and do not
occupy "senior" post......here of course they see what you have to say and
whether it of relevance to them...does not matter who you are.
Participants came from all over the world..Norway, USA, Singapore, Australia,
China, India etc. I spoke about the immigration scenario, the extend of illegal
immigration, how it has affected our democracy and in turn has affected
development. I also threw light as to how the illegal immigration via Assam
will in the decades to come affect the entire democratic fabric in India and
affect development and social harmony and how as of today it is more dangerous
than even the Kashmir scenario. I also threw light on the legal structure in
this regard covering land laws, employment laws, IMDT Act, Citizenship Act
(specially Sec 6A) and how it is a strong and independent legal structure,
properly implemented, that can go to strengthen democracy and development. I
also mentioned that out of the three areas : land, employment and
citizenship/immigration, the former two are under the state list but the Assam
Government (meaning us) in the last 60 years have done nothing while the last
one is with the Union Government and here they have at least done something. So
why only blame the centre......I concluded by suggesting that there is the need
for a national migration policy, a national refugee policy and the need to
freeze the voters roll / have a correct voters roll and a need for a healthy
cultural identity of the Assamese people without any "thopology"....I did use
these terms and gave their english meanings as well.
Anyway, many of the participants were interested in my talk, asked question
about where these "guys" were, what will happen if theoretically they are
deported, what is the detection and deportation procedure etc. Like Hemanta
suggested, I did give an example of the Australian scenario but the moderator
Prof. Ian Copland from Monash University cut me short saying it is too
controversial a subject........
The Singur / Nandigram occurrences in Bengal is very recent...but can you
believe it, the guy from Norway is actually doing a Ph.D. on the that from Oslo
University and has come here to interact and debate on his findings....
Anyway, the University has pro0mised to publish the papers (including mine, of
course) and they should soon be available in the Internet. So soon my CV will
look different.
Take care and all the best.
Rintu
On 22/09/2007, Dhruba Bora <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
Dear Rintu,
I hope your presentation has been successfully over. It must be an unique
experience for you.Pl. let me know what people asked about your paper.
Dhruba
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