From ramganeshk at gmail.com Thu May 1 03:37:39 2008 From: ramganeshk at gmail.com (Ram Ganesh Kamatham) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 03:37:39 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Creeper - 3rd and 4th May at the Nani Arena, Bangalore Message-ID: Hi all, for those of you in B'lore do come and see the show! Warm regards Ram Creeper Starring Abhishek Majumdar and Mallika Prasad Written and directed by Ram Ganesh Kamatham Saturday 3rd (7:30pm) and Sunday 4th May (3:30 & 7:30pm) at Nani Arena, Centre for Film and Drama 5th Floor, Sona Towers, 71, Millers Road, Bangalore Tickets Rs 150/- Call 98456 02265 for tele-booking About the play: This is a story about two people in this city. She is the expert narrator, he is a mischievous sutradhar. These two story-tellers have amazing stories to share. Problem is, they don't agree on how to tell the story! Creeper is a modern re-imagination of the tale of Vikram and Betal. The play slams this ancient cycle of folk-tales into a contemporary urban setting – creating a shadowy world that is immediately recognizable, yet bizarre and entertaining. Darkly funny yet poignant, the play freewheels between the old and the new – creating a landscape that happily contains – pornography, literary theory, orkut, Chandamaama comics, exorcism, blogging, Silk Smitha, foul language, Kurt Cobain, a big tree with a Barbie doll nailed onto it and a magical(?) box with something inside. Creeper was developed under a Sarai-CSDS Independent Research Fellowship and has previously been performed in Bangalore, Delhi and Heggodu. The script development process has been blogged at www.addledbraindump.blogspot .com ____________________________________ From tasveerghar at gmail.com Thu May 1 10:18:55 2008 From: tasveerghar at gmail.com (Tasveer Ghar) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 10:18:55 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] fellowship proposal deadline Message-ID: <484c1050804302148q768c11bt97c74c2a051c6ecc@mail.gmail.com> Friends This is just a reminder that the deadline for accepting the proposals for the 2008 Tasveer Ghar Fellowship is fast approaching. We shall accept the email proposal until 10th May 2008 (till mid-night India time). The details of this year's theme for Tasveer Ghar fellowships are given at the website www.tasveerghar.net or can be downloaded at the following links: http://www.tasveerghar.net/call.html http://www.tasveerghar.net/desktop/TGCFP08.doc http://www.tasveerghar.net/faqs.html -- http://www.tasveerghar.net From shambhu.rahmat at gmail.com Thu May 1 12:14:30 2008 From: shambhu.rahmat at gmail.com (Shambhu Rahmat) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 12:44:30 +0600 Subject: [Reader-list] Army Blocks Fact-Finding Team in Sajek Message-ID: This is what Army regime-backed Bengali racism looks like. http://www.drishtipat.org/blog/2008/04/27/sajek BREAKING NEWS: Fact-Finding Team Blocked By Army chtnews.com/News No. 71/2008, April 30, 2008 A 13-member investigative team of progressive Bengalis, which visited the place of occurrence in Sajek, came back to Dhaka yesterday. Jointly led by Ms Moshrefa Mishu, a veteran leftist leader and convenor of Biplobi Okyo Front, and Mr. Manos Chowdhury, teacher of Anthropology Department, Jahangirnagar University, the team reached Sajek on 28 April. One of the team members told chtnews.com that they were halted by Major Kabir at Dighinala and were not allowed to speak freely with the victims. "We were boarded their army vehicle and driven to the place of occurrence. During the visit we were not allowed to talk to the Pahari (Jumma) victims and to visit their burned houses." he said. "It was a guarded and restricted visit, and wherever we went we were flanked by military personnel." said Ricoh Chakma who accompanied the team members. The team members are expected to hold a press conference on their Sajek visit. Memo to Debashish Roy: Victims of Sajek arson attack, who held a press conference in Dhaka on 27 April, submitted a memorandum to Barrister Debashish Roy, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser and in charge of CHT Ministry, on 28 April demanding adequate compensation to the victims and punishment to those responsible for the attack. Moeen U Ahmed's visit: an eye wash. Army chief Moeen U Ahmed visited Sajek yesterday and blamed "a section of the population there" who is "always involved in terrorist activities in an effort to sabotage the area's development". Asked to comment on his visit, Mithun Chakma, General Secretary of the Democratic Youth Forum, said, "the visit of Moeen U Ahmed is nothing but an eyewash, a damage control exercise." He said the objective of his visit was quite clear and it was to save the culprits like Lt. Col. Sajid Md. Imtiaz and businessman Golam Mowla, the masterminds behind the brutal attack. "It is a big question as to why the government had decided to send Gen. Moeen instead of Barrister Debashish Roy, who is in charge of Chittagong Hill Tracts Ministry." he said. From mail at shivamvij.com Thu May 1 12:59:17 2008 From: mail at shivamvij.