[GreenYouth] Re: Delhi Queer pride coverage in DNA

2008-06-26 Thread Afthab Ellath
Cheers to one of the most needed struggles of our time... On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:27 PM, salimtk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Straights to also join Delhi's first gay parade IANS ,Monday, June 23, 2008 19:56 IST http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1173042 NEW DELHI: Celebrating their

[GreenYouth] International award for Kancha Ilaiah's Why I am Not a Hindu

2008-06-26 Thread ranju radha
International award for Kancha Ilaiah's Why I am Not a Hindu 3 Blacklands Drive, Hayes (Middlesex) UB4 8EU. Tel: 020-8797.3729 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED],com Why I am not a Hindu by Professor Kancha Ilaiah Chosen for Annual lisa Book Award 2008 to be presented on 17 July 2008 at Westminster

[GreenYouth] Re: somethings personal

2008-06-26 Thread ranju radha
*I was enlightened by Ranju Radha that damodar has to take responsibility of CDIT programs, which could be applied to all other GY members as well... * ** ** *Sorry i m not responsible for this kind of enlightenment* ** *let me meet arjun appadurai or Eseinschadt to get clarifaction today (if

[GreenYouth] Fwd: call for papers

2008-06-26 Thread Ranjit Ranjit
hi friends those working on child rights, please see this... CALL FOR PAPERS Childhoods and Children's Rights in India Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) New Delhi, India November 10-11, 2008 There is growing acceptance in India of the framework of rights within which to

[GreenYouth] Join Protest to Ensure Justice for Dalit students in IIT Delhi

2008-06-26 Thread ranju radha
*Join Protest to Ensure Justice for Dalit students in IIT Delhi* * * *Recently, IIT Delhi served termination notices to 28 students from 1st, 2ndand Final Year of the B.Tech Programs, citing their 'low' academic performances. Majority (20) of the terminated students belong to SC/ST community,

[GreenYouth] AP: Journalists arrested over article on Dalits

2008-06-26 Thread Ranjit Ranjit
*AP: Journalists arrested over article on Dalits http://in.rediff.com/news/2008/jun/24ap.htm *June 24, 2008 22:56 IST Amid high drama, the editor and two journalists of a leading Telugu daily *Andhra Jyothi *were arrested on Tuesday night for publishing an allegedly offensive story on Dalit

[GreenYouth] Re: Breaking the Monolith

2008-06-26 Thread Abdulkareem U K
Though I haven't finished reading, Desperately Seeking Paradise – the Journey of a skeptical Muslim is indeed an excellent piece of work. Muslims such as me would find a lot of similarities in his experiences and observations with their own, when they seek Islam's answers to their quests. But my

[GreenYouth] Re: somethings personal

2008-06-26 Thread ranju radha
*.Night Vigil was another mystery.. Thought it was a struggle that exposed knowingly or unknowingly the patriarchal and casteist hegemony in our politics and culture..* ** *IS IT SO?.* then what about the struggles of the people in chengara. why d the focus change to night vigil is this the true'

[GreenYouth] Re: should I go Gulf??

2008-06-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi friends! Thanks all for your voice and support! I declare not going. Love with human beings. Love with you. Will think of any other program after completing this. http://www.nregs.org/ I enjoy it friends..with your prayers..thanks a lot!!! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~

[GreenYouth] Re: Join Protest to Ensure Justice for Dalit students in IIT Delhi

2008-06-26 Thread sreenivas v.p
Hello ,   I think this should not be taken as a caste based humiliation .  IITs including delhi IIT are  following a stringent form of assessment and this is applicable to all students irrespective of the caste they belong to. Do you mean to say that  there should be  some kind of reservation

[GreenYouth] Habermas Ziauddin Zardar

2008-06-26 Thread damodar prasad
Habermas and Ziauddin Zardar Whereas Habermas is a distinguished hardcore philosopher, Ziauddin Zardar, should I describe him, as a futurist? Habermas belongs to the tradition of European philosophy; Zardar belongs to the thinking emerging in the postcolonial context. Habermas belongs to

[GreenYouth] What values do they exemplify? the past gens

2008-06-26 Thread damodar prasad
Hi, members of both fourth estate and green youth, pls. observe that I had put a small note on ziauddin zardar in both group on same day deliberately to see and how response take shape. In GY, interestingly members came to talk refreshingly about Zardar, where as in estate, there was complete

[GreenYouth] Re: should I go Gulf??

2008-06-26 Thread damodar prasad
A decision made is indecision outdone- ASIANET MUNSHI On 6/26/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi friends! Thanks all for your voice and support! I declare not going. Love with human beings. Love with you. Will think of any other program after completing this.

[GreenYouth] Re: Join Protest to Ensure Justice for Dalit students in IIT Delhi

2008-06-26 Thread Bobby Kunhu
Dear Sreenivas Can you shed light on the stringent form of assessment and the amount of transparency involved. I am curious. Regrds On 26/06/2008, sreenivas v.p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello , I think this should not be taken as a caste based humiliation . IITs including delhi IIT

[GreenYouth] From a Rationalist-on text book controversy.

2008-06-26 Thread C.K. Vishwanath
--- On Wed, 6/25/08, Joe MS wrote: Dear vishwanath as you know kerala was burning last week. If things go like this the very existence of rationalists (ho!unfashionable postivist eurocentric sinners we are)likeus is at risk.All the casetist communal forces of kerala, ranging from