---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sunita Viswanath <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 2:50 AM Subject: Re: Invitation from Citizens for Peace: The sadhana of building a progressive Hinduism To: ram puniyani <[email protected]>
Dear Mr. Puniyani, Sorry for another email -- I am in Mumbai and would like to meet if possible. Warm regards, Sunita Viswanath On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 10:39 AM, Sunita Viswanath <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Mr. Puniyani, > Githa Hariharan had emailed you about me -- I understand you are in > Mumbai, and so I wondered if you would be able to attend this informal > event being organized by my friend Rajni Bakshi. If not, maybe we can meet > separately when I am in Mumbai (Jan 15 - 17). > Warm regards and happy new year, > Sunita > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Rajni Bakshi <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 10:53 PM > Subject: Invitation from Citizens for Peace: The sadhana of building a > progressive Hinduism > To: Sunita Viswanath <[email protected]> > > > Please forward to your friends in Mumbai, I've already sent it to Runki > and Kabir. > > *Citizens for Peace* > invites you to a discussion on > > *The Sadhana of Building a Progressive Hinduism * > > *On 17th January from 6 pm to 8 pm* > at Centre for Education and Documentation, > 3 Suleman Chambers, Battery Street, Colaba (behind Regal Cinema) > > CfP is proud to welcome Sunita Viswanath, a veteran feminist activist and > co-founder of > Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus, a New York based organization. > http://www.sadhana.org/ > > Sunita will be speaking about the endeavor to celebrate the deep insights > of Hindu spirituality and building on its strengths to work for justice and > dignity for all -- and why this effort is, in her view, imperative. And why > it is bitterly criticised from varied vantage points. > > Sunita Viswanath has worked for over two decades in women’s rights and > human rights organizations. She is co-founder and board chair of the > international women’s human rights organization, Women for Afghan Women. > Sunita was raised in an Andhra Hindu family, and always felt that it was > her Hindu values and beliefs that motivated her insistence on justice and > human rights. However, she did not find that there was a Hindu voice or > presence in the movements for justice of which she was a part. Sunita > co-founded Sadhana in order to bring together these two parts of her > journey: her activism for human rights and her identity as a Hindu. > > > > > -- > -- > *Sunita Viswanath* > (H) 718-623-2611 (C) 917-518-2441 > Board member, *Women for Afghan Women > <http://www.womenforafghanwomen.org/>* > Board member, *Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus* > <http://www.sadhana.org/> > > -- -- *Sunita Viswanath* (H) 718-623-2611 (C) 917-518-2441 Board member, *Women for Afghan Women <http://www.womenforafghanwomen.org/>* Board member, *Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus* <http://www.sadhana.org/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights 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 email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