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Shivam_Vij?= =?UTF-8?Q?_=E0=A4=B6=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=AE?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A5=8D_=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=9C=E0=A5=8D?=) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 12:59:17 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Fw: memories of a naxalite friend In-Reply-To: References: <73300.52438.qm@web25406.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <556b1d6b0804281111s4a99e52ete1ba8660e82ba9c1@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9c06aab30805010029n625666fbna761de3ce06b6d0d@mail.gmail.com> On 4/29/08, pankhuree dube wrote: > I have noticed that "Naxalite" and "Maoist" seem to be the catch-all phrases for > the media to describe any kind of rural resistance movement of Adivasis. That is not true. shivam From aadityadar at gmail.com Thu May 1 14:01:00 2008 From: aadityadar at gmail.com (Aaditya Dar) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:01:00 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] 3 Day Theatre Festival: May 11- 13, Shri Ram Centre, 6:30pm Message-ID: Pl. circulate the following widely: The Three Arts Club is being revived. Three Arts was a theatre group founded in the pre-independent India and one of the first to introduce theatre in its present form. It performed at the PM House and it's plays were graced by luminaries such as Pandit J. L. Nehru, Shri Charan Singh, Dr. Zakhir Hussain, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, amongst others. The first event is a three day Drama Festival on May 11, 12 and 13, 2008 at Shri Ram Centre, Safdar Hashmi Marg, New Delhi [walking distance from Mandi House metro station] from 6:30pm onwards as per the schedule given below: May 11: Paisa Bolta Hai: Manchkriti, Lucknow; Director: Mr. D.C.Pandey / Mr. Gopal Sinha May 12: Under Secretary: Akansha Theatre Arts, Lucknow; Director: Mr. Puneet Asthana May 13: Bade Admi: Three Arts Club, Delhi; Director: Dr. Sadhna Bhatnagar Entry is free, but by invitation only. For invites, write to us with your address at: threeartsclub at gmail.com and we will post the same. Alternatively, for further information/ clarifications, you may call either: Aaditya Dar- 9968059805 or Manasi Pareek- 9891456104. Spread the word and hope to see you there, Aaditya Dar Three Arts Club threeartsclub at gmail.com For more: http://threeartsclub.blogspot.com From mail at shivamvij.com Thu May 1 14:26:40 2008 From: mail at shivamvij.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Shivam_Vij?= =?UTF-8?Q?_=E0=A4=B6=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=AE?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A5=8D_=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=9C=E0=A5=8D?=) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:26:40 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Mountain of Cases in Valley of Misery In-Reply-To: <13df7c120804292252m104eb98btf027cdd838ce3ad4@mail.gmail.com> References: <13df7c120804292252m104eb98btf027cdd838ce3ad4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9c06aab30805010156l3f20832em2b3494a2cfaf830f@mail.gmail.com> The same article also mentions that cases where Kashmiri Muslims are victims and often the army the perpetrator are similarly stuck. Wonder why you chose not to highlight that. The government is indeed complicit in crimes, as you say, and the Armed Forces Special Powers Act is a tool. On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:22 AM, rashneek kher wrote: > A Hindustan Times Special delves into how the government is complict in > crimes.It lays bare how Yasin Malik with 23 criminal cases(many of them high > profile)still manages to get passport.How he escapes trial because of > government inaction.Read it all here..... > > http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/2008/04/hindustan-times-special-with-special.html > > Best Regards > -- > Rashneek Kher > http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> From mail at shivamvij.com Thu May 1 14:37:14 2008 From: mail at shivamvij.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Shivam_Vij?= =?UTF-8?Q?_=E0=A4=B6=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=AE?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A5=8D_=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=9C=E0=A5=8D?=) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:37:14 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] For the Lower Castes Bollywood No Longer A Dream Too Far Message-ID: <9c06aab30805010207g3f2e2010l1ac6214eb5ab426a@mail.gmail.com> http://www.talkbwc.com/?p=35 For the Lower Castes Bollywood No Longer A Dream Too Far April 27, 2008 By Emily Wax Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, April 27, 2008; Page A01 MUMBAI — With a résumé listing his acting gigs in rural folk theater and a handful of slightly out-of-focus head shots, Birendra Paswan arrived in this crowded city from his rural village in Bihar, one of India's poorest states, and asked, "Where's Bollywood?" Paswan, 33, is a Dalit, a member of India's most ostracized caste. Dalits are often cobblers, street sweepers and toilet cleaners, but they are rarely actors in the world's largest film industry. Still, as he stood that day beneath towering billboards showing Hindi film stars hawking expensive watches and cars, Paswan decided Bollywood was for him. "Part of me felt: 'How can I stand in this glamorous world? I don't have the right manners or surname,' " said Paswan, a talkative man with large almond-shaped eyes. "But I wanted to make it so badly in the Hindi movies." It is not easy for Indians to shake loose the cages of caste, a 3,000-year-old pecking order in which professions and social status are inherited like eye color or height. But Bollywood, like Mumbai itself, is a place where young Indians are increasingly finding opportunities to reinvent themselves. Today, a trickle of actors, dancers and screenwriters from India's lower and middle castes are trying to break into a formerly impenetrable star system, full of actors from Bollywood royalty and other insiders hailing from high-caste families. New drama schools are training Indians from all castes. And Bollywood is starting to tackle more serious plots that could potentially star low-caste actors. "Will you get more attention if you have the right surname and are part of an entrenched star family? Of course," said Anupama Chopra, a film critic and author of several best-selling books on Bollywood. "But there is increasing space now for a booming Bollywood film industry, and there's a feeling that if you are talented enough, well, maybe you will get noticed, no matter what your family ties are." Across India, Dalits and members of other low castes are struggling to gain access to quality education and better-paying jobs. The economy is booming, and Indians of low caste — often identifiable by their surnames, birthplaces or parents' status — want to share in the wealth, or at least the opportunity. Some aspiring actors from low castes say their confidence is growing. There is more social mobility than ever before, they say, and Bollywood is experiencing its share of change. "It's something new in the air for young people in some parts of India," said Trisha Karmakar, 24, a member of a lower caste who moved to Mumbai from the poor, densely populated state of Uttar Pradesh. "It's a feeling that at least there's a small chance for lower castes and not just for the star kids who have their godfathers and always get the callbacks." Karmakar, speaking one recent day in a neighborhood of acting and dance schools, beauty parlors and pawnshops, said she has yet to land a role. But she said she is close to breaking into TV soap operas. "Even if the chance is tiny, we are here, and we are dreaming big Bollywood dreams," she said. "We are no longer just desperate beggars, ragpickers and rickshaw pullers. Now we are desperate to be dancers, singers and melodramatic lead actresses." Aspirations and Challenges Going to the air-conditioned cinema is a popular national pastime without parallel in this country, especially for low-caste laborers who work under India's unforgiving sun — in construction, in farming, as cow herders and as fruit vendors. For Indians, most of whom subsist on less than $2 a day, the masala mixes of drama and dance are the ultimate escape. So beloved are Hindi film stars that there are Hindu temples named after matinee idols. Political rallies always include a Bollywood starlet. Some political leaders are former actors. And in small-town theaters, audiences are so personally involved in the melodramas — often four hours long — that they whistle, clap, imitate dance moves and sing along with the songs. "India is really a special place for film. It's second only to religion in the way it occupies people's minds and dreams," said Barry John, a longtime drama teacher who recently opened an acting school in Mumbai. "It's going to be very hard for people from poorer backgrounds to break in, almost impossible. But the point is that there is now hope." Because film is such an important part of Indian life, it has the power to change ideas and, often, provide a space for the nation to digest those changes, Dalit activists say. "Dalits don't find a place in the film industry, except as viewers," said M. Swathy Margaret, a