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Ashish ----- Original Message ----- From: periyapatna satheesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008 4:44 am Subject: DDS Sangham Radio will start broadcasting on October 15th To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED] Net" <[email protected]>, Frederick FN Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, sajan venniyoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Vinod Pavarala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ashish Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Stalin K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kanchi Kohli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], GRAIN - Shalini Bhutani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grain Board <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grain staff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Deara friends at the CRF and CrIndia > > I can't describe the delight with which I am sharing with you the > news that the first rural Community Radio Station in India will be > going on air on October 15, 2008, the World Rural Women's Day. It > is also a historic justice that the DDS Community Radio, the first > community radio initiative in the country will pioneer the true and > authentic Community Radio. This is a radio owned, managed and > operated by women from the margins of the Society, people who have > been excluded and rendered voiceless in any public forum. > > The DDS Community Media initiative started more than ten years ago > was founded on the principle that media has always treated the > rural people in particular and women from marginalised sections in > particular, consumers of the media and never its producers. In > recent times, it has totally ignored them. Therefore a media of the > people, for the people, by the people is the only way to responde > to this media marginalisation of the rural poor and women. > > The DDS Community Radio, now called Sangham Radio [for some strange > reason, the government has banned the use of the word FM in the > names of Community Radio Stations. Therefore DDS radi has > metamorphosed from the earlier title Sangham FM.] has several > firsts to its credit. It is the first rural community radio. It is > the first all women radio. It is the first community owned and > managed radio. It is the first radio owned and managed by > marginalised communities. It is also of historical significance > that the first authentic community radio will start from the same > place where the first clear definition and call for Community Radio > emanated eight years ago in the form of Pastapur Declaration by the > Community Radio advocates. It is also significant that DDS was the > first applicant for Community Radio as far back as 2000. > > The Sangham Radio will be another link in the historical continuum > of community radio in India. Justice P B Sawant who delivered the > landmark judgement Airwaves are public property will switch on the > DDS Radio. Former Secretary I & B as well as former D G Doordarshan > Dr Bhaskar Ghose along with senior feminist journalist Kalpana > Sharma, Ms Jai Chandiram, Chair, International Association for > Women in Radio and Television and Dr Vinod Pavarala, Professor of > Communication and Dean, School of Communication, University of > Hyderabad and the author of the first Indian book on Community > Radio The Other Voices will join the celebration. > > Hundreds of women from the DDS sangham families will make the > occassion vibrant and will literally echo the rural voices and > issues as the radio goes on air. > > It will be an extraordinary pleasure for all of us if you can come > and join us in these celebrations. > > DDS COmmunity Radio will also be the first baby of the struggle of > the Community Radio Forum launched with such devotion and nobility > by all of you. > > Please see attached the official invitation drafted by General > Narsamma, Algole Narsamma and myself on behalf of the Community > Media Trust. > > With warmest regards > > satheesh > > > > > > Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID get [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sign up now! http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address YOU CAN SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY RADIO FORUM (India) BY JOINING AND TAKING AN ACTIVE PART IN ONE OF THESE NETWORKS http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-awareness (Awareness building) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-helpdesk (Offering help) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-policy-advocacy (Policy advocacy) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/crforum-techoptions (Technical options) _______________________________________________ cr-india mailing list [email protected] https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/cr-india
