Ya, we received your mail. On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 1:14 AM, Niloufer Bhagwat <[email protected]>wrote:
> Has my e mail been received ????? > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Niloufer Bhagwat <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:22 PM > *Subject:* Re: [humanrights-movement:2457] EKTA Condemns Attempt > toIntimidateArundhati Roy > > Whereas one may have reservation on the strategy and tactics of the CML( > Maoist) and the vital issue that the confrontation with the armed Para > military forces of the State would inevitably lead to annihilation of the > very people they represent which is the real objective of the Companies who > have signed the MOUs , namely clearance of habitations and villages of > thousands of acres and the people ; we speak and write from what is a very > safe distance from actual conditions on the ground . Again while speaking > of the necessity for those who represent the affected people resorting to > alternative political strategies, none of us can deny that hitherto the > present policies of the State and Corporations seizing land and water > resources are themselves genocidal for the vast majority of the peasantry > and tribal people in that entire region extending from one state to another > . > > Detaining and arresting those who work to assist people in the region and > journalists and writers who painstakingly explain conditions on the ground > like Arundhati Roy among others , is a reflection of the absence of > democracy and democratic culture which was visible on TV and in the press > media while referring to the article in the Outlook which promoted a better > understanding of conditions on the ground . The language used in respect of > intellectuals dissenting from official positions was fascist . Some of her > political formulations may be categorized as ' romantic ' and one may not > agree with every one of her political conclusions , however she has the > courage and literary integrity to describe actual conditions of people > wrongly being described as the 'Enemy' and needs our support . > > Once again I repeat , let us not take a path which lead to the conditions > from which Latin America has just emerged after centuries of brutal > colonization . This was not the path taken by us during the freedom movement > against the colonial rule of British Companies .As it is in the Western > regions of the country anyone from the working population and lower middle > classes can be arrested , tortured and charged with being a terrorist, for > planting bombs as he is a Jehadi ( read Muslim ) with impunity . Similarly > at will Christian institutions can be attacked in places where Jehadis do > not exist . > > Some have seriously suggested , with all political sobriety that the CML( > Maoist) participate in elections, even as it has been reported that for > Ward elections in Bengaluru crores have been spent in each ward . Does our > democracy rest on the basis of an election which requires crores from one > Ward election to another from one constituency to another , in what appears > to be the Americanization of Indian democracy .This was not the democracy > envisaged by the framers of the Constitution of India .It is their vision of > democracy , that dreamt of by those who led the Indian Freedom Movement > which has to be restored , not the corrupted version . > > > > Niloufer Bhagwat > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Sukla Sen <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] ; [email protected] ; > [email protected] ; [email protected] > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 13, 2010 7:19 AM > *Subject:* [humanrights-movement:2457] EKTA Condemns Attempt > toIntimidateArundhati Roy > > The just published news report that a "private citizen", or rather a > "social worker", has filed a police complaint against Arundhati Roy on the > ground that her recent essay 'Walking with the Comrades: Gandhians with a > Gun?' carried by the Outlook magazine in its March 29 issue has glorified > Maoists and asked for actions under the draconian Chhattisgarh Special > Public Security Act 2005 is extremely disturbing. > It is an obnoxious move to muzzle freedom of expression which is highly > condemnable. > > The move is comparable with the demand for banning of the 'Satanic Verses' > or the 'Moor's Last Sigh' by Salman Rusdie or ‘Shivaji: Hindu King in > Islamic India’ by James Laine or such other publications. Or endlessly > harassing MF Husain through court cases and threats of arrest for his works > of art. In fact here the implications could be even grimmer. > > It is hardly anybody's case that a celebrity cannot be publicly questioned > or critiqued for her/his public role and works. And glorification of gory > violence, by whosoever, needs be stoutly opposed. But an attempt to muzzle > voice, when there is no case of any "hate speech" or so, and intimidate > dissent is utterly distasteful and dangerous. > We do strongly condemn it and urge the government of Chhattisgarh to desist > from taking any rash action. > We also appeal to the common citizenry to protest against any such move in > that direction. > > Sukla Sen > for EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity) > Mumbai > 13 04 2010 > > Peace Is Doable > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "humanrights movement" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<humanrights-movement%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "humanrights movement" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<humanrights-movement%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. > -- “ Protest is when I say this does not please me.Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more. ” "I am........the Dog. 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