Dalit from Hyderabad who is working toward her PhD in Indian film studies. "In films, lower castes are not the protagonists. They're only on screen to witness the ups and downs in the lives of the upper castes." Stereotypes of lower castes still haunt the industry, especially in the portrayal of Dalits, formerly known as untouchables. Lower castes are loyal and long-suffering servants. They are unsavory rickshaw pullers. They are forbidden lovers, deserving only of pity, if they are mentioned at all. In Bollywood's Film City, a huge compound of warehouses full of movie sets, some directors insist that caste doesn't matter. They say it's simply a vestige of ancient India and that actors are never asked about it. One of Bollywood's most beloved stars, Shahrukh Khan, is a middle-class Muslim with no film industry connections. He is often cited as an example of how charisma and sex appeal can trump connections and religious background in a country where Muslims are a minority. But others say that pretending caste is no longer a factor fails to acknowledge the social filters that prevent many members of lower castes from even coming to the door of a film studio or an expensive acting school. "There's a feeling among the urban upper castes that the majority of India — meaning the rural, lower-caste India — is no longer important and can be totally ignored," said Shyam Benegal, the father of Indian art-house cinema, known for his award-winning caste-based films. "To me, it's an exaggerated sense of self-esteem to claim that there is no poverty in India. It's a serious denial problem when these plots aren't making it into films. Cinema is so powerful and is very important in teaching empathy." After Mohandas K. Gandhi's efforts to end caste discrimination in the 1930s and later during the 1970s, there was a trend toward serious caste-based films. But those movies became an old chapter in Indian cinema as soon as the country opened its markets to the world in the 1990s. Consumerism exploded, and plots about nonresident Indians living abroad became the vogue. "It's the American dream turned into the Indian dream that's really seen in our aspirational cinema," Benegal said. "People in huts want to see films about people living in mansions. The stories end up in never-never land, with some rich Indian family living in Scotland or who knows where. But if anything, that just cements caste. It's not forwarding social change." A Tinge of Optimism At Barry John's acting school, lower- and middle-caste students are among those aspiring to become Bollywood's next stars. Already, they have had to make sacrifices. Before coming to Mumbai, many said, they changed their names, because surnames in India are like business cards for caste. Others have used skin-lightening creams, because fair skin can denote high caste in parts of India. During breaks from class, when high-caste students head to Cafe Coffee Day, the Indian version of Starbucks, the low-caste students go to the cheaper chai stand, they said. They save money by taking the bus, while their classmates arrive in auto-rickshaws or taxis. Despite the challenges, there is a tinge of optimism among the lower castes. On a recent day, a group of them gathered in a bright rehearsal studio. They were a mix of castes and classes from across South Asia, including the tropics of Goa, the deserts of Rajasthan and the streets of Hyderabad. There was also one student from Pakistan. The Goan student said he was so inspired by the diversity and so put off by the constraints of caste that he had changed his name to incorporate the region's three faiths. He now calls himself Vishal John Khan. "For the first time in Indian history, our generation has a lot more hope to break down things like caste," he said, sitting beneath Indian movie posters. "We have to keep trying. And if anything can unite India, it will be our cinema." It wasn't so easy for Paswan, the Dalit from Bihar state. After arriving in Mumbai, he spent months being turned away from offices in Bollywood. "I would wait and wait and wait, for days even," he said. "But not a soul would take my ideas or hear my talents." Determined to press on, he started working as a writer and actor in Bhojpuri films, a regional movie industry run out of Mumbai, but popular in his home state. In recent years, Bhojpuri films have become so popular that even Bollywood actors have started to appear in the profitable, big-budget Bihar industry. Paswan recently got a telephone call. "The Hindi movie director wanted me to come work and write for Bollywood," he said recently, his voice cracking with emotion. "I was very proud." He has started writing scripts and dialogue for several Bollywood movies, including an upcoming comedy. Last month, he decided to start the first-ever support group for young Dalit actors arriving in Mumbai. The