Press Statement 17 May 2010
We the undersigned welcome the public statement of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, the President of the Congress Party that the extreme neglect of the tribal areas is at the root of the present crisis in those regions. We hope that this appreciation of the need to go deeper into the question would lead to initiatives for immediate cessation of hostilities and dialogue so that the process of people-oriented development can be made feasible. Signatories: Justice V R Krishna Iyer, Judge (Retd) Supreme Court of India Justice P B Sawant, Judge (Retd) Supreme Court of India, former Chairperson, Press Council of India Shankar Ghosh, Poet Amit Bhaduri, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University Mahasweta Devi, writer Romila Thapar, historian, Professor Emeritus, Jawaharlal Nehru University Arundhati Roy, Writer B D Sharma, Former Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Tribes Bibhas Chakraborty, Playwright D Bandopadhyay, Former Secretary, Government of India G N Saibaba, Asst. Professor, University of Delhi Joy Goswami, Poet Madhu Bhaduri, Former Indian Ambassador to Portugal Amit Bhattacharyya,Professor of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata P K Vijayan, Asst. Professor, University of Delhi Prashant Bhushan, Advocate, Supreme Court Randhir Singh, Professor (retd.), Depart. of Political Science, University of Delhi Rona Wilson, Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners Tarun Sanyal, Poet & President of Writers Association, West Bengal Sujatho Bhadro, Democratic Rights Activist Sumit Chakravarty, Editor, Mainstream, Weekly Vijay Singh, Member, Academic Council, University of Delhi SAR Geelani, Asst. Professor, University of Delhi & Committee for the Release of Political Prisoners Arjumand Ara, Member, Academic Council, University of Delhi Ravinder Goel, Asst. Professor, University of Delhi -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. 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.
