[GreenYouth] Re: Call for Endorsement: Letter to Maharshtra Home Minister Protesting Official "Kidnap" of Activists Coinciding with Hillary Clinton Visit to Mummbai

[Mahtab Alam]

I endorsed i fullyt.
In solidarity,
Mahtab Alam
Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR)

2009/7/21 Sukla Sen 

>  Friends,
>
> Today's press-cum-public meet (ref: <
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/india-unity/message/32655>) held at the
> Press Club , Mumbai decided to take a delegation to the state Home
> Minister and hand over the letter reproduced below, which is
> self-explanatory, at the very earliest.
> A formal appointment with him is being sought.
>
> You are requested to immediately send in your endoresements.
>
> In solidarity,
> Sukla Sen
> for Citizens' Initiative for Peace (CIP)
> *
> *
> Letter to Maharshtra Home Minister Protesting Official "Kidnap" of
> Activists Coinciding with Hillary Clinton Visit to Mummbai
>
> To
>
> The Home Minister of Maharashtra,
> Mantralay,
> Mumbai
>
> *Sub: Undemocratic Arrest/Detention of Activists by Mumbai Police
> Coinciding with the Visit of Ms Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State,
> to the City *
>
> Sir,
>
> We, on behalf of the Citizens’ Initiative for Peace (CIP), note with a
> sense of shock and horror and consequently draw your attention to the fact,
> even if already well covered by the media, that on the last Friday, July 17,
> evening, three prominent social/political activist from Mumbai viz., Feroze
> Mithiborwala, Kishor Jagtap and Aslam Ghazi were picked up by the Mumbai
> Police and kept under detention, in two city police stations, for over
> twenty hours.
> No reason whatever has been indicated for this official "kidnap".
>
> It appears that they were picked up to scuttle the possibility, just
> possibility, of any protest demonstration against the visiting US Secretary
> of State, Ms. Hillary Clinton.
>
> One does not have to agree with political positions of those who were
> detained in order to strongly denounce this grossly undemocratic act on the
> part of the Mumbai Police.
> *The right to dissent, and dissent in public, is what sets a “democracy"
> apart from an authoritarian regime.* And we never tire of claiming, and
> not too unjustifiably, that India is the "largest democracy" in the world.
> It is precisely in that context, the action of the Mumbai Police is
> extremely unfortunate and utterly condemnable.
> It is also, could we add, pretty foolish to do so when the attention of the
> national and international media is focussed on the city because of the
> visit by the high profile dignitary. It, we are sure, has caused significant
> damage to India’s democratic credentials. And even the visiting dignitary
> cannot escape unscathed the negative fallout as many would tend to hold her
> at least indirectly responsible.
>
> In view of above, *we demand that as a remedial measure at least a
> departmental enquiry be immediately instituted for fixing responsibilities
> for such irresponsible and grossly undemocratic act. You may also issue an
> explanation and a note of apology as the proverbial buck presumably stops at
> your door.*
>
> Thanking you,
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Dolphy D'souza, Bombay Catholic Sabha
> Jatin Desai, People's media Initiative
> Sukla Sen, EKTA (Committee for Communal Amity)
> Dr. Lena Ganesh, social activist
> Sohaib Lokhandwala, Movement for Peace and Justice (MPJ)
> Anand Patwardhan, film-maker
> Kamayani Bali Mahabal, human rights activist
> Asad Bin Saif, BUILD
> Mukta Srivastava, NAPM
> Sudhir Badami, town and transportation system planner and social activist
> Daniel Mazgaonkar, Sarvodaya activist
> Ruchi Shroff, social activist
> Sanober Keshwar, lawyer
> Kumar Ketkar, Editor *Loksatta*
> Gayatri Singh, human rights lawyer
> Manasi Pingle, film-maker
> Chirag Suvarna, social activist
> Chetna Birje, lawyer
> Sumedh Jadhav, Friends of Society
> Munawar Azad, Awami Bharat
> Maqbool Alam, Wakf Khidmat Committee
>
>
>
> >
>


-- 
MD. MAHTAB ALAM
mdmahtaba...@gmail.com
Phone:+ 91-9811209345

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[GreenYouth] Re: [FEC] Re: [TVM] Re: അശ്ലീലം പറ യാം, കുറ്റപത്രത്ത ില്‍!

