[GreenYouth] Peoples Govt = minimum wage Rs 160
ദില്ലി: ദേശീയ ഗ്രാമീണ തൊഴിലുറപ്പു പദ്ധതിയിലെ മിനിമം കൂലി സംസ്ഥാനത്ത്‌ 160 രൂപയാക്കി വര്‍ധിപ്പിച്ചുവെന്ന്‌ മന്ത്രി പി.കെ.ഗുരുദാസന്‍ നിയമസഭയെ അറിയിച്ചു. കേന്ദ്ര ബജറ്റില്‍ നിശ്ചയിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന കൂലി നൂറു രൂപയാണ്‌. ചോദ്യത്തോരവേളയില്‍ പ്രതിപക്ഷനേതാവ്‌ ഉമ്മന്‍ചാണ്‌ടിയുടെ ചോദ്യത്തിന്‌ മറുടപടി പറയുകയായിരുന്നു മന്ത്രി. അന്ധര്‍ക്ക്‌ സര്‍ക്കാര്‍ സര്‍വീസില്‍ ജോലി നല്‍കുന്നതിന്‌ പ്രത്യേക നിയമനം നടത്തുന്ന കാര്യം പരിഗണനയിലുണ്‌ടെന്ന്‌ മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി വിഎസ്‌ അച്യുതാനന്ദന്‍ അറിയിച്ചു. ഇ.എം.എസ്‌ ഭവന പദ്ധതി 2011 ല്‍ പൂര്‍ത്തിയാക്കുമെന്ന്‌ തദ്ദേശഭ ഭരണ വകുപ്പ്‌ മന്ത്രി പാലൊളി മുഹമ്മദ്‌ കുട്ടി പറഞ്ഞു. ഈ പദ്ധതി പ്രകാരം ഇതുവരെയായി 32,436 വീടുകള്‍ നിര്‍മിച്ചുനല്‍കിയെന്നും ഇതിനുവേണ്ടി തദ്ദേശസ്വയംഭരണ സ്‌ഥാപനങ്ങളുടെ പദ്ധതി വിഹിതത്തിന്റെ പതിനഞ്ച്‌ ശതമാനം ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നുണ്ടെന്നും മന്ത്രി അറിയിച്ചു --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Peoples Govt = Special recruitment for Blinds
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-- Forwarded message -- From: Ravindra Goliya rgoli...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:41 AM Subject: Fwd: To: our-me...@googlegroups.com *Hello Friends, ** If you have come across any bright students coming from our society who have finished their 10th standard this year (April 2009) and scored more than 80%, please ask them to contact the NGO-Prerana (supported by Infosys foundation). The NGO is conducting a written test and those who clear the test will be eligible for financial help for their further studies. Please ask the students to contact the people mentioned below to get the form #580,shubhakar, 44th cross,1st 'A' main road,jayanagar 7th block Bangalore-mob no- 9900906338(saraswat i) Mr.Shivkumar( 9986630301) - Hanumanthnagar office Ms.Bindu(9964534667 )-Yeshwantpur office, BANGALORE . Even if you don’t know anyone, please pass on this info, someone might be in need of this help desperately.* -- Thanks and Regards Ravindra Kumar Goliya Lecturer, Deptt. of Civil Engg. Jaypee Institute of Engg and Tech. Raghogarh, Guna (M.P.) Mob No. 09406588708 -- Girija --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Deshabhimani aadine pattiyakkumbol
ചേട്ടന്മാരെ, എന്താണ് പ്രശ്നം? ദേശാഭിമാനിയില്‍ ഒരു തെറ്റ് ( സംഭവിക്കാന്‍ പാടില്ലാത്തത്) സംഭവിച്ചു, പിറ്റേന്നു അവരതു തിരുത്തി, മറ്റു പലരും അത് ചെയ്യാറില്ല എന്നും പലരും പറഞ്ഞു. തെറ്റിയത് വളരെ മാരകമായ കാര്യമൊന്നുമല്ല, ഹോട്ട് ഡോഗ് തിന്നു രികാര്‍d ഇട്ടാലും വെറും ദൊഗിനെ തിന്നു രികാര്ദ്‌ ഇട്ടാലും ലോകത്തിനു വലിയ മാറ്റമൊന്നും വരാനില്ല, പ്രതേകിച്ചും പട്ടി എന്ന് പറയുന്ന ജീവിയെ തിന്നുന്ന മനുഷ്യര്‍ ഭൂമിയില്‍ തന്നെ ധാരാളം ഉള്ളപ്പോള്‍.പിന്നെ ഈ ഭൂകമ്പം മുഴുവന്‍ ഉണ്ടാക്കെണ്ടാതിന്റെ കാര്യം വല്ലതുമുണ്ടോ? വായിച്ചു ചിരിച്ചു തള്ളിക്കളയേണ്ട ഒരു കാര്യം , വേണമെങ്കില്‍ പത്രാധിപര്‍ക്കൊരു കത്തും കൊടുക്കാം, ഇത്രയും വലിച്ചുനീട്ടി വലിച്ചു നീട്ടി മരിച്ചു പോയ ഇ എം എസ്സിനെ എല്ലാം ആവസ്യമില്ലാതെ കെട്ടി എഴുന്നെള്ളിച്ച് കാര്യങ്ങള്‍ പോകുന്നത് കാണുമ്പോള്‍ സത്യത്തില്‍ എനിക്ക് സങ്കടം ആണ് വരുന്നത്. ഇത്ര നര്‍മ്മ ബോധമില്ലതവരാണോ കേരളീയര്‍, കഷ്ടം കഷ്ടം. നുണ എഴുതി പിടിപ്പിച്ചു പിടിപ്പിച്ചു ആ പാവം മഹ്ടനിയെ എങ്ങനെയാക്കിയെടുത്തു നമ്മുടെ ഒന്നാം കിട പത്രങ്ങളും മാധ്യമങ്ങളും. പട്രസംമെലനം വിളിച്ചു കൂട്ടി അദ്ദേഹം ജനങ്ങളുടെ മുന്നില്‍ പോട്ടിക്കരഞ്ഞില്ലേ? സ്വന്തം കാര്യം നോക്കി കഴിയുന്ന തന്റെ ഭാര്യയെ കുറിച്ച് പോലും അപവാദപ്രചരണം നടത്തി എന്നദ്ദേഹം പറഞ്ഞപ്പോള്‍ , അതെ മാധ്യമാക്കാര്‍ തന്നെ പല്ലിളിച്ചു പിടിച്ചു ഇരിക്കുന്നതും നമ്മള്‍ കണ്ടതല്ലേ? ഇന്ന് ദേശാഭിമാനിയെ വിമര്‍ശിക്കുന്ന ആരെയും അന്ന് കണ്ടില്ലല്ലോ? ആപ്രില്‍ പതിനാറിന് ശേഷം ഇതേ പട്രങ്ങലോന്നും മഹ്ടനിയെ അറിയാതായില്ലേ? അന്നെങ്കിലും ഇവര്‍ക്ക് ഒന്ന് പ്രതികരിച്ചു കൂടായിരുന്നോ? ഒന്ന് മുതല്‍ ആര് വരെയുള്ള പ്രതികള്‍ മുന്നില്‍ നില്‍ക്കുമ്പോള്‍ എഴാം പ്രതിയായ പിണറായിയെ കുറിച്ച് എഴുതിയതൊന്നും നമ്മള്‍ വിമര്സകര്‍ മറന്നിട്ടില്ലല്ലോ? അക്കാലത്തു ഒനാം പത്രങ്ങള്‍ എഴുതിക്കൂട്ടിയ നുണകള്‍ക്ക് കയ്യും കണക്കുമുണ്ടോ? അവനൊക്കെ രാജാവായി ഇവിടെ ഇപ്പോഴും വാഴുമ്പോള്‍ ദേശാഭിമാനിക്ക് നിര്ധോഷമായ ഒരു തെറ്റ് പറ്റിയതിനു പത്രം പൂട്ടനമെന്നുവരെ നമ്മള്‍ കേരളീയര്‍ പറഞ്ഞു കഴിഞ്ഞു. ഇതാണ് കേരളീയരായ മാന്യന്മാര്‍ ആയ നമ്മള്‍ മലയാളികള്‍. 