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From: vijaybharatiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Janadesh 2007
A Non-violent Civil Disobedience Campaign in India
Dear Friends
People's Verdict is the most vital manifestation of the democracy
that is because it gives momentum to democracy and also because it
is highly visible form of putting democratic ideas and common
alternatives in a larger democracy like India, Mahatma Gandhi used
to tell that People's Verdict was the blessing of democracy in
his perception, the People's Verdict was an integral process of
self- purification within the democratic set up which used to purify
the democracy continuously but after the Independence, the
foundations of this self-purification process, through which it had
reached to certain heights, started dismantling and with each
passing time, the democracy itself seems to have become rootless and
dilapidated.
Now, the mass movement, which originated in seventies of last
century, with the fundamental philosophy of "water, forest and
land should be put within the control of the masses", is now
asking after three decades for the answers of the same basic
questions from the society and the Government, which were internal
manifestation of the people's opinion. The interests of the
deprived were always marginalized in this biggest democracy of the
world. The mass movements operating for last three decades have
always raised the voice of the deprived but fundamental question
still exists as to how much sensitive is the democracy on the issue
of the rights of those sections of the society which depends solely
on forest, water and land. Gandhi Ji used to say that economic
autonomy would be achieved by making the tillers of the land the
owners of the land. He treated the economic autonomy as the basic
element of non-violent freedom. The issue is still alive in the
context of 35 crore deprives in Indian society.
The Assembly of Deprived is being organized on the occasion of Human
Rights Day 10-11 December and People's verdict meeting on 12th
December 05 at Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh as a call of deprives for
their rights on the resources of livelihood. The objective of this
assembly is to put the rights of livelihood as a new verdict of the
deprived masses in front of the State and the society through
people's representatives. This verdict is to be used as a tool to
find out the answers to the questions of the deprived masses. Now,
the new chapter on the rights on water, land and forest has to be
written through the deprives starting from Paharias of Santhal
Paraganas to Rabbaries of Kutch and Saber of Kalinga to Baigas of
Mahakosal, this Assembly of Deprived is an open platform for their
calls and declarations.
We hope that you are with us on the occasion of this manifestation
of People's Verdict through the Assembly of Deprived.
Yours truly,
Ganga Ram Sahariya (Chambal)
Motim Bai (Chhattisgarh)
Khalia Saber (Kalinga)
Patiya Devi (Bihar)
Sukhru Munda (Santhal)
Manghi Mantri (Chilka)
Anbalgan (Tamil Nadu)
Shanthilata (Kerela)
Mangin Bai (Bastar)
Note: We will be happy to provide you lodging and food. Kindly
inform us about your participation.You can also send your solidarity
messsages.
Ekta Parishad
Gandhi bhawan,Shymala hills,
Bhopal-462002(M.P)India
Tel & Fax: 91 755 4223821
www.ektaparishad.org
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"If we fight, we may not always win, but if we don't fight, we will surely lose."
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SAVAD RAHMAN
subeditor,MADHYAMAM daily,
pooppalam, perinthalmanna,kerala,
india
cell:(91)-9846085873