[sukumaran kp]

http://kpsukumaran.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_8706.html

--- On Thu, 23/7/09, Sebin Jacob  wrote:

From: Sebin Jacob 
Subject: [GreenYouth] Re: [FEC] Re: [TVM] Re: അശ്ലീലം പറയാം, കുറ്റപത്രത്തില്‍!
To: trivandrum-blogg...@googlegroups.com
Cc: fourth-estate-criti...@googlegroups.com, greenyouth@googlegroups.com
Date: Thursday, 23 July, 2009, 8:54 PM



2009/7/23 Kenney Jacob 

ya ya ... just another decoy to divert attention. 

see this news too: I had said before that this criticism is not limited to the 
particular case in hand. Its about the general decency in official language. 

തിരൂര്‍: പരാതികളുമായി എത്തുന്നവരോടും പെറ്റി കേസുകളില്‍
കുടുങ്ങുന്നവരോടും 'പോലിസ് ഭാഷ' പ്രയോഗിക്കുന്ന പോലിസുകാര്‍ ശ്രദ്ധിക്കുക.
സഭ്യേതരമല്ലാത്ത സംസാര രീതികള്‍ക്ക് സേന വിലങ്ങ് വെക്കാനൊരുങ്ങുകയാണ്.
പകരം നല്ല മലയാളം പറയാന്‍ ശീലിക്കണം. അതിനായി പ്രത്യേക കൈപ്പുസ്തകവും
അണിയറയിലൊരുങ്ങുന്നു. 



പെരുമാറ്റം മെച്ചപ്പെടുത്തി സേനയുടെ മുഖം മിനുക്കുന്നതിനായി ഡി.ജി.പി
ജേക്കബ് പുന്നൂസിന്റേതാണ് ഈ ആശയം. ഡി.ജി.പിയുടെ നിര്‍ദേശ പ്രകാരം
സാഹിത്യകാരി കൂടിയായ ട്രാഫിക് ഐ.ജി ഡോ. ബി. സന്ധ്യ പുസ്തകരചന
തുടങ്ങിക്കഴിഞ്ഞു. ഓരോ ഘട്ടത്തിലും എങ്ങനെയെല്ലാം നല്ല രീതിയില്‍
പെരുമാറാം എന്നതിന് മാര്‍ഗ നിര്‍ദേശങ്ങള്‍ നല്‍കുന്നതായിരിക്കും പുസ്തകം.
ഉപയോഗിക്കേണ്ട ഭാഷ, വാക്യങ്ങള്‍, ചോദ്യങ്ങള്‍, വിവരാന്വേഷണം എന്നിവയെ
സംബന്ധിച്ചെല്ലാം പുസ്തകത്തില്‍ നിര്‍ദേശങ്ങളുണ്ടാകും. ഇത് വിതരണം
ചെയ്യുന്നതോടെ 'പോലിസ് ഭാഷ' സ്റ്റേഷന്റെ പടിക്ക് പുറത്താക്കണമെന്നാണ്
സേനയുടെ ലക്ഷ്യം. 



പുസ്തകരചന പുരോഗമിക്കുകയാണെന്ന് ഐ.ജി ബി. സന്ധ്യ 'മാധ്യമ'ത്തോട് പറഞ്ഞു.
25 പേജ് വരുന്ന പുസ്തകമാണ് ഉദ്ദേശിക്കുന്നത്. രചന പൂര്‍ത്തിയായലേ കൃത്യമായ
രൂപരേഖ ലഭിക്കുകയുള്ളൂ. ട്രാഫിക് ബോധവത്കരണ പരിപാടികളുടെയും ജനമൈത്രി
പോലിസ് പദ്ധതികളുടെയും ഭാഗമായുള്ള പരിപാടികളുടെ തിരക്കിലായതിനാല്‍ കുറഞ്ഞ
സമയമാണ് പുസ്തകരചനക്ക് ലഭിക്കുന്നത്. യാത്രകളില്‍ നിന്നും പരിപാടികളില്‍
നിന്നും ലഭിക്കുന്ന നല്ല വാക്കുകള്‍ ഇതിനായി സ്വരൂപിച്ച്
കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുകയാണെന്ന് ഐ.ജി വ്യക്തമാക്കി. ഒന്നു രണ്ട് മാസത്തിനകം
പൂര്‍ത്തിയാകുമെന്ന പ്രതീക്ഷയിലാണിവര്‍. 



സന്ധ്യ ട്രാഫിക് ഐ.ജിയായി ചുമതലയേറ്റ ശേഷം ഹൈവേ പട്രോള്‍ സംഘങ്ങള്‍ക്കായി 
കൈപ്പുസ്തകം പുറത്തിറക്കിയിരുന്നു. 

മൂന്നുമാസം മുമ്പാണ് ഇത് പോലിസുകാര്‍ക്ക് അച്ചടിച്ചു നല്‍കിയത്. വാഹന
യാത്രക്കാരോട് എങ്ങനെയെല്ലാം പെരുമാറണമെന്നായിരുന്നു പുസ്തകത്തിന്റെ
ഉള്ളടക്കം. ഇതു പോലിസുകാര്‍ക്കിടയില്‍ വലിയ മാറ്റങ്ങളുണ്ടാക്കിയതോടെയാണ്
സേനക്ക് മൊത്തത്തിലായി നല്ല മലയാളം പഠിക്കാന്‍ പുസ്തകം തയാറാക്കണമെന്ന
ആശയം ഉയര്‍ന്നത്. സേനയുടെ മുഖംമിനുക്കാന്‍ പലവിധ പദ്ധതികള്‍ വര്‍ഷങ്ങളായി
ആവിഷ്കരിച്ച് വരുന്നുണ്ടെങ്കിലും സാധാരണക്കാരുമായുള്ള പോലിസുകാരുടെ
പെരുമാറ്റത്തില്‍ കാര്യമായ മാറ്റം വരുത്താനായിട്ടില്ല.


 സ്ത്രീകളോട് വരെ സഭ്യമല്ലാത്ത പ്രയോഗങ്ങള്‍ നടത്തുന്നുവെന്ന ആക്ഷേപം
വ്യാപകമാണ്. ഇത്തരം നടപടികള്‍ സേനക്ക് മൊത്തത്തില്‍കളങ്കമാണെന്ന
തിരിച്ചറിവ് ഉയര്‍ന്ന ഉദ്യോഗസ്ഥര്‍ പല വേദികളിലും
പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കാറുണ്ടെങ്കിലും വേണ്ടത്ര മാറ്റമുണ്ടാകാറില്ല. അതിനിടെയാണ്
പോലിസുകാരെ നല്ല മലയാളം പഠിപ്പിക്കാനായി പുസ്തകം തന്നെ പുറത്തിറക്കുന്നത്.
സേനയില്‍ ഇത്തരമൊരു ശ്രമം ആദ്യമായാണുണ്ടാകുന്നത്. 



ജമാല്‍ ചേന്നര
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[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Read & Sign

[bobinson]

@Venugopalan K M


Its a good practice to delete those email ids when you forward to public
lists. Spammers will collect these mail ids and use them for spamming and
much more.

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[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Production || Randantyarangangal || Natakam Labs|

[renu ramanath]

 hi jeeva,

when's this performance ? the brochure dont give any date, time or venue !

renu. 


 


Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:40:41 +0530
Subject: [GreenYouth] Fwd: Production || Randantyarangangal || Natakam Labs|
From: devakije...@gmail.com
To: greenyouth@googlegroups.com

Natakam Labs Presents

Randanthyarangangal or Dharmo-cracy

A play by
   Ramesh Varma

supported by
Kashi Art Gallery
Burgher Street, Fort Cochin 682 001.

Pls see the details attached

log on
 www.natakam.in




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From: DEVENDRANATH SANKARANARAYANAN 
Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Subject: Fwd: Production || Randantyarangangal || Natakam Labs|



Natakam Labs
'Theatre, Performance & beyond...'

Warm Regards,

Devendranath  Sankara Narayanan
+919885404784


Jeeva Jayadas
Programme Producer
Marine BizTV
Cochin
India
Phone: 09447404280(mobile)

www.marinebiztv.com



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[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Production || Randantyarangangal || Natakam Labs|

[jeeva jayadas]

Ohsorry!!!

26th, 6.30 PM/  Kakkathuruthu, nearby Aroor (12 km away from ekm) for
Media...as per the Director of the Play, this location has got its
prominence...Ita an Island!!!
Dont worry .. they will arrange facility to cross the river

28th,  Kashi Art Cafe', 6.30 PM,  open to all

see you soon Renu...cheerio
jeevs


On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 8:40 PM, renu ramanath wrote:

>
>  hi jeeva,
> when's this performance ? the brochure dont give any date, time or venue !
> renu.
>
>
>
> --
> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:40:41 +0530
> Subject: [GreenYouth] Fwd: Production || Randantyarangangal || Natakam
> Labs|
> From: devakije...@gmail.com
> To: greenyouth@googlegroups.com
>
>
> Natakam Labs Presents
>
> *Randanthyarangangal or Dharmo-cracy
>
> A play by
>Ramesh Varma
>
> supported by
> Kashi Art Gallery
> Burgher Street, Fort Cochin 682 001.
>
> Pls see the details attached
>
> log on
>  www.natakam.in
>
> *
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: *DEVENDRANATH SANKARANARAYANAN* 
> Date: Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 4:48 PM
> Subject: Fwd: Production || Randantyarangangal || Natakam Labs|
>
>
>
> Natakam Labs
> 'Theatre, Performance & beyond...'
>
> 
> Warm Regards,
>
> Devendranath  Sankara Narayanan
> +919885404784
>
>
> 
> Jeeva Jayadas
> Programme Producer
> Marine BizTV
> Cochin
> India
> Phone: 09447404280(mobile)
>
> www.marinebiztv.com
>
> >
>


-- 
Jeeva Jayadas
Programme Producer
Marine BizTV
Cochin
India
Phone: 09447404280(mobile)

www.marinebiztv.com

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[GreenYouth] another piece on Gangubai Hangal- New standards for the feminine singing

[Ranjit Ranjit]

http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/mausam/gangubai.html

 *On Gangubai Hangal by Sabina Sehgal*  Nicknamed "gaanewali", she was
ostracized by the orthodox brahmins. But her irrepressible talent brought
her the respect, status and the financial security she has always craved.
Sabina Sehgal met Padma Bhushan Gangubai Hangal during her 75th birthday
celebrations at her hometown, Hubli.

The story of the little girl Gangubai from Hangal, a remote village in
Karnataka, almost reads like a fairy tale. Except that today, as Dr Gangubai
Hangal turns 75 and continues to live happily ever after, her life and
times, infinitely more than her music and fame, assume gigantic proportions.
Because hers is not just a simple rags-to-riches story, but
a far more complex one, which cannot be bandied simply as one from
degradation to respectability.

Born in Dharwar, in 1913, into a family of Gangamats, or a class of simple
boatmen, the social milieu in which Gangubai was brought up was by no means
conducive. Being a shudra, and that too of the lowest order, was compounded
by the fact that she was born into a family where the female folk assumed
the role of what was euphemistically referred to as "Angavasthra", a term
which, if literally translated, would correspond
to an additional cloth or ornament draped by sophisticated men as a status
symbol; a practice which was not necessarily considered immoral a century
back. Gangubai, like her mother Ambabai, and her grandmother Kamlabai, all
good musicians in their own right, belonged to this tradition. Both her
father, Shri Nadgir and her husband, Shri Kaulgi, were brahmins, but
interestingly, neither she nor her mother, assumed their names after
marriage, or lived with them and their families; even Gangubai's children
and grandchildren continue to call themselves "Hangal".

In fact, right from when she can remember, her life has been a series of
contradictions. Of some childhood experiences in a predominant brahmin
neighbourhood, Gangubai says: "I remember stealing fruit from our
neighbour's mango trees. More than the act of stealing, I remember the
neighbours being horrified that a singer's daughter should step into their
compound. I would be thrown out. Incidentally, the same people invite me
over to their house today and call me 'Gangubai' with great respect. There
are so many incidents that I will never forget--I
remember singing for the Belgaum Congress session which was attended by
Gandhiji--my only paranoia throughout the programme was that I would be
asked to eat my food separately."

And it is against this backdrop that it becomes essential to study the
evolution of one of the greatest female musicians of our times. Gangubai's
mother was a Carnatic music vocalist, but once her daughter started learning
Hindustani music, she gave up her own style of singing so that her daughter
could best hone her talents.

