[The one day seminar on ‘Media and Marginality: Situating The Minority In Popular Narratives’ was organized by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Aliah University and Association SNAP on Sunday, April 30.
(Quoted from the report below.) "Aliah University (Bengali: আলিয়া বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, informally known as AU), is a state government controlled[2] minority autonomous university in New Town, West Bengal, India. Previously known as Mohammedan College of Calcutta, it was elevated to university in 2008.[2]" (Source: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliah_University>.) "The poor condition of minorities in India is well known facts now. Some measures are taken by the Government to uplift their condition. We believe that it requires more than that to change the ground reality for them. As per Sachar Committee recommendation, Minorities especially Muslims, require community services. Thus "ASSOCIATION SNAP", a minority organization is born to provide required services to all minorities in West Bengal. It is a non-profitable, non-political, non-governmental organization to arrest division in society and so, to propagate harmony in the society." (Source: <https://www.facebook.com/pg/AssociationSNAP/about/?ref=page_internal>.) (Looks like, all the speakers who had spoken on the Muslim Personal law belong to the same ideological camp wich favours Triple Talaq, Nikah Halala and polygyny; opposed to any reform. - Sukla)] http://caravandaily.com/portal/muslim-personal-laws-are-most-progressive-kolkata-seminar-told/ Muslim Personal Laws Most Progressive of All Communities: Legal Luminaries at Kolkata Seminar in Editor’s Pick, SPOTLIGHT 2 days ago The one day seminar on ‘Media and Marginality: Situating The Minority In Popular Narratives’ was organized by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Aliah University and Association SNAP on Sunday. *Advocate Flavia Agnes, who has written extensively on women’s issues said that the court ban on triple talaq will prove ineffective as Muslim men may then start deserting their wives. She also accused the media of ignorance over the subject and suggested that they were playing into the hands of vested interests by only highlighting certain kind of reports related to Muslim women.* Caravan Daily News KOLKATA — “Among all personal laws, I regard Muslim personal laws as most progressive,” Advocate Flavia Agnes said while speaking at a one day national seminar organized here at Aliah University. Ms Agnes, who has written extensively on women’s issues added that the court ban on triple talaq will prove ineffective as Muslim men may then start deserting their wives, like Narendra Modi abandoned his wife. She also accused the media of ignorance over the subject and suggested that they were playing into the hands of vested political interests by only highlighting certain kind of reports related to Muslim women. The one day seminar on ‘Media and Marginality: Situating The Minority In Popular Narratives’ was organized by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Aliah University and Association SNAP on Sunday, April 30. Advocate Flavia Agnes speaks at the seminar at Aliah University in Kolkata. Advocate Flavia Agnes speaks at the seminar at Aliah University in Kolkata. In this one-day power-packed deliberation, panelists shared their views on socio-economic conditions of minorities, political debates regarding Muslim rights seen through the conflicting prism of personal laws and uniform civil code, coverage of minority issues in main stream media and issues of stereotyping. A. Faizur Rahman, Secretary General of Chennai based Islamic Forum for the Promotion of Moderate Thought, who was in the same panel with Agnes, gave a historicity of Triple Talaq, polygamy and Indian judiciary. He reminded the audience that the uniform civil code is impractical in current situation as there is not just MPL but several other communities have their own code of laws. He, however, added that instant triple talaq has not basis in Quran that lays down clear methods for separation between husband and wife. The session was chaired by senior lawyer of the Calcutta High Court Syed Shahid Imam. Seminar3 In the second plenary session on media, Deputy Political Editor of CNN News18, Marya Shakil spoke on reporting elections, with special focus on her reports from UP And Punjab. She emphasized on the need to develop agenda of development for the Muslim community but cautioned that it must be done internally and not forced upon from outside. Suvojit Bagchi, Bureau Chief of The Hindu, presented a well research[ed] paper on ‘Is more news necessarily good news?’ He feels that in the age of social media, propaganda has become widespread and it has hence become difficult to distinguish news from fake news for common people. This session on media was chaired by senior journalist Snehasis Sur of DD Kolkata. Besides those eminent speakers, over 20 faculties and research scholars from different universities presented research papers on covering different aspects of the broader theme of media and minorities, gender issues and other related topics. In the valedictory session, Ajitha Menon, Political Economy Adviser, British Deputy High Commission, Kolkata; Syeda Saadia Azim, Public Affairs Specialist at the US Consulate, Kolakta deliberated on media’s lack of expertise on minority issues, and how social media is processing majoritarian political thought, respectively. Earlier Vice Chancellor of Aliah University Professor Abu Taleb Khan had set the tone of the seminar stressing the need for unbiased coverage on issues related to Muslims, while the Head of the JMC Department Ms Ghazala Yasmin spoke on the need of analyzing the role of media in building narratives surrounding minorities. Seminar4 The seminar got overwhelming response from the audience, large number of whom comprised of lawyers, civil servants, academicians and activists. M Reyaz, assistant professor at Aliah University, who is also the co-convener of the seminar, later said, “We are a young university but we hope to play pivotal role in debate surrounding minorities in state,” adding, “We will continue to organize similar programs around the broader theme of minority empowerment in coming years to give intellectual and academic base to the minority question in the region.” -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
