Please find here with the following article On Shri Kuladhar Saikia , Director
General of Police and founder of Project Prahari. The article is being
published in my book Pursuit of Excellence.
The lone Ranger
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The lone Ranger
Assam Police officer Kuladhar Saikia was investigating a brutal killing of five
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My sincere appreciation to Suresh Goduka for introducing me to Mr. Saikia ( it
was in the year 2009) and also to Sanjay Saikia for reconnecting. I am sure
Kula Saikia will continue to inspire us.
ThanksAnkur
On Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 5:29:12 PM CDT, Ankur Bora
[email protected] [NorthEastIndia]
<[email protected]> wrote:
[Attachment(s) from Ankur Bora included below]
Sanjay da - my sincere appreciation for connecting me to Shri Kula Saikia.I
met Mr. Saikia a few years back - I still vividly remember that day - a person
who has no pretension whatsoever , who is ruled purely by a desire to help
make the world a better place - as as evident from his work with Project
Prahari. ( I have attached a few pages of the brochure which Mr. Saikia kindly
shared with me).With the presence of Kula Saikia , we are strengthen and
determined to help Birubala Rabha reaching her goal.ThanksAnkur
On Tuesday, October 3, 2017, 3:11:42 AM CDT, anamika baruah
[email protected] [SupportAChild-Assam]
<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks Ankur da, Kula Saikia Sir and everyone concerned for all your
initiatives.Hope the Assam Government will work out the anti-witch hunting bill
issue very soon. I on behalf of Mrs Birubala Rabha inform you all that we are
coming up with some planned activities against witch hunting very soon.
RegardsAnamika Baruah
On Saturday, 30 September 2017 8:32 PM, "Binoy Bordoloi
[email protected] [SupportAChild-Assam]"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Appreciate the great effort and perseverance by Mr. Saikia in this
endeavor. Glad to note the progress being made.
Thanks for sharing the news, Ankur.
All the best.
Regards
Binoy K. Bordoloi, Ph.D.
On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 12:22 AM, mpbezbaruah [email protected]
[SupportAChild-Assam] <[email protected]> wrote:
Deeply appreciate the innovative governance initiative of Shri Saikia.
Hope such leadership will enthuse other spheres of government activities in
Assam.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
-------- Original message --------From: "Sanjoy Hazarika [email protected]
[FriendsofAssamNE]" <FriendsofAssamNE@yahoogroups. com> Date: 29/09/2017 7:45
p.m. (GMT+05:30) To: kula saikia <[email protected]> Cc: "Support A. Child"
<supportachild-assam@ yahoogroups.com>, Friendsof Assam NE
<friendsofassamne@yahoogroups. com>, "Dr. Birubala Rabha"
<[email protected]>, North East <northeastindia@yahoogroups. com>,
Ankur Bora <[email protected]>, Wahid Saleh - Indiawijzer
<[email protected]> Subject: [FriendsofAssamNE] Re: [NorthEastIndia] The
Assam Witch Hunting (Prohibition and Protection) Bill, 2015
Very glad to see your note, Saikia Saheb! I am sure that our many friends, who
are really so keen and committed to doing good back home and are taking some
initiatives, appreciate your intervention. All of us agree that it is v
important to be up to date especially in these days of such excellent
connectivity.WarmlySanjoyOn Sep 29, 2017 11:30 AM, "kula saikia"
<[email protected]> wrote:
Dear AnkurThank you for your mail. I think we met long back and discussed about
Project Prahari. If you recall Project Prahari launched by me in remote
villages of Kokrajhar in August 2001 to fight against social prejudices like
witch hunting was a first concerted effort to bring all the stakeholders
including law enforcement agencies together. Presently more than 100 villages
have been under this project. It has been mentioned by Government of India as
one of the very successful women empowerment model in their country status
report to General Assembly,UN in 2005. It has been recognised as a Best
Governanace practice model too. In fact Project prahari is being taught in some
management schools like IIMs, ISB , Singpore etc. Harvard University has made
available this as case study on Change Management through Harvard Business
Review link of which is given here:https://hbr.org/product/being-
a-change-agent-a-lessons-from- a-lynch-mob/INS911-PDF-ENG
In fact regarding the anti witch hunting Act in Assam, i was involved in draft
preparation of the Act. Recently State Social welfare board has formed a
coalition with Prahari to work jointly in anti witch hunting measures.I thought
this update on Prahari etc. and my fight against the menace of witch hunting
would interest you.
Kula saikiaSpecial DGP (law and order)Ph 9435049624
Sent from my iPhone
On 29-Sep-2017, at 1:51 AM, Ankur Bora [email protected]
[NorthEastIndia] <NorthEastIndia-noreply@yahoog roups.com> wrote:
SrijutSarbananda SonowalChiefMinister,Governmentof Assam,CM Block,Janata
Bhawan, Dispur, Assam 781006Subject: The Assam Witch Hunting (Prohibition
andProtection) Bill, 2015Sir,We wouldalso like to bring your urgent attention
for the need of Anti -Witchcraft Act.Bihar was the first state in India to pass
the prevention of Witch (dayan)Practices Act of 1999. Jharkhand followed with
an Anti -Witchcraft Act in 2001.Unfortunately, there is no such law yet in
Assam and there is no legal measureto punish offenders. Since there is no
separate anti-witch hunting law inAssam, the accused are booked under sections
of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Itis often treated as a routine crime case
where the culprit is not brought tojustice. At present there is a crucialneed
to use the legal system to battle crime against witch hunting. Suchincidents
are happening even today.We, a few nonresidentAssamese, have been supporting
crusader Birubala Rabha on her tireless effort. WahidSaleh, the recipient of
the Dutch knighthood and Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, earlier wrote a letter
on this issue ( attached). An article , by theundersigned , was also published
in Assam Tribune which had been prepared withinputs from noted author Indrani
RaiMedhi and Shri Preetom Saikia, IAS.Commissioner and. Secretary. Department
of. Elementary. Education. Governmentof. Assam. ( attached)AssamAssembly,
passed a Bill in the year 2015to end witch-hunting. However, the bill is yet
to become a law waiting forclearance from Central Government. There is a news
item published on September22 about Ministry of Home Affairs referring back
some of its provisions to the StateGovernment for review.We urge theGovernment
of Assam to press on with the Central government and bring an end tothe
diabolical incidents of witch hunting.Thanks andwe would appreciate a
responseAnkur BoraDallas ,Texas , USA
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<Letter to CM_Assam_1-20170519.pdf>