group will also track their careers and serve as a networking association. "I want the future to be better than the past for the Dalits," Paswan said. Helping other Dalits break into Bollywood would be like "realizing a lifelong dream." he said. "They just need to meet the right directors. I feel that if Bollywood and Indian cinema recognizes us, then India itself will grow to respect us, too." From kauladityaraj at gmail.com Thu May 1 14:39:26 2008 From: kauladityaraj at gmail.com (Aditya Raj Kaul) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:39:26 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Mountain of Cases in Valley of Misery In-Reply-To: <9c06aab30805010156l3f20832em2b3494a2cfaf830f@mail.gmail.com> References: <13df7c120804292252m104eb98btf027cdd838ce3ad4@mail.gmail.com> <9c06aab30805010156l3f20832em2b3494a2cfaf830f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6353c690805010209g2a5d2300idb0deac871b63084@mail.gmail.com> And, I wonder why you always remain silent on Terrorist Yasin Malik ? Kashmiri Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits both are victims of this mass-murderer. On 5/1/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् wrote: > > The same article also mentions that cases where Kashmiri Muslims are > victims and often the army the perpetrator are similarly stuck. Wonder > why you chose not to highlight that. The government is indeed > complicit in crimes, as you say, and the Armed Forces Special Powers > Act is a tool. > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:22 AM, rashneek kher > wrote: > > A Hindustan Times Special delves into how the government is complict in > > crimes.It lays bare how Yasin Malik with 23 criminal cases(many of them > high > > profile)still manages to get passport.How he escapes trial because of > > government inaction.Read it all here..... > > > > > http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/2008/04/hindustan-times-special-with-special.html > > > > Best Regards > > -- > > Rashneek Kher > > http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> From mail at shivamvij.com Thu May 1 14:41:35 2008 From: mail at shivamvij.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Shivam_Vij?= =?UTF-8?Q?_=E0=A4=B6=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=AE?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A5=8D_=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=9C=E0=A5=8D?=) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:41:35 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Mountain of Cases in Valley of Misery In-Reply-To: <6353c690805010209g2a5d2300idb0deac871b63084@mail.gmail.com> References: <13df7c120804292252m104eb98btf027cdd838ce3ad4@mail.gmail.com> <9c06aab30805010156l3f20832em2b3494a2cfaf830f@mail.gmail.com> <6353c690805010209g2a5d2300idb0deac871b63084@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9c06aab30805010211n5e9e73b9kb83676af84890630@mail.gmail.com> I am not silent or vocal on anyone On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul wrote: > And, I wonder why you always remain silent on Terrorist Yasin Malik ? > Kashmiri Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits both are victims of this > mass-murderer. > > > > On 5/1/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् wrote: > > > > The same article also mentions that cases where Kashmiri Muslims are > > victims and often the army the perpetrator are similarly stuck. Wonder > > why you chose not to highlight that. The government is indeed > > complicit in crimes, as you say, and the Armed Forces Special Powers > > Act is a tool. > > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:22 AM, rashneek kher > > wrote: > > > A Hindustan Times Special delves into how the government is complict in > > > crimes.It lays bare how Yasin Malik with 23 criminal cases(many of them > > high > > > profile)still manages to get passport.How he escapes trial because of > > > government inaction.Read it all here..... > > > > > > > > http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/2008/04/hindustan-times-special-with-special.html > > > > > > Best Regards > > > -- > > > Rashneek Kher > > > http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com > > > _________________________________________ > > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > > Critiques & Collaborations > > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > subscribe in the subject header. > > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> From nitbhag at gmail.com Thu May 1 14:51:31 2008 From: nitbhag at gmail.com (Nitesh Bhatnagar) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:51:31 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Pandits want 1,600 crores in Delhi even after rehabilitation; what's left in the Valley? Message-ID: Government can't force