[GreenYouth] Re: FW: URGENT - IMPORTANT MEETINGS IN NEW DELHI 22nd July 2009
Dear Colleague, If you really wish us to participate in the two urgent important meetings happened on 22nd, it would be good to inform us before 22nd. As the programme is already over, you may send a report instead of an invite, so that we could read and know what has happened in these two meetings. Solidarity Aryan On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Henri Tiphagnehe...@pwtn.org wrote: Dear Colleagues, We have the pleasure of forwarding to you invites for two important meetings that are being organized in New Delhi on 22nd July 2009. The first is the Press Conference when the Global annual report of The Observatory will be released in New Delhi at 12 Noon . The second is a unique Consultation for Parliamentarians jointly organized by the Parliamentarian Forum for Human Rights (PFHR) and the Institute of Human Rights Education (IHRE) at 6 PM . We will be happy to have you participate in both of them. With kind regards, Henri Tiphagne This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email or any action taken in reliance on this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The recipient acknowledges that People’s Watch or the Institute of Human Rights Education or Sudhanthra, are unable to exercise control or ensure or guarantee the integrity of/over the contents of the information contained in e-mail transmissions and further acknowledges that any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and no binding nature of the message shall be implied or assumed unless the sender does so expressly with due authority of People’s Watch. Before opening any attachments please check them for viruses and defects. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] See this report
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[GreenYouth] Re: chinese flag ?????
ha ha ha comrades are always omnipresent-potent, no doubt. On 20 July, 15:31, ranju radha ranjura...@gmail.com wrote: YES boss sarvam hamee hei On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Sebin Jacob sebinaja...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/7/20 ranju radha ranjura...@gmail.com hey nice one but a secret.. this manorama reporter was SFI/ DYFI activist during his school/college days. Still he committed this mistake. (?!!) How could you vouch for that? Are you the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent one? -- Understanding is a three-edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth -- 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] santhosh has forwarded a page to you from open Democracy News Analysis
santhosh thought you would like to see this page from the open Democracy News Analysis web site. Message from Sender: Id card battle is on in UK. Read on details. ID Cards... dead or dormant? by Zach Woodham The media no longer seems so interested in ID cards and the National Identity Register, as it is widely accepted that a majority of the public now oppose them. But many may be surprised to hear that, despite public opposition and the current economic climate, Labour still wishes to proceed with the scheme. Within the last two weeks, a number of statutory instruments relating to ID cards have been passed (or perhaps rubber stamped by order of the executive) through Parliament, much to the regret of the Lords. The ID cards scheme has been slowly but surely expanding, more recently relying upon a lack of media coverage and the misconception that it has been scrapped. On 25th November last year, the first compulsory ID cards were issued to foreign nationals. Since then, the Home Office has been trying to set up further compulsory trials; though whilst the scheme has been growing, it has suffered a number of setbacks, such as protests from airport workers and their unions opposing trials at Manchester and London City airports, and the Governments problems in finding contractors to produce the technology. These setbacks have forced the Government to rethink its strategy and push back its plans to later dates. This month the Home Office announced the ID cards scheme would no longer be compulsory. It has also decided to delay ordering the necessary equipment for producing the cards until after the next general election, although this is perhaps because the government isnt able to find many companies willing to take on a scheme that may very well be scrapped within a year. Click here to read more on our site Most Popular ContentPlastic sheets and therapeutic foodWe need a positive vision of women in politicsID Cards... dead or dormant?Guantánamo: the United States#146;s tortureArticle redirect --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] A new life for the IMF: Capitalising on crisis
The logic of providing assistance to developing countries is to help them adopt expansionary policies in a time of economic downturn. Yet the IMF is forcing countries in financial distress to pursue contractionary policies - the mirror image of the stimulative policies carried out by the rich countries (and supported by the IMF, for the rich countries). The Fund's loans since September 2008 to countries rocked by the financial crisis almost uniformly require budget cuts, wage freezes and interest rate hikes. The first nine 'IMF loans to countries affected by the crisis clearly demonstrate that the IMF is still prescribing pro-cyclical policies of fiscal and monetary policy tightening,' says Bhumika Muchhala of the Penang, Malaysia-based Third World Network. 'The Fund's crisis loans still contain the old policy conditions of cutting public sector expenditures, reducing fiscal deficits and increasing interest rates - which is the stark opposite of the expansionary, stimulus policies being supported in the G20 countries.' More on IMF's resurgent, but unchanged policies: http://www.twnside.org.sg/title2/resurgence/2009/twr225.htm --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Gangubai Hangal- New standards for the feminine singing
-- Forwarded message -- From: rajesh katulkar rajeshkatul...@yahoo.co.in Date: 2009/7/23 Subject: Gangubai Hangal- New standards for the feminine singing To: our-me...@googlegroups.com [image: File - In this May 19, 2005 file photo, legendary Indian classical singer] http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/respiratory-problems/photo//090721/481/782519b490ff483092a95a0d3d582644//s:/ap/20090721/ap_on_re_as/as_india_obit_gangubai_hangal;_ylt=Ah9yDVwI2wfEmY4yGIkVUQb9xg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTE5OG9yNjVkBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9yX3RvcF9waG90bwRzbGsDZmlsZS1pbnRoaXNtAP – File - In this May 19, 2005 file photo, legendary Indian classical singer Gangubai Hangal is felicitated … Tue Jul 21, 3:02 am ET NEW DELHI – Veteran Indian classical singer Gangubai Hangal, who battled caste and gender prejudices to establish a career that spanned more than seven decades, died Tuesday after being briefly hospitalized for respiratory problems. She was 96. Hangal was put on a life-support system Monday night after her condition turned critical, her doctor, Asho Kalamadani, told Press Trust of India newsagency. Her grandson Manoj Hangal was quoted saying she died early Tuesday. With her powerful, deep voice, Hangal was often described as more gifted than most male singers of her time, and people had trouble matching her strong vocals with her small frame. She was one of the most well-known singers of Khayal, a style that belonged to the Hindustani, or north Indian, school of classical singing. She was born on March 5, 1913, in the southern state of Karnataka and trained under Sawai Gandharva, a respected guru. She remembered how upper caste people used to come to her concerts when she was invited to peform and after wards when food was served she has to sit seperately. She had a strong voice which make people assume sometimes her as a man,there she makes an impact on feminine singing standards, where shrill and effiminate voice is the only consideration for female singers. Born into a family of boatmen, considered low caste in Hinduism's complex caste structure, Hangal battled that prejudice as well as the notion that singing wasn't an appropriate profession for a woman of her generation. She died in Hubli, a city in Karnataka state, where she lived, PTI reported. She is survived by two sons. -- See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_buzz_1/*http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ -- 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] Accused Shiney Ahuja’s lawyer gives c aste angle to rape case
-- Forwarded message -- From: Arvind Marathe arvin...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:24 PM Subject: [CONCERN-IISc] Accused Shiney Ahuja’s lawyer gives caste angle to rape case, says victim belonged to 'aggressive' lower caste To: concern-i...@googlegroups.com Shiney’s lawyer gives caste angle to case, argues victim ‘aggressive’ Express News Service Posted: Jul 08, 2009 at 0205 hrs IST Mumbai Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja’s lawyer on Tuesday gave a new angle to the case, claiming that the victim of the alleged rape belongs to a lower caste, which is aggressive” in nature. During a hearing on the actor’s bail plea filed before a sessions court, lawyer Shrikant Shivde contented that Shiney hails from a “respectable” family and was wrongly implicated in the case. Elaborating his version of “consensual sex”, Shivde argued that if Ahuja had tried to rape the victim, she could have “definitely” resisted. “She belongs to a lower caste, which is aggressive by nature, and she wouldn’t have submitted herself so easily. They are known for being aggressive,” Shivde said. Shivde also contented that the victim had concocted the story of alleged rape and it is highly doubtful. “Rape cases can be easily concocted. It’s hard to prove them and even harder to defend. Prima facie, the case has become a little doubtful. Why didn’t the victim try to run from the crime site, if she had not relented to his sexual advances,” Shivde asked. However, Shivde agreed to have seen the medical report that says traces of semen were found in the vaginal smears collected by the doctors. “Some of the tests have proved that sexual intercourse had occurred. So we are not refuting that part. We are just contending on the allegation that the victim was raped,” said Shivde. The prosecution, however, opposed the actor’s bail plea stating that the medical and forensic reports supported the charges against the actor. “Medical report is strong enough to nail the accused. Though the victim had no external injury, the medical report supports our case that sex was forceful,” said special Public Prosecutor R V Kini. Ahuja’s lawyer said that the actor was ready to stay away from Mumbai till chargesheet is filed. “If the court feels that my client would try to tamper with the evidence and influence the victim, he wouldn’t mind staying away from Mumbai and Raigad where the victim hails from,” Shivde told the court. Shivde was replying to the prosecution’s argument that Ahuja would try to intimidate the victim and witnesses as he hails from an influential family. -- 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: Gangubai Hangal- New standards for the feminine singing
renjith, Pls this video clip and report http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10pid=1960. What a voice.. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Ranjit Ranjit ranjit.ran...@gmail.comwrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: rajesh katulkar rajeshkatul...@yahoo.co.in Date: 2009/7/23 Subject: Gangubai Hangal- New standards for the feminine singing To: our-me...@googlegroups.com [image: File - In this May 19, 2005 file photo, legendary Indian classical singer] http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/respiratory-problems/photo//090721/481/782519b490ff483092a95a0d3d582644//s:/ap/20090721/ap_on_re_as/as_india_obit_gangubai_hangal;_ylt=Ah9yDVwI2wfEmY4yGIkVUQb9xg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTE5OG9yNjVkBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9yX3RvcF9waG90bwRzbGsDZmlsZS1pbnRoaXNtAP – File - In this May 19, 2005 file photo, legendary Indian classical singer Gangubai Hangal is felicitated … Tue Jul 21, 3:02 am ET NEW DELHI – Veteran Indian classical singer Gangubai Hangal, who battled caste and gender prejudices to establish a career that spanned more than seven decades, died Tuesday after being briefly hospitalized for respiratory problems. She was 96. Hangal was put on a life-support system Monday night after her condition turned critical, her doctor, Asho Kalamadani, told Press Trust of India news agency. Her grandson Manoj Hangal was quoted saying she died early Tuesday. With her powerful, deep voice, Hangal was often described as more gifted than most male singers of her time, and people had trouble matching her strong vocals with her small frame. She was one of the most well-known singers of Khayal, a style that belonged to the Hindustani, or north Indian, school of classical singing. She was born on March 5, 1913, in the southern state of Karnataka and trained under Sawai Gandharva, a respected guru. She remembered how upper caste people used to come to her concerts when she was invited to peform and after wards when food was served she has to sit seperately. She had a strong voice which make people assume sometimes her as a man,there she makes an impact on feminine singing standards, where shrill and effiminate voice is the only consideration for female singers. Born into a family of boatmen, considered low caste in Hinduism's complex caste structure, Hangal battled that prejudice as well as the notion that singing wasn't an appropriate profession for a woman of her generation. She died in Hubli, a city in Karnataka state, where she lived, PTI reported. She is survived by two sons. -- See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_buzz_1/*http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ -- 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] അശ്ലീല ം പറയാം, കുറ്റപത്ര ത്തില്!
പൊതുനിരത്തില്നിന്നു് തെറിയും അശ്ലീലവും പറഞ്ഞാല് പെറ്റിക്കാസാക്കാം. കുറ്റപത്രത്തില് പറഞ്ഞാലോ? first read this news from New Indian Express: *When CBI stands for Crude, Bizarre and Ignorant*http://www.indianexpress.com/news/when-cbi-stands-for-crude-bizarre-and-ignorant/492977/0Brinda's submission to the PM: Letter Addressed to the Prime Minister by Brinda Karat on the Objectionable Language used in the CBI Charge sheet in the Sister Abhaya Murder Case Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh ji, I write to draw your attention to a report in The Indian Express today which gives details of the charge sheet filed by the CBI last week in a Kochi court, in the murder case of a nun, Sister Abhaya. I was shocked and outraged reading the report and I am sure that anyone who read it would have the same reaction. The language used in the charge sheet against an accused, Sister Sephy is obscene, vulgar, unscientific. It is an affront to the dignity of women, it is insulting to the woman concerned and also reflects a perverted mentality. The language used in the charge sheet against a female accused invites criminal action against the officials concerned under laws pertaining to protection of a woman’s dignity, against harassment as also against obscenity. Unfortunately in many cases concerning women, including victims of rape, the language used by investigative agencies is often highly offensive. In this case it is the accused who is the victim of the CBI’s objectionable language. I support all efforts to bring the guilty persons to book and bring justice to the murdered nun. While holding no quarter for the accused I request you to send a strong message to all investigative agencies that minimum standards of respect to the dignity of women will be protected. If the premier investigative agency of the country can use such objectionable language, what can women expect from local investigation officers. I request you to enquire into the matter and if the report of the charge sheet is correct, to ensure disciplinary action and prosecution under the relevant section of the laws against the officers concerned. I enclose the details of the charge sheet from press reports. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Brinda Karat -- Understanding is a three-edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: [TVM] Re: അശ്ലീലം പറയാം, കുറ്റപത്രത്തില് !
Kenney, This is not limited to the case. Please see the critique raised by Brinda separately. It is about the obscene language used by the investigating agency and does not take a stand on the merit of that particular case. By any means, this is objectionable. I hope, you have read the NIE news to see the wordings used in the charge sheet. Examination (by doctors) revealed that her pendulous breasts were suggestive of vigorous fondling during sexual intercourse... How could this be called scientific and decent? You don't have to commit a crime against womanhood, just to prove that Sr. Sephy is guilty. Do it with logic. regards, Sebin --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: [FEC] Re: [TVM] Re: അശ്ലീലം പറ യാം, കുറ്റപത്രത്ത ില്!
2009/7/23 Kenney Jacob kenney.ja...@gmail.com Where was this Karat lady when this Abhaya was murdered. and justice denied for her parents... Kenney, The left leaders, especially the CPI(M) leaders where supportive and active behind Abhaya's father. Action council patron was late PC Cherian Madukkani, ex-municipal chairman of KTM municipality. VN Vasavan MLA was always with Sr. Abhaya's father. Brinda herself had intervened in this case in support of Abhaya's cause. This is but a totally different thing. Don't mix the case and the language of the investigating agency. Keep them separate and think. regards, Sebin -- Understanding is a three-edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: Gangubai Hangal- New standards for the feminine singing
thnks damodar On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:15 PM, damodar prasad damodar.pra...@gmail.comwrote: renjith, Pls this video clip and report http://blogs.outlookindia.com/default.aspx?ddm=10pid=1960. What a voice.. On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Ranjit Ranjit ranjit.ran...@gmail.comwrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: rajesh katulkar rajeshkatul...@yahoo.co.in Date: 2009/7/23 Subject: Gangubai Hangal- New standards for the feminine singing To: our-me...@googlegroups.com [image: File - In this May 19, 2005 file photo, legendary Indian classical singer] http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/respiratory-problems/photo//090721/481/782519b490ff483092a95a0d3d582644//s:/ap/20090721/ap_on_re_as/as_india_obit_gangubai_hangal;_ylt=Ah9yDVwI2wfEmY4yGIkVUQb9xg8F;_ylu=X3oDMTE5OG9yNjVkBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9yX3RvcF9waG90bwRzbGsDZmlsZS1pbnRoaXNtAP – File - In this May 19, 2005 file photo, legendary Indian classical singer Gangubai Hangal is felicitated … Tue Jul 21, 3:02 am ET NEW DELHI – Veteran Indian classical singer Gangubai Hangal, who battled caste and gender prejudices to establish a career that spanned more than seven decades, died Tuesday after being briefly hospitalized for respiratory problems. She was 96. Hangal was put on a life-support system Monday night after her condition turned critical, her doctor, Asho Kalamadani, told Press Trust of India news agency. Her grandson Manoj Hangal was quoted saying she died early Tuesday. With her powerful, deep voice, Hangal was often described as more gifted than most male singers of her time, and people had trouble matching her strong vocals with her small frame. She was one of the most well-known singers of Khayal, a style that belonged to the Hindustani, or north Indian, school of classical singing. She was born on March 5, 1913, in the southern state of Karnataka and trained under Sawai Gandharva, a respected guru. She remembered how upper caste people used to come to her concerts when she was invited to peform and after wards when food was served she has to sit seperately. She had a strong voice which make people assume sometimes her as a man,there she makes an impact on feminine singing standards, where shrill and effiminate voice is the only consideration for female singers. Born into a family of boatmen, considered low caste in Hinduism's complex caste structure, Hangal battled that prejudice as well as the notion that singing wasn't an appropriate profession for a woman of her generation. She died in Hubli, a city in Karnataka state, where she lived, PTI reported. She is survived by two sons. -- See the Web's breaking stories, chosen by people like you. Check out Yahoo! Buzz http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_buzz_1/*http://in.buzz.yahoo.com/ -- Ranjit -- 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] (Fwd) Rape As An Instrument Of Politics By Vidya Bhushan Rawat
Printer Friendly Version Rape As An Instrument Of Politics By Vidya Bhushan Rawat 22 July, 2009 Countercurrents.org UP Congress is on a high these days. After Congress Chief Rita Bahuguna’s infamous words on rape, the debate started that chief minister Mayawati said the same things to the then chief minister Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav after she visited the Maderasa in Allahabad where some Muslim women’s were raped. Why were the channels running it for the whole day. Was it an effort to douse the flames created by the brahmanical sophistry? Is it just a slip of tongue or the very psychology of our political class which use victim as a tool to score a political point? Well, if you have seen some surveys on these channels, then a majority of Indians have send roses to Rita Bahuguna. I think this is there way of doing Gandhigiri on channels and feeling happy that ‘some one’ had the guts to take their ‘cause’. Justifications are there that Ms Bahuguna meant something else but if you see the whole social history and later on the post independent India’s socio-political climate, then one should not wonder that word rape has become a political instrument and the person who is victimized is tortured more by our actions and deeds. And I call it mindset of a pervert society. A society which is full of fear from openness and which shows its strength through masculinity. Is not it strange that the victim of rape violence is asked to cover her face and live in indignity and hide while the perpetrators roam around with shouting slogans and taking shelter under various taboos. And this is what I call brahmanical mind beautifully exposed by Dr Mulk Raj Anand in his epic novel ‘Untouchable’, as how a priest of temple try to allure a girl Gulabo who is a sweeper in the temple to enter into the sanctum-sanctorum of the temple where she is normally prohibited to enter and then try to molest her. As soon as the girl retaliates and condemn him, the Brahmin priest shouts ‘polluted... polluted... blaming the girl for polluting the temple by entering into its sanctum-sanctorum. The responses of both the UP government and the rival political party are according to their power base. But the way the whole script is being played showed that the even the women politicians play the script largely written according to the code of Manu Dharm Shastra, a code which degraded them and made them an object of ‘pleasure’. No one knows the plight of those women who become victims and in whose name these political dramas are enacted. The script changes and politicians takes over and make it like a Bollywood scene where the aim of the director is not to really show injustice but to give more ‘material’ to our bruised and unsatisfied male egos, something to watch. Our responses have been crude and humiliating and when this rhetoric comes from women then it become more painful. So, it is a country where the laws are made in such a way where the victim is more victimized and those who do it walk with their head high. Just as section 377 was set aside by Delhi High Court, many of the activists, including those claiming to work for social justice, felt that by allowing the homosexual to do things according to their choices would amount to breaking of our social relations and that we are a society based society and individuals do not matter. Why individual should do not matter? How can a society be developed by killing an individual. Dr Ambedkar said about Indian society: ‘The Indian society does not consist of individuals. It consists of innumerable collections of castes, which are exclusive in their life and have no common experience to share and have no bond of sympathy. Given this fact, it is not necessary to argue the point. The existence of caste system is a standing denial of the existence of those ideals of society and of democracy.” Once we understand this feeling of Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar, we can easily analyse the root cause of our structural problems influenced by the brahmanical social order where for different set of rules and punishment meant for different communities. Therefore a rape committed by a Brahmin would definitely not attract the same punishment as done by some other community. The atrocious laws and social taboos in our societies have turned against individuals and those who challenge to live according to their own life style face the brutality by the society. One should not therefore be amused about our whole marriage system and how it is an event to ‘celebrate’ and show your ‘strength’ and ‘power’ in the village rather than being an entirely private event of a few. And there are communities and traditions when you celebrate the first night ‘victory’. Also, communities have their way defined how to find the next morning whether the girl was a virgin or not. It is therefore not ironical that during a mass marriage ceremony in Madhya Pradesh that the doctors were called to testify the girls after two of them developed
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2009/7/23 Kenney Jacob kenney.ja...@gmail.com 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 -- Understanding is a three-edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: [FEC] Re: [TVM] Re: അശ്ലീലം പറ യാം, കുറ്റപത്രത്ത ില്!
poleesu nannayal poleecinu kollam! 2009/7/23 Sebin Jacob sebinaja...@gmail.com 2009/7/23 Kenney Jacob kenney.ja...@gmail.com 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 -- Understanding is a three-edged sword: your side, their side, and the truth -- 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] Fwd: [humanrights-movement:1862] Join Protest Demo at the NHRC against its farcical report on the Batla House 'encounter'
-- Forwarded message -- From: manisha sethi manisha.se...@gmail.com *Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Group (JTSG)* *All India Students’ Association (AISA) and Association for the Protection of Civil Rights (APCR)* *Appeal to you to * *Join Protest Demonstration* *Against the NHRC’s Farcical ‘Enquiry’ into the Batla House ‘Encounter’* *For Truth and Justice* *Reject the NHRC’s Partisan Conclusions* *Venue: NHRC, Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi * *4 pm, 24th July, Friday* * * *Contact:* *Tanweer Fazal (9968822925) for JTSG* *Aslam Khan (9990748079) for AISA* *Mahtab Alam (9811209345) for APCR* --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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: [humanrights-movement:1861] Statement on the NHRC report on the alleged encounter at Batla house
-- Forwarded message -- From: Harsh Kapoor aiin...@gmail.com http://www.anhadin.net/article84.html Media Release - 23 July 2009 Statement on the NHRC report on the alleged encounter at Batla house On 20th May, the Delhi High Court, acting on a petition filed by the People’s union for democratic rights and Anhad, had asked the National Human rights commission to conduct their own inqury into the alleged Batla House encounter of September 2008 and give a report upon it. This order of the High Court was made after the High Court was shown reports of four independent organisations into the encounter, including the report of PUDR, the Delhi union of journalists, the Jamia Teachers Solidarity group, all of which seriously questioned the version of the Delhi police regarding the encounter. These reports and the petition filed by the PUDR had pointed out several specific problems with the version of the Delhi police. In particular, the following questions were raised about the version of the Delhi police. 1. If these boys were killed in a genuine encounter, how did the 17-year-old boy Sajid have four bullet holes on the top of his head, which could only happen if the boy was made to sit down and shot from above. 2. How is the skin peeled off from Atif’s back? This was clearly visible in the photograph taken before his burial which is annexed to the PUDR petition. Obviously Atif had been tortured before being killed. 3. How are the other blunt injuries on the bodies of the boys explained by the police version of the encounter? 4. If the police knew in advance (as they claimed) that these boys in the flat were the terrorists involved in the Delhi and other bomb blasts, why did Inspector Sharma go in without a bullet proof vest? 5. How could 2 of the boys escape from the flat which had only one exit (two doors next to each other) and from a building which had only one exit? It was expected that in these circumstances, the NHRC, would conduct its own investigation into the matter. The report dated 20th July 2009 of the NHRC given to the High Court on 22nd July, however shows that far from conducting any investigation into the matter, the NHRC has merely relied upon the Police reports for their report. They have not even examined or investigated the above questions which were squarely raised in the PUDR petition on which the High Court order was issued to the NHRC. They have not even examined Saif, the third boy picked up by the police from the flat, nor even any of the witnesses of the Batla house area who had deposed before the People’s Tribunal. They have just swallowed the police version hook, line and sinker. And this is despite the fact that there has been no independant police investigation or even a Magisterial enquiry into the encounter as mandated by the NHRC’s own guidelines. It is extremely unfortunate that the premier Human Rights Body set up to investigate Human Rights violations is becoming a rubber stamp for the police. The same attitude of the NHRC was evident when the Supreme Court asked the NHRC to investigate allegations of Rape and Murder against the Salwa Judum. The NHRC send a team of essentially police officers who spoke mainly to the local police and other officials and gave a white washing report. The time has come to seriously reexamine the manner of appointment of members of the NHRC and its powers. The present system of appointment by a committee of Prime Minister, Home Minister, Speaker and Leader of Opposition etc. is not working satisfactorily. All of them seem to want a toothless and tame body which will not question those in power. Since the NHRC report does not address or answer the disquieting questions raised by the several independent fact finding reports about encounter, it is therefore essential that there be an investigation into the encounter by an SIT appointed by the Delhi HIgh Court. Signed by: Shabnam Hashmi (Anhad) Moushumi Basu (Secretary, PUDR) Dr. Anoop Saraya (Jan Hastakshep) Harsh Mander (Director, Center for Equity Studies) Sreerekha Tanvir Fazar (Jamia Teachers Solidarity Group) Colin Gonsalves (Director, Human Rights Law Network) Arundhati Roy (Writer) Kavita Krishnan (CPI ML Liberation) Kamini Jaiswal (Advocate) Mehtab Alam (Association for the protection of democratic rights) Prashant Bhushan (Advocate) Harsh Dobhal (Human Rights Law network) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Concerned Citizens' Response on NHRC Report on Batla House Encounter
Media Release 23 July 2009 On 20th May, the Delhi High Court, acting on a petition filed by the People’s union for democratic rights and Anhad, had asked the National Human rights commission to conduct their own inqury into the alleged Batla House encounter of September 2008 and give a report upon it. This order of the High Court was made after the High Court was shown reports of four independent organisations into the encounter, including the report of PUDR, the Delhi union of journalists, the Jamia Teachers Solidarity group, all of which seriously questioned the version of the Delhi police regarding the encounter. These reports and the petition filed by the PUDR had pointed out several specific problems with the version of the Delhi police. In particular, the following questions were raised about the version of the Delhi police. 1. If these boys were killed in a genuine encounter, how did the 17-year-old boy Sajid have four bullet holes on the top of his head, which could only happen if the boy was made to sit down and shot from above. 2. How is the skin peeled off from Atif’s back? This was clearly visible in the photograph taken before his burial which is annexed to the PUDR petition. Obviously Atif had been tortured before being killed. 3. How are the other blunt injuries on the bodies of the boys explained by the police version of the encounter? 4. If the police knew in advance (as they claimed) that these boys in the flat were the terrorists involved in the Delhi and other bomb blasts, why did Inspector Sharma go in without a bullet proof vest? 5. How could 2 of the boys escape from the flat which had only one exit (two doors next to each other) and from a building which had only one exit? It was expected that in these circumstances, the NHRC, would conduct its own investigation into the matter. The report dated 20th July 2009 of the NHRC given to the High Court on 22nd July, however shows that far from conducting any investigation into the matter, the NHRC has merely relied upon the Police reports for their report. They have not even examined or investigated the above questions which were squarely raised in the PUDR petition on which the High Court order was issued to the NHRC. They have not even examined Saif, the third boy picked up by the police from the flat, nor even any of the witnesses of the Batla house area who had deposed before the People’s Tribunal. They have just swallowed the police version hook, line and sinker. And this is despite the fact that there has been no independant police investigation or even a Magisterial enquiry into the encounter as mandated by the NHRC’s own guidelines. It is extremely unfortunate that the premier Human Rights Body set up to investigate Human Rights violations is becoming a rubber stamp for the police. The same attitude of the NHRC was evident when the Supreme Court asked the NHRC to investigate allegations of Rape and Murder against the Salwa Judum. The NHRC send a team of essentially police officers who spoke mainly to the local police and other officials and gave a white washing report. The time has come to seriously reexamine the manner of appointment of members of the NHRC and its powers. The present system of appointment by a committee of Prime Minister, Home Minister, Speaker and Leader of Opposition etc. is not working satisfactorily. All of them seem to want a toothless and tame body which will not question those in power. Since the NHRC report does not address or answer the disquieting questions raised by the several independent fact finding reports about encounter, it is therefore essential that there be an investigation into the encounter by an SIT appointed by the Delhi HIgh Court. Signed by: Shabnam Hashmi (Anhad) Moushumi Basu (Secretary, PUDR) Dr. Anoop Saraya (Jan Hastakshep) Harsh Mander (Director, Center for Equity Studies) Sreerekha Tanvir Fazar (Jamia Teachers Solidarity Group) Colin Gonsalves (Director, Human Rights Law Network) Arundhati Roy (Writer) Kavita Krishnan (CPI ML Liberation) Kamini Jaiswal (Advocate) Mehtab Alam (Association for the protection of democratic rights) Prashant Bhushan (Advocate) Harsh Dobhal (Human Rights Law network) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 Greeks and Greek Love
The Greeks and Greek Love ** *Written by* James Davidsonhttp://www.randomhouse.com/acmart/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=6480[image: Author Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by James Davidson]http://www.randomhouse.com/author/at.pperl?authorid=6480action=age_check about this book For nearly two thousand years, historians have treated the subject of homosexuality in ancient Greece with apology, embarrassment, or outright denial. Now classics scholar James Davidson offers a brilliant, unblushing exploration of the passion that permeated Greek civilization. Using homosexuality as a lens, Davidson sheds new light on every aspect of Greek culture, from politics and religion to art and war. With stunning erudition and irresistible wit–and without moral judgment–Davidson has written the first major examination of homosexuality in ancient Greece since the dawn of the modern gay rights movement. What exactly did same-sex love mean in a culture that had no word or concept comparable to our term “homosexuality”? How sexual were these attachments? When Greeks spoke of love between men and boys, how young were the boys, how old were the men? Drawing on examples from philosophy, poetry, drama, history, and vase painting, Davidson provides fascinating answers to questions that have vexed scholars for generations. To begin, he defines the essential Greek words for romantic love–eros, pothos, philia–and explores the shades of emotion and passion embodied in each. Then, exploding the myth of Greek “boy love,” Davidson shows that Greek same-sex pairs were in fact often of the same generation, with boys under eighteen zealously separated from older boys and men. Davidson argues that the essence of Greek homosexuality was “besottedness”–falling head over heels and “making a great big song and dance about it,” though sex was certainly not excluded. With refreshing candor, humor, and an astonishing command of Greek culture, Davidson examines how this passion played out in the myths of Ganymede and Cephalus, in the lives of archetypal Greek heroes such as Achilles, Heracles, and Alexander, in the politics of Athens and the army of lovers that defended Thebes. He considers the sexual peculiarities of Sparta and Crete, the legend and truth surrounding Sappho, and the relationship between Greek athletics and sexuality. Writing with the energy, vitality, and irony that the subject deserves, Davidson has elucidated the ruling passion of classical antiquity. Ultimately The Greeks and Greek Love is about how desire–homosexual and heterosexual–is embodied in human civilization. At once scholarly and entertaining, this is a book that sheds as much light on our own world as on the world of Homer, Plato, and Alexander. Praise from the UK: “A highly erudite work of social and cultural history.” —*The Guardian* (London) “[A] massive work of research, reflection and surprise.” —*Daily Telegraph* (London) “Massively informed and informative . . . [a] vital and outstanding study.” —*The Spectator* (London) “A landmark in gay studies . . . James Davidson’s revisionist account emerges with winning charm.” *—Time Out London* -- Maya S. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] ‘Respectable’ Shiney and ‘lower caste’ maid !? new ROUND TABLE post
http://blog.insightyv.com/?p=419cpage=1#comment-296 ‘Respectable’ Shiney and ‘lower caste’ maid !? By *Gyanendra Kumar* [image: 090618135412_shiney_police226] Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja’s lawyer on Tuesday gave a new angle to the case, claiming that the victim of the alleged rape belongs to a lower caste, which is “aggressive” in nature. During a hearing on the actor’s bail plea filed before a sessions court, lawyer Shrikant Shivde contented that Shiney hails from a “respectable” family and was wrongly implicated in the case. Elaborating his version of “consensual sex”, Shivde argued that if Ahuja had tried to rape the victim, she could have “definitely” resisted. “She belongs to a lower caste, which is aggressive by nature, and she wouldn’t have submitted herself so easily. They are known for being aggressive,” Shivde said. News Courtesy: http://www.expressindia.com Photo Courtesy: www.urdunewseurope.com -- 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] Harvard professor's arrest spotlights racial profiling in the US
-- Forwarded message -- From: Gyanendra Kumar gyanendr...@gmail.com Date: 2009/7/24 Subject: Harvard professor's arrest spotlights racial profiling in the US To: our-media our-me...@googlegroups.com, aim_...@googlegroups.com On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Arvind Marathe arvin...@gmail.com wrote: The pitfalls of racial profiling in Cambridge Ed Pilkington Being a highly respected scholar was not enough to stop Henry Louis Gates Jr. from being arrested for entering his own home. Note to all police officers in Cambridge, Massachusetts: if you absolutely do have to arrest an African-American man on suspicion of breaking into a house that turns out to be his own home then please, please make sure it is not Henry Louis Gates Jr. To say the Cambridge force had egg on its face on Tuesday does a massive injustice to the scale of its embarrassment. One of its sergeants had arrested, handcuffed and locked in a cell for four hours, arguably the most highly respected scholar of African-American history in America. Prolific writer, TV presenter, director of Harvard’s WEB Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, friend of Oprah Winfrey — the list of Mr. Gates’s connections and achievements goes on. But when Mr. Gates returned last Thursday to his leafy Harvard home from a trip to China filming his latest TV documentary, he was, well, just another African-American man seemingly engaged in nefarious activities. It was the early afternoon when Mr. Gates (58) reached his house in a taxi . The front door had been damaged and he could not get in, so he entered through the back door, disabled the alarm and then again tried to push open the front door with the help of the (North African) driver. A (white) woman walking by saw an African-American man trying to force the door and leapt to the kind of assumptions that Mr. Gates has chronicled over many years. She called 911, and then hapless Sgt. James Crowley turned up. By then Mr. Gates, settling back home, was calling Harvard’s property section to report the faulty door. Sgt. Crowley asked him to step outside as he was investigating a report of a break-in. “Why, because I’m a black man in America?” Mr. Gates asked, according to Sgt. Crowley’s police report, refusing to leave his front room. Asked to prove it was his own home, Mr. Gates showed his Harvard ID and local driving licence. In return, Mr. Gates asked Sgt. Crowley for his name and badge number. In his report, Sgt. Crowley said Mr. Gates accused him of being a racist police officer and told him he had no idea who he was messing with. The officer wrote that when asked Gates to step outside again, he was told: “Ya, I’ll speak with your mama outside.” “I was quite surprised and confused with the behaviour,” the sergeant said. He called officers from Cambridge and Harvard’s own police. Mr. Gates was arrested for “loud and tumultuous behaviour”. Later, Mr. Gates said he was “appalled that any American could be treated as capriciously by an individual police officer”. “There are one million black men in jail in this country and last Thursday I was one of them,” he told the Washington Post. “This is outrageous and that this is how poor black men across the country are treated everyday in the criminal justice system. It’s one thing to write about it, but altogether another to experience it.” As news spread of the arrest, friends and colleagues rallied to Mr. Gates’s side. He was offered the legal help of Charles Ogletree, a Harvard law professor and friend of Barack Obama. Lawrence Bobo, a Harvard sociologist, rushed to the station and drove him home after Mr. Gates was allowed out on $40 bail. Within hours of news breaking of the arrest, the Cambridge police had dropped all charges. The force said the “regrettable and unfortunate” incident should not be seen as demeaning the character and reputation of Mr. Gates or the character of the police. Mr. Gates is fond, though, of quoting an observation from Bert Williams, an early 20th century African-American entertainer: “It’s no disgrace to be coloured. But it is awfully inconvenient.” — © Guardian Newspapers Limited, 2009 -- 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] Fwd: Read Sign
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[GreenYouth] Fwd: [humanrights-movement:1861] Statement on the NHRC report on the alleged encounter at Batla house
-- Forwarded message -- From: Harsh Kapoor aiin...@gmail.com Date: Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:57 PM Subject: [humanrights-movement:1861] Statement on the NHRC report on the alleged encounter at Batla house To: humanrights-movem...@googlegroups.com http://www.anhadin.net/article84.html Media Release - 23 July 2009 Statement on the NHRC report on the alleged encounter at Batla house On 20th May, the Delhi High Court, acting on a petition filed by the People’s union for democratic rights and Anhad, had asked the National Human rights commission to conduct their own inqury into the alleged Batla House encounter of September 2008 and give a report upon it. This order of the High Court was made after the High Court was shown reports of four independent organisations into the encounter, including the report of PUDR, the Delhi union of journalists, the Jamia Teachers Solidarity group, all of which seriously questioned the version of the Delhi police regarding the encounter. These reports and the petition filed by the PUDR had pointed out several specific problems with the version of the Delhi police. In particular, the following questions were raised about the version of the Delhi police. 1. If these boys were killed in a genuine encounter, how did the 17-year-old boy Sajid have four bullet holes on the top of his head, which could only happen if the boy was made to sit down and shot from above. 2. How is the skin peeled off from Atif’s back? This was clearly visible in the photograph taken before his burial which is annexed to the PUDR petition. Obviously Atif had been tortured before being killed. 3. How are the other blunt injuries on the bodies of the boys explained by the police version of the encounter? 4. If the police knew in advance (as they claimed) that these boys in the flat were the terrorists involved in the Delhi and other bomb blasts, why did Inspector Sharma go in without a bullet proof vest? 5. How could 2 of the boys escape from the flat which had only one exit (two doors next to each other) and from a building which had only one exit? It was expected that in these circumstances, the NHRC, would conduct its own investigation into the matter. The report dated 20th July 2009 of the NHRC given to the High Court on 22nd July, however shows that far from conducting any investigation into the matter, the NHRC has merely relied upon the Police reports for their report. They have not even examined or investigated the above questions which were squarely raised in the PUDR petition on which the High Court order was issued to the NHRC. They have not even examined Saif, the third boy picked up by the police from the flat, nor even any of the witnesses of the Batla house area who had deposed before the People’s Tribunal. They have just swallowed the police version hook, line and sinker. And this is despite the fact that there has been no independant police investigation or even a Magisterial enquiry into the encounter as mandated by the NHRC’s own guidelines. It is extremely unfortunate that the premier Human Rights Body set up to investigate Human Rights violations is becoming a rubber stamp for the police. The same attitude of the NHRC was evident when the Supreme Court asked the NHRC to investigate allegations of Rape and Murder against the Salwa Judum. The NHRC send a team of essentially police officers who spoke mainly to the local police and other officials and gave a white washing report. The time has come to seriously reexamine the manner of appointment of members of the NHRC and its powers. The present system of appointment by a committee of Prime Minister, Home Minister, Speaker and Leader of Opposition etc. is not working satisfactorily. All of them seem to want a toothless and tame body which will not question those in power. Since the NHRC report does not address or answer the disquieting questions raised by the several independent fact finding reports about encounter, it is therefore essential that there be an investigation into the encounter by an SIT appointed by the Delhi HIgh Court. Signed by: Shabnam Hashmi (Anhad) Moushumi Basu (Secretary, PUDR) Dr. Anoop Saraya (Jan Hastakshep) Harsh Mander (Director, Center for Equity Studies) Sreerekha Tanvir Fazar (Jamia Teachers Solidarity Group) Colin Gonsalves (Director, Human Rights Law Network) Arundhati Roy (Writer) Kavita Krishnan (CPI ML Liberation) Kamini Jaiswal (Advocate) Mehtab Alam (Association for the protection of democratic rights) Prashant Bhushan (Advocate) Harsh Dobhal (Human Rights Law network) -- http://venukm.blogspot.com http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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] Re: Fwd: Read Sign
This is a hoax mail.
Read this http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/aids-virgins.htm
I have seen a similar post in the past
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/child-protection-unit-petition.html
That time it was that the child rights department of South Africa was
closing down. I really wonder why this is about South Africa.
And if you really think, a name (without any address) and the country
name would make it for a signature petition to CARE ABOUT KIDS IN
AFRICA (look at the rascist tone of it), let me tell you it doesn't
work like that.
Please write to the one who forwarded this mail to you and ask them to
wtite to those who forwarded it to them.
Aryan
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[GreenYouth] Re: Harvard professor's arrest spotlights racial profiling in the US
a crystal clear division between black -white relation. early mobility of white working class has a deep impact on that society.diversity doesn't much impact on that society.the story repeats it self.m.marrable's analysis proves the naked reality affecting that society.the liberal democratic foundation reflects a multi cultural racist shadow lines over that society.while they preaching the liberal multi culturalism... --- On Fri, 24/7/09, Ranjit Ranjit ranjit.ran...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ranjit Ranjit ranjit.ran...@gmail.com Subject: [GreenYouth] Harvard professor's arrest spotlights racial profiling in the US To: Greenyouth greenyouth@googlegroups.com, grey-youth-movem...@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, 24 July, 2009, 9:38 AM -- Forwarded message -- From: Gyanendra Kumar gyanendr...@gmail.com Date: 2009/7/24 Subject: Harvard professor's arrest spotlights racial profiling in the US To: our-media our-me...@googlegroups.com, aim_...@googlegroups.com On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:58 AM, Arvind Marathe arvin...@gmail.com wrote: The pitfalls of racial profiling in Cambridge Ed Pilkington Being a highly respected scholar was not enough to stop Henry Louis Gates Jr. from being arrested for entering his own home. Note to all police officers in Cambridge, Massachusetts: if you absolutely do have to arrest an African-American man on suspicion of breaking into a house that turns out to be his own home then please, please make sure it is not Henry Louis Gates Jr. To say the Cambridge force had egg on its face on Tuesday does a massive injustice to the scale of its embarrassment. One of its sergeants had arrested, handcuffed and locked in a cell for four hours, arguably the most highly respected scholar of African-American history in America. Prolific writer, TV presenter, director of Harvard’s WEB Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, friend of Oprah Winfrey — the list of Mr. Gates’s connections and achievements goes on. But when Mr. Gates returned last Thursday to his leafy Harvard home from a trip to China filming his latest TV documentary, he was, well, just another African-American man seemingly engaged in nefarious activities. It was the early afternoon when Mr. Gates (58) reached his house in a taxi . The front door had been damaged and he could not get in, so he entered through the back door, disabled the alarm and then again tried to push open the front door with the help of the (North African) driver. A (white) woman walking by saw an African-American man trying to force the door and leapt to the kind of assumptions that Mr. Gates has chronicled over many years. She called 911, and then hapless Sgt. James Crowley turned up. By then Mr. Gates, settling back home, was calling Harvard’s property section to report the faulty door. Sgt. Crowley asked him to step outside as he was investigating a report of a break-in. “Why, because I’m a black man in America?” Mr. Gates asked, according to Sgt. Crowley’s police report, refusing to leave his front room. Asked to prove it was his own home, Mr. Gates showed his Harvard ID and local driving licence. In return, Mr. Gates asked Sgt. Crowley for his name and badge number. In his report, Sgt. Crowley said Mr. Gates accused him of being a racist police officer and told him he had no idea who he was messing with.. The officer wrote that when asked Gates to step outside again, he was told: “Ya, I’ll speak with your mama outside.” “I was quite surprised and confused with the behaviour,” the sergeant said. He called officers from Cambridge and Harvard’s own police. Mr. Gates was arrested for “loud and tumultuous behaviour”. Later, Mr. Gates said he was “appalled that any American could be treated as capriciously by an individual police officer”. “There are one million black men in jail in this country and last Thursday I was one of them,” he told the Washington Post. “This is outrageous and that this is how poor black men across the country are treated everyday in the criminal justice system. It’s one thing to write about it, but altogether another to experience it.” As news spread of the arrest, friends and colleagues rallied to Mr. Gates’s side. He was offered the legal help of Charles Ogletree, a Harvard law professor and friend of Barack Obama. Lawrence Bobo, a Harvard sociologist, rushed to the station and drove him home after Mr. Gates was allowed out on $40 bail. Within hours of news breaking of the arrest, the Cambridge police had dropped all charges. The force said the “regrettable and unfortunate” incident should not be seen as demeaning the character and reputation of Mr. Gates or the character of the