Gangubai's stage debut took place in Bombay, at the Bombay Music Circle,
where she was heard by several eminent musicians. After her debut here,
Jadden Bai (mother of film actress Nargis) convinced her to participate in a
music conference in Calcutta. Gangubai recalls, "In Calcutta, when the
organizers saw me, they insisted that I first sing in a private sitting a
night before my concert was scheduled. I couldn't understand why they
couldn't wait till the next day. Nisar Husain Khan Saheb took me aside and
explained that the organizers had doubts about what I, a frail girl at that
time, was capable of! I sang and was greatly appreciated. In fact, I was
awarded a gold medal by the Maharaja of Tripura. At the same concert, I kept
remembering my mother who was no more, and just then felt a hand on my
shoulder. When I turned around, I saw K. L. Saigal, who said, 'bahut surila'
(very melodious). I was happy but then very upset that a strange man should
touch me!"

Other than her mother, Gangubai owes her musical training to Shri
Krishnacharya, Shri Dattopant Desai and most significantly, to Pt. Rambhau
Kundgolkar, better known as Sawai Gandharva--guru and teacher to many
eminent musicians including Pt. Bhimsen Joshi and Firoze Dastur. Another
strong influence on Gangubai's music, though indirect, was the singer from
Agra, Zohrabai. Says Gangubai, "Even today I love Zohrabai's music."

Reminiscing about her training with her guru Sawai Gandharva, Gangubai
recalls, "Guruji lived in Kundgol and I in Hubli--a distance of about 30
kilometres. I formally started learning from him somewhere around 1937, by
which time I had a family to look after and anyway, it would have been
impossible to live in Kundgol with him like Bhim-'Anna' (Bhimsen Joshi) did.
And so I would travel from Hubli to Kundgol by train every evening,
accompanied by my uncle Ram-'Anna', who lived with us. I still remember
vividly the reception I received whenever I walked down the streets to
guruji's house in Kundgol. People would rush out of their houses and jeer,
'Dekho, dekho, gaanewali aiyi hai' (see, see, the 

[GreenYouth] Re: another piece on Gangubai Hangal- New standards for the feminine singing

[Anivar Aravind]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Ranjit Ranjit wrote:
>
> http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/mausam/gangubai.html
>
> On Gangubai Hangal by Sabina Sehgal

Fishpond Published an article by R Nandakumar
http://thefishpond.in/nandakumar/2009/remembering-gangubai/

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[GreenYouth] Oppose the Proposed Nuclear Liability Cap Bill in India

[Sukla Sen]

The proposed bill must be opposed tooth and nail.
More so, as it's so ridiculous to indemnify the entities who appear to stand
already indemnified.

The suppliers, are all across the board - for all industries, indemnified
from "consequential damages".
It is the "operator", who is responsible for damages out of accidents while
the plant is operating.
In India, as of now, the DAE/NPCL is the operator. And that cannot change
till the 1962 Atomic Energy Act (with all its grossly anti-democratic
provisions) is amended to allow for private "operators". *It looks like this
is a move in that direction, in stages, to confuse and tone down likely
opposition.*

The other interesting part is that, no insurance company insures a nuclear
power plant. That's why all this problem!
That's just unique to this industry only.
The reasons and implications must be publicised as much as possible to *expose
the nasty and shameless lie of the claim that nuclear power, particularly
with current generation of reactors, is "safe"*.

However, *India ratifying the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for
Nuclear Damage (CSCNL)*, to my mind, *is not necessarily a bad idea*.
This is a separate issue.
It is likely to ensure higher level of compensatory protection to
the victims of a nuclear accident.
It is unlikely that any individual commercial entity would be able to do
that. Even going bankrupt.
Even the Indian state would in all probability find itself inadequate and
hence reluctant.
So a collective (state) umbrella, sort of a substitute for customary
commercial insurance, should rather be welcomed as long as the nuclear power
plants operate.

Sukla

http://www.tehelka.com/story_main42.asp?filename=cr010809a_time.asp

*A Time Bomb We Await*

*Hillary Clinton was here to urge a dangerous deal — that the US never has
to clean up another Bhopal mess*

*NITYANAND JAYARAMAN
**Independent journalist*

*Saturday, 25 July 2009*

THE FALLOUT of Hillary Clinton’s recent visit to India could be dangerously
nuclear, literally. Clinton’s India visit had an important agenda – to urge
India to pass a law to ensure that a Bhopallike disaster does not trouble
its victims for as long as the 25-year-old tragedy has. There is one twist,
though. Bhopalis are not the subject of this proposed legislation. Rather,
the ‘victims’ that the two Governments are committed to helping are US
multinationals like GE that are champing at the bit to supply nuclear
equipment and lure India’s $175 billion nuclear market. India expects to set
up 40,000 MW of nuclear power plants over the next 20 years.

The poor little rich American corporations are petulant. State-owned
companies like France’s Areva SA and Russia’s Rusatom are already in the
race to supply equipment to India. But private sector players like GE and
Toshiba Westinghouse say they will not invest until India ratifies the
Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSCNL) and
installs a domestic civilian nuclear liability regime. They want no part of
the liabilities arising out of a Bhopal-like disaster. Rather, they say, the
entire liability in the event of a catastrophe should be borne solely by the
Indian operator of the facility. Like his predecessor, President Obama is
pushing India to guarantee that the Union Carbides of the nuclear world
suffer no losses regardless of the role that may have been played by their
equipment or technology in causing the disaster.

Exclusive liability for operators of facilities and supplier immunity may
have been the norm in earlier nuclear liability conventions adopted by some
nations. “But then, no other nation has suffered a Bhopal like disaser,”
states Kanyakumari-based anti-nuke activist S.P. Udayakumar. Indeed, Union
Carbide’s decision to deploy flawed design and untested technology
contributed substantially to the magnitude of the disaster.

An unnamed minister quoted in a June 27 Business Standard article says the
Government has a draft nuclear liability bill ready. “What this will do is
indemnify American companies so that they don’t have to go through another
Union Carbide in Bhopal,” he said. Local operators, on the other hand, will
have to raise $450 million up-front to cover post-disaster compensation
costs. Additional costs will have to be borne by Indian taxpayers. The
Price-Andersen Act in the US also imposes a similar burden on the American
taxpayer. According to Cato Institute, the free market think-tank, this
could translate into a subsidy of 2 to 3 US cents for every unit of
electricity generated. Another estimate places the annual subsidy extended
by the Price Andersen Act to the industry at about $3 billion.

Ironically, the liability cap — $450 million — is exactly what Union Carbide
paid for the Bhopal disaster. Whittled down from the original $3 billion
that the Government estimated as the cost of compensation, the final
settlement when spread across 6 lakh victims amounted to a paltry $500 per
victim – insufficient even to cov

[GreenYouth] Deadly religion-- Hinduism kills people in the name of "honor"

[Ranjit Ranjit]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/NEWS/India/Honour-over-love-Over-100-killed-every-yr/articleshow/4818395.cms

Honour over love: Over 100 killed every yrSukhbir Siwach, TNN 25 July 2009,
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   CHANDIGARH: Love doesn’t come easy in Jatland. It never did in the
countryside, where honour takes precedence over feelings. Neither Ved Pal
Mor, who was killed on Thursday, understood it nor scores of nameless others
who died in the last decade.

Monitoring such cases for quite some time, Jagmati Sangwan, state president
of All India Democratic Women Association (AIDWA), estimated that at least
100 boys or girls every year are being murdered or forced to commit suicide
due to love affairs in the state.

Sharing his experience, D R Chaudhary, member of Haryana Administrative
Reforms Commission, who had been investigating honour killings, said khap
(caste) panchayats every year force death of at least a dozen couples or
make them leave villages.

More worrying is silence of government and administration in most of such
incidents. This was clear in the killing of Ved Pal Mor as the government
could not save the life of the boy despite orders of the Punjab and Haryana
Court. Instead of taking tough action against negligent cops, the state just
found a scapegoat in the local SHO, who had been placed under suspension.
Social activists did not even rule out connivance of some cops as in the
Manoj and Babli murder case.

In a starling reve l at i o n , Haryanas DGP Rajiv Dalal, had in April
admitted that a young couple Manoj and Babli were killed due to negligence
of cops in 2007. Incidentally, the couple was killed after a panchayat
termed them brother and sister on account of the same-‘gotra’ marriage in
Kaithal district. Ironically, like Ved Pal, the villagers killed the couple
despite the fact that police protection was provided to them on the
directions of a Kaithal court.

In Manoj-Babli case, both got married on May 18, 2007, the entire village
turned against them and the panchayat ostracized Manoj’s family, decreeing
that anyone violating the order will be fined Rs 25,000. Phone call details
revealed that cops accompanying the couple were in regular contact with the
accused, Gurdev Singh, which reasonably creates a doubt that these officials
had given information about the movement of the couple to the accused, added
the DGP.


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Ranjit

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