Pandits to return: KSD ROCKEY PANDITA, 28 April 2008, Monday http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=133162 In an emergency meeting of the Kashmir Samiti Delhi, the samiti has announced that it's quite apprehensive of the scheme of the Prime Minister to spend Rs 1,600 crores for the return of the Kashmiri Pandits to the valley. AN EMERGENCY meeting was held by the Kashmir Samiti Delhi (KSD), the nodal agency of Kashmiri Pandits on April 26 at Delhi, which was attended by almost all the executives members under the president ship of Dr LN Dhar. "In the meeting, Kashmiri Samiti Delhi has accorded a conditional welcome to the announcement made by Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh that Rs 1,600 crores would be spent for the return of the Kashmiri Pandits to the valley, but the Kashmiri Samiti Delhi expressed apprehension that the scheme, in its present form, will not bring in the desired results," stated in a press release. The press release further stated that the executive council has said that the economic package has been a long-standing demand of the Kashmir Samiti as lakhs of Kashmiri Pandits have suffered because of the exodus from the Valley, but it is unfortunate that the package announced is based on the condition of the return of the Pandits to the valley. Dhar said that "the stand of the samiti, in this regard, has been clear throughout and that the return can be possible only when the Kashmir issue is permanently resolved. Till then the community members need to be rehabilitated at their present places of stay and the benefit of the package announced by the Prime Minister be given to the displaced persons, irrespective of their places of living." He further added that the government has no authority to force the community to go back to the valley, in the present circumstances, and it cannot stop the benefits on this ground. "We don't feel the situation is such that the KPs can return to the valley and can live a free life there. It is ironic, in such circumstances, to ask the Kashmiri Pandits to return by providing them the present package," said one of the executive of the Kashmiri Samiti Delhi. From shuddha at sarai.net Thu May 1 15:05:32 2008 From: shuddha at sarai.net (Shuddhabrata Sengupta) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 15:05:32 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day Message-ID: <334D73C0-BD9D-4DAA-A6A7-E96E6D9DC79D@sarai.net> Dear All, Greetings ! It's the first of May. The day for working people all over the world to celebrate. I just saw a brass band pass by my window, and red is still a lovely colour to have on a flag. Here's hoping this year's May Day brings less hours of work, more liberty and dignity in our lives, more time to think, relax, argue, spend time with friends and people we love, enjoying every moment that we can wrest from Capital. Later this afternoon I will go and listen to church bells ring out the Internationale - a song I love whistling when the chips are down, or on their way up again. And then I will raise a tall glass of beer with comrades, friends and family in salutations to May Day. I hope you can all do the same. (raising a tall glass of whatever you enjoy drinking), wherever you are. We have only a world to win. Cheers, Shuddha Shuddhabrata Sengupta The Sarai Programme at CSDS Raqs Media Collective shuddha at sarai.net www.sarai.net www.raqsmediacollective.net From radhikarajen at vsnl.net Thu May 1 16:36:56 2008 From: radhikarajen at vsnl.net (radhikarajen at vsnl.net) Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 16:06:56 +0500 Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day In-Reply-To: <334D73C0-BD9D-4DAA-A6A7-E96E6D9DC79D@sarai.net> References: <334D73C0-BD9D-4DAA-A6A7-E96E6D9DC79D@sarai.net> Message-ID: Hi, here is good wishes for the celebrations of work, dignity and honest earnings.Though my belief in working class unity has evaporated in the divided society, as humans to raise voice for freedom is intact. True colour red is inspiring of the sacrifices many made for the dignified life, job security and decent life, but with the modern lifestyles the very values which inspired are some what blurred. Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: Shuddhabrata Sengupta Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008 3:05 pm Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day To: Sarai Reader List > Dear All, > > Greetings ! > It's the first of May. The day for working people all over the > world > to celebrate. I just saw a brass band pass by my window, and red > is > still a lovely colour to have on a flag. > Here's hoping this year's May Day brings less hours of work, more > liberty and dignity in our lives, more time to think, relax, > argue, > spend time with friends and people we love, enjoying every moment > that we can wