Reminder: Ram Puniyani This Sunday April 4 at 2 pm

[Sapna Gupta]

Hey Sapac-ers,

 

This is organized with the help of Sapac members and promises to be a thought-provoking event.  Please try to attend it - it's well worth the time and the drive out to the 'burbs.

 

Sapna

 

Building Bridges Forum cordially invites you to a conversation with

 

Dr. Ram Puniyani

of India�s EKTA Organization

 

Sunday, April 4 at 2pm

Indian Prairie Public Library in Darien

Snacks will be served. This is a free event.

 

 

Dr. Ram Puniyani is a dedicated humanist devoted to promoting communal harmony and social justice in India.  He has been associated with many secular initiatives and has published widely on themes related to globalization and the rise of fundamentalism.  He is the author of �Communal Politics � Facts vs. Myths� �The Other Cheek � Minorities Under Threat� � �The Second Assassination of Gandhi,� among several other books, is a member of EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity), and received the Maharashtra Foundation award for social work in 2002.  He is presently a Professor of Bio-medical Engineering at IIT, Mumbai.

 

Building Bridges works to promote principles that uphold and defend pluralism, secularism, democracy, and communal harmony among Indian communities around the world, including India and North America. www.bridgesofunderstanding.org or www.indiansunited.org.

 

This event is co-sponsored by the South Asian Progressive Action Collective (www.sapacchicago.org) and Non Resident Indians for a Secular and Harmonious India.

 

Directions

The Darien Library (630- 887-8760) is located at 401 Plainfield Road (south-west side of the intersection of the Plainfield and Clarendon Hills Roads in Darien - a western suburb of Chicago). The library has ample free parking.

 From 294 south, take 88 west and exit for 83 south (Kingery Road) , then west (right turn from 83) onto Plainfield road, then left on Clarendon Hills road - the library is on the right side within a block.

From Chicago:  290 west, take 38 west (Roosevelt) and exit for 83 south, follow as above.

- From 55 (Stevenson), exit for 83 north (Kingery Road), within a few blocks, turn left onto 75th street, then right turn into the Clarendon Hills Road, the library is on the left 2-3 blocks after the right turn.

 

Please RSVP: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Harinder Lamba, SAGAR-- (630) 964-2258; Imtiazuddin, CSDI -- (630) 971-9873; Shashi Menon, SAPAC � (773) 374-5754; Rasheed Ahmed, IMC (708) 466-0244; Vishvanathan, WTO � (630) 766-8222

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