2009/7/8 k u z h u r Wi l s o n fire...@gmail.com 1 സ്റ്റോറി പരിപ്പ് വടയെക്കുറിച്ചല്ല / ഇ.പി.ജയരാജന്റെ വാക്കുകള്‍ വച്ച് നോക്കിയാല്‍ കൂടുതല്‍ ഹോട്ട് ഡോഗ് സ്റ്റോറികള്‍ ആദ്യപേജില്‍ വേണം താനും 2 ആ നാട്ടുമ്പുറത്തുകാരനായ / എഡിറ്ററുടെ കണ്ണെത്താത്ത സബ് എഡിറ്റര്‍ പയ്യനു ജോലി പോയി കാണും .നാണക്കേടും അപമാനവും / അതിലുമപ്പുറം ? ആവോ അറിയില്ല 3 അറിവ്കേട് കൊണ്ടും ലോകപരിചയക്കുറവും കൊണ്ടും സം ഭവിച്ച ഒരു മണ്ടത്തരം / നുണയോ കെട്ട്കഥയോ അല്ല 4 ലോകത്തിലെ എല്ലാ മദ്യങ്ങളും രുചിക്കുന്ന എന്നും നക്ഷത്ര ഹോട്ടലില്‍ നിന്നും ഓസുന്ന നമ്മുടെ ചേട്ടന്മാര്ക്ക് ചിരിക്കാന്‍ ഒരു വക / അവര്ക്ക് എല്ലാ വിഭവങ്ങളും അറിയാം 5 അടുത്ത് ഒരു നാട്ട് കോളനിയിലെ കുട്ടികള്‍ ഒരു ചാനലില്‍ നൂഡില്സിന്റെ പരസ്യം കണ്ട് ഇരിക്കുന്ന കാഴ്ച്ച വേദനിപ്പിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. / 6 ഈ അന്തര്ദേശീയ പ്ര്ശനത്തിലും വേദനിക്കുന്നു *Kuzhur wilson http://www.vishakham.blogspot.com* -- M.S.Mohanan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Deshabhimani aadine pattiyakkumbol
btw on a different topic is there a pettikkada or tea shop in kerala where we can get some dog meat ? haven't tried that yet. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Deshabhimani aadine pattiyakkumbol
എല്ലാവരും ദയവായി ഈ ലിങ്ക് ഒന്ന് നോക്കണേ, എന്നിട്ട് എല്ലാ സുഹൃത്തുക്കളും ഒന്ന് പ്രതികരിക്കൂ ദേശാഭിമാനിയെ ഹിമ്സിച്ചപോലെ http://mail.google.com/mail/?zx=58fkp8ksys42shva=1#inbox?zx=58fkp8ksys42shva=1#inbox On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:59 PM, bobinson bobin...@gmail.com wrote: btw on a different topic is there a pettikkada or tea shop in kerala where we can get some dog meat ? haven't tried that yet. -- M.S.Mohanan --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] The Climate Imperative By Rajendra Kumar Pachauri (fwd from countercurrents)
The Climate Imperative *By Rajendra Kumar Pachauri* 07 July, 2009 *Project Syndicate * http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/pachauri1 *NEW DELHI *– Today, international action on climate change is urgent and essential. Indeed, there can no longer be any debate about the need to act, because the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), of which I am chairman, has established climate change as an unequivocal reality beyond scientific doubt. For instance, changes are taking place in precipitation patterns, with a trend toward higher precipitation levels in the world’s upper latitudes and lower precipitation in some sub-tropical and tropical regions, as well as in the Mediterranean area. The number of extreme precipitation events is also increasing – and are increasingly widespread. Moreover, the frequency and intensity of heat waves, floods, and droughts are on the rise. This change in the amount and pattern of rainfall has serious implications for many economic activities, as well as for countries’ preparedness to handle emergencies such as large-scale coastal flooding or heavy snowfall. Some parts of the world are more vulnerable than others to these changes. The Arctic region, in particular, has been warming at twice the rate of the rest of the globe. Coral reefs, mega-deltas (which include cities like Shanghai, Kolkata, and Dhaka), and small island states are also extremely vulnerable to rising sea levels. Other negative effects of climate change include possible reductions in crop yields. In some African countries, for example, yields could decline by as much as 50% by 2020. Climate change would also lead to increased water stress, which by 2020 could affect 75-250 million people in Africa alone. Overall, temperature increases are projected to increase by the year 2100 within a range of 1.1 to 6.4˚C. In order to focus on this set of outcomes, the IPCC has come up with a best estimate at the lower end of this range of 1.8˚C, and 4˚C at the upper end. Even at the lower estimate, the consequences of climate change could be severe in several parts of the world, including an increase in water stress, serious effects on ecosystems and food security, and threats to life and property as a result of coastal flooding. There also may be serious direct consequences for human health if climate change is not checked, particularly increased morbidity and mortality as a result of heat waves, floods, and droughts. Moreover, the distribution of some diseases would change, making human populations more vulnerable. Because the impact of climate change is global, it is essential that the world as a whole take specific measures to adapt. But it is already clear that the capacity of some communities to adapt will quickly be exceeded if climate change goes unmitigated. To help these most vulnerable communities, it is essential for the world to devise a plan of action to limit the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Several scenarios have been assessed by the IPCC, and one that would limit future temperature increase to between 2.0-2.4˚C would require that emissions peak no later than 2015, and decline thereafter. The rate of decline would then determine the extent to which the worst effects of climate change can be avoided. The IPCC also found that the cost of such a strict effort at mitigation would not exceed 3% of global GDP in 2030. Moreover, there are enormous co-benefits to mitigation: lower emissions of GHGs would be accompanied by lower air pollution and increased energy security, agricultural output, and employment. If these co-benefits were taken fully into account, that price tag of 3% of GDP in 2030 would be substantially lower, perhaps even negative. The world could actually enhance economic output and welfare by pursuing a path of mitigation. The need for international action, therefore, stems from two important observations arising out of the IPCC’s work. First, if we do not mitigate emissions of GHGs, the negative effects of climate change will be difficult to reverse, implying great hardship and possibly danger to mankind and other species. Second, the benefits of mitigating emissions of GHGs are so overwhelming that this, combined with the prospect of the harm resulting from inaction, makes it imperative for the world to devise an international response and a plan of action. Given the challenge facing us, the magnitude and nature of which were clearly brought out by the IPCC, the Copenhagen Conference later this year must produce a multi-lateral agreement that deals adequately with climate change. R. K. Pachauri, a Nobel Laureate, is Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Director-General of the Energy Resources Institute. © 2009 Project Syndicate ** - --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to
[GreenYouth] fwd : Women And Negative Stereotypes: An End Before A Start By Divya Bhargava
** Women And Negative Stereotypes: An End Before A Start *By Divya Bhargava * 06 July, 2009 *Countercurrents.org* We may be reluctant to believe that discrimination against individuals because of their sex, race, age, sexual orientation or health status still exits in institutions in most countries. We also may not want to accept the fact that sexual violence is common in all culture, that women are victims of rape, battering and sexual harassment each day, despite legislation prohibiting such violence, common policing, workplace policies, counseling and training programs exist. Yet this is the reality for most women. The fact that individuals are likely to think of man when they hear a word surgeon illustrates how we all hold beliefs, attitudes, the stereotype that influence our perception of the world around us. Which sex do you associate with elementary school teacher? With model? With engineer? Most individuals still indicates that elementary school teachers are female, models are female, and engineers are male. Individuals also mark the cupation if they believe the sex of the person performing this job is typical. Stereotypes refer to individuals cognitions that typically do not correspond to reality. A stereotype is a picture in the head not an accurate mirror of the real world. Stereotypes occur when individuals are classifieds by others as having something in common because they are members of a particular group or category of people. Gender stereotypes are a psychological process which illustrates structured sets of beliefs about the personal attributes of men and women. An awareness of the contents of gender role stereotypes begins in the preschool years and is rather well-developed by the time children enter first grade. Parents are among the more important socializing agents for children in shaping values, beliefs and behaviors related to gender. Furthermore knowing the sex of the baby conjures up all kinds of personality characteristics and physical attributes even when these factors are not present in the child. Parents communicate their stereotypes to children in numerous ways. Boys are given building blocks, sports equipment and model vehicles. Girls, on the other hand, are encouraged to play with dolls, dolls houses and miniature household appliances. *Cultural images of women:-* Culture ideas, symbols, norms and values play a significant role in the creation of women images and the differentiation of gender roles. The purpose of the present article is to understand the images of femininity in Indian society from ancient to modern times. India, a heterogeneous society, presents conflicting women images. The normative model image of Indian womanhood has displayed remarkable consistency. Images of women have not remained static and have undergone numerous changes. However, certain basic models have widespread acceptance. Various cultural images of women:- Pativrata- unconditional devotion to husband, Glorified Motherhood, Bharat Mata Image. First at the societal plane, the perception of different categories of women is distinctly shaped/conditioned by the popularly accepted female images/stereotypes. Secondly, at the interpersonal level within the family situation, these images frequently impinge in a variety of ways. Indian girls grow up with deep rooted sense of fear and insecurity which not only restricts their social mobility in the mundane day to day life but also often psychologically cripples them to face the hardships of life in general and resist gender based discrimination in particular. These gender dichotomies, flowing almost directly from the popular images fostered most significantly, these images in most Indian families. Thirdly, and perhaps most significantly, these images leave a deep imprint upon women’s self-perception. *Women in Advertisement:-* Advertising has been a prime target of attack and scrutiny. The basic explanation for the critical focus on sex role portrayal in advertising lies in the close relationship, which exists between advertising, the consumer goods industry and the crucial economic role of women as consumers. Generally it is shown in advertisement a woman’s goal in life is to attract and attain a man:-women are shown in advertising as always young and attractive. They are frequently depicted as sexual objects. Women in advertisements are restricted to the home and isolated from other women outside home, man is her favorite companion. Domesticity is the second role of two dimensional image of femininity in advertising. *Sex Stereotyping in the Media:-* Far more dangerous than the overtly obscene advertisements are the sexual stereotypes that are found in different media. The Indian version of sex stereotyping would have all women behaving like mythological sita and savitri- docile, submissive, sacrificing, sentimental, superstitious, and incapable of rational action, their primary duty being wives, companions and devoted mothers. Films
[GreenYouth] Al Jazeera Interview With Mairead Maguire
http://www.countercurrents.org/fgB050709.htm Al Jazeera Interview With Mairead Maguire *By Free Gaza Team * 05 July, 2009 *Free Gaza*http://www.freegaza.org/en/home/testimonies-from-israeli-jail/994-al-jazeera-interview-with-mairead-maguire The Israeli prison guards are denying the right for Nobel Laureate Mairead MaGuire to access her medicine. Continue to email and call Mark Regev and Shlomo Dror and express your outrage over the treatment of the FreeGaza21 while they are imprisoned. The women have no access to their luggage or their clothing. Mairead is fasting, not just for her friends incarcerated along with her, but for the 11,000 Palestinians also thrown into jail, many without benefit of trial. Hear her eloquent interview with Al Jazeera. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] FWD : Iran And America: The Will To Change By Yacov Ben Efrat
Iran And America: The Will To Change *By Yacov Ben Efrat* 29 June, 2009 *Challenge-mag.com * http://www.challenge-mag.com/ Two weeks have passed since the Iranian elections of June 12, 2009, and the storm aroused by the putative result refuses to die. What's happening there is not a democratic disagreement, as the Emir of Qatar described it, but a conflict between two well-defined forces over the country's future. We cannot know who really won the election, but even supposing it was incumbent president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his victory has revealed a deep schism. The struggle concerns the nature of government in Iran, and the results of this struggle will extend much farther than the questionable election results. The huge demonstrations of the first week reflected lack of confidence in Iran's electoral system, not merely because the regime can easily fabricate the result, but also because, at base, this system is far from reflecting the will of the people. Political parties are outlawed, so the choice is among personalities. In order to prevent the election of anyone who is anti-regime, every candidate must be approved by the Committee for Preservation of the Constitution, whose task is to ensure fidelity to Islamic rule. Among 475 initial candidates this time (including 42 women), only three men were permitted to challenge the incumbent. Thus anyone who wanted to depose Ahmadinejad had to vote for one of these. As it turned out, Mir Hossein Mousavi, who had been prime minister under the Ayatollah Khomeini, garnered support from most of those who were fed up with Ahmadinejad and his patron, the supreme religious authority in Iran, Ali Khamenei. What caused hundreds of thousands to pour into the streets and risk their lives? How did it happen that the Supreme Authority lost his authority? Iran is an enormous exporter of oil, like several other third-world nations, and its economic situation is no better than theirs. It is no accident that the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, came out in support of Ahmadinejad. Both countries produce oil; both suffer from chronic unemployment, rising inflation and poverty that cries to the heavens. Chavez is the idol of the masses. Ahmadinejad too, by his way of dressing and talking, his anti-imperialist positions and his relentless enmity toward the US and Israel, presents himself as a revolutionary and a friend to the poor. It seems, however, that many Iranians remain unimpressed by Ahmadinejad's rhetoric. More than anything, they are troubled by the suppression of human freedoms, the cruel subjugation of women, and the imposition of Islamic fundamentalism as a way of life. If we add the economic backwardness of Iran and the religious bureaucracy's control of its oil revenues, we get a ticking bomb. When the regime uses terror against the Iranian people, this will only speed the moment of explosion. For the fact is that thirty years since the ousting of the Shah, the Iranian Islamic Republic has not succeeded in providing its people with a decent life. Ahmadinejad plumes himself with the feathers of the poor, but the location of those who vote for him shows Iran's failure to propel its society beyond the poverty line. According to the meager information we have, it was the urban population – the focus of economic and cultural power in every modern society – that voted against Ahmadinejad. The poor, living in remote villages throughout the country, may form the electoral majority, but their contribution toward building the society is small. What's more, where there is no freedom of assembly and the regime is all-powerful, nothing is easier than to buy the loyalty of those who live on charity. The Iranian protest movement is not a foreign import. Nor does it resemble elitist, reactionary protest movements like the orange revolution in Ukraine. Iran's green movement reflects an authentic will to change an oppressive regime that has impeded the country's economic, social and cultural development. But this movement has a problem. It lacks leadership. Mousavi has been a channel, to be sure, for expressing revulsion from the regime, but he cannot encompass the unorganized currents that have now begun to flow. For this reason the regime will succeed, temporarily, in suppressing the demonstrations and imposing its will on the people. Yet the green movement will prove to be a landmark. The division within the regime between the reformists and the conservatives did not first emerge as a result of the demonstrations: rather, it made them possible. That division has existed ever since the death of Khomeini in 1989. It was expressed in the election of reformist candidate Muhammad Khatami to two terms, from 1997 until 2005. But Khatami disappointed his constituents. Against the determined opposition of the Supreme Authority, Ali Khamenei, he failed to implement the reforms he'd promised: to eliminate corruption and bring more democracy. Within the religious establishment
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Deshabhimani aadine pattiyakkumbol
*Pattipidikkanum Pennu pidikkanum ninnolam parchayamullavar vereyilla - BJP-kkarum, Congress-kaarum chernnu ethokke sagakkale padippikkan kurachu naalayi sremikkunnu. * ** *Ee thozhil ningalkee cherooo - Good luck * ** *Rasheed * ** On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:03 PM, ranju radha ranjura...@gmail.com wrote: deshabhimanamulla pinangarayikal kureyippozhum kerala nattil jeevichirippundo? njan vicharichu avarellam thamas issac enna mara rogam pidichu marichu poyennu nallathu thanne desabhimanikku pattipitithavum thudangaini.. paniyillathe pinangrayiyum koottarum undallo? kottinu penvanibha sakhakkalum On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:15 PM, mohanan MS msmoha...@gmail.com wrote: എല്ലാവരും ദയവായി ഈ ലിങ്ക് ഒന്ന് നോക്കണേ, എന്നിട്ട് എല്ലാ സുഹൃത്തുക്കളും ഒന്ന് പ്രതികരിക്കൂ ദേശാഭിമാനിയെ ഹിമ്സിച്ചപോലെ http://mail.google.com/mail/?zx=58fkp8ksys42shva=1#inboxhttp:///?zx=58fkp8ksys42shva=1#inbox On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:59 PM, bobinson bobin...@gmail.com wrote: btw on a different topic is there a pettikkada or tea shop in kerala where we can get some dog meat ? haven't tried that yet. -- M.S.Mohanan -- The so called caste-hindus are bitterly opposed to the depressed class using a public tank not because they really believe that the water will be thereby spoiled or will evaporate but because they are afraid of losing their superiority of caste and of equality being established between the former and the latter. We are resorting to this satyagraha not becasue we believe that the water of this particular tank has any exceptional qualities, but to establish our natural rights as citizens and human beings. - Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Mahad Satyagraha Conference, December 25th , 1927 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Deshabhimani aadine pattiyakkumbol
athe kodiyeriyudeyum M A babydem makkalanallo pennupiduthathil PHD edutha narikala CPI M ennal central pennupidi idiyan mandan party ennano? On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Abdul Rasheed rasheed...@gmail.com wrote: *Pattipidikkanum Pennu pidikkanum ninnolam parchayamullavar vereyilla - BJP-kkarum, Congress-kaarum chernnu ethokke sagakkale padippikkan kurachu naalayi sremikkunnu. * ** *Ee thozhil ningalkee cherooo - Good luck * ** *Rasheed * ** On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 8:03 PM, ranju radha ranjura...@gmail.com wrote: deshabhimanamulla pinangarayikal kureyippozhum kerala nattil jeevichirippundo? njan vicharichu avarellam thamas issac enna mara rogam pidichu marichu poyennu nallathu thanne desabhimanikku pattipitithavum thudangaini.. paniyillathe pinangrayiyum koottarum undallo? kottinu penvanibha sakhakkalum On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:15 PM, mohanan MS msmoha...@gmail.com wrote: എല്ലാവരും ദയവായി ഈ ലിങ്ക് ഒന്ന് നോക്കണേ, എന്നിട്ട് എല്ലാ സുഹൃത്തുക്കളും ഒന്ന് പ്രതികരിക്കൂ ദേശാഭിമാനിയെ ഹിമ്സിച്ചപോലെ http://mail.google.com/mail/?zx=58fkp8ksys42shva=1#inboxhttp:///?zx=58fkp8ksys42shva=1#inbox On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:59 PM, bobinson bobin...@gmail.com wrote: btw on a different topic is there a pettikkada or tea shop in kerala where we can get some dog meat ? haven't tried that yet. -- M.S.Mohanan -- The so called caste-hindus are bitterly opposed to the depressed class using a public tank not because they really believe that the water will be thereby spoiled or will evaporate but because they are afraid of losing their superiority of caste and of equality being established between the former and the latter. We are resorting to this satyagraha not becasue we believe that the water of this particular tank has any exceptional qualities, but to establish our natural rights as citizens and human beings. - Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Mahad Satyagraha Conference, December 25th , 1927 -- The so called caste-hindus are bitterly opposed to the depressed class using a public tank not because they really believe that the water will be thereby spoiled or will evaporate but because they are afraid of losing their superiority of caste and of equality being established between the former and the latter. We are resorting to this satyagraha not becasue we believe that the water of this particular tank has any exceptional qualities, but to establish our natural rights as citizens and human beings. - Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Mahad Satyagraha Conference, December 25th , 1927 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Indian universities face misconduct allegations
News -- Nature Medicine 15, 723 (2009) doi:10.1038/nm0709-723c Indian universities face misconduct allegations Killugudi Jayaraman1http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v15/n7/full/nm0709-723c.html#a1 1. Bangalore, India Introduction A report by the *Times of India* newspaper alleging that admissions to medical school might have been sold for money at two private institutions has stirred controversy in India. The newspaper has said it caught officials on tape demanding as much as Rs 4 million ($80,000) for admission to medical degree programs without providing receipts. In the wake of these allegations, the country's education ministry has ordered an official probe into the claims. The two institutions, Sri Ramachandra University and Sree Balaji Medical College, affiliated with Bharat University—both in the south Indian state of Tamilnadu—risk derecognition if found guilty, education ministry spokesperson Mamta Verma told *Nature Medicine*. Dayanand Dongaonkar, secretary general of the Association of Indian Universities in New Delhi is waiting for the outcome of the probe, saying that we will decide about what action to take on our members once the government investigation is over. Ramachandra University's vice chancellor S. Rangaswami did not reply to request for comments. The university has an ongoing research alliance with Harvard University in the US. We have been in contact with the leadership of Sri Ramachandra University, with which we have a professional services agreement, and have expressed our wish to see the matter resolved in appropriate fashion, says Chris Railey, director of communications and marketing for Partners Harvard Medical International. Balaji College, the newspaper found from the college's website, was chaired by S. Jagathrakshakan, a junior minister in the government. But after the exposé his name reportedly disappeared from the website. *Nature Medicine* was unable to reach S. Jagathrakshakan for comment. The admission scam has prompted the education ministry to review the functioning of 123 universities, including 55 medical colleges that obtained the 'deemed status' in last five years. -- Gyanendra Kumar, Biology Department, Bldg. 463, 50 Bell Avenue, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973 USA Phone: 001-631-344-2787 Cell: 001-631-875-9189 --- Residence: 16, Harrison Commons, Yaphank, NY 11980 USA -- Ranjit --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Deshabhimani aadine pattiyakkumbol
Move this discussion offlist. This Thread was on Deshabhimani its mistake. I believe it is over by the correction apology to readers by news paper. Please find some other place to express your grudge Anivar --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Deshabhimani aadine pattiyakkumbol
Deshabhimani should have apologized for carrying that story on the front page rather than for the mistake. There were reports of starvation in tribal areas during Monsoon in some channels last week. Then how come Abdul Rasheed’s proletarian , anti imperialist newspaper carry a “thetamastra” story on the front page?? On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.comwrote: Move this discussion offlist. This Thread was on Deshabhimani its mistake. I believe it is over by the correction apology to readers by news paper. Please find some other place to express your grudge Anivar --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: Fwd: Deshabhimani aadine pattiyakkumbol
Dear allPlease keep this as a platform for healthy and creative discussions..and if people want to go on with personal abuses they can always do that using the respective email id of their ideological opponents.. -- Bereft of soul My body shall be bare Bereft of body My soul shall be bare. What would you rather have Oh kind sea? ... O sea, I am fed up I want to be simple I want to be loved And If love is not to be had I want to be dead, just dead While I enter deeper... Kamala Das / Madhavikkutti / Kamala Surayya / Aami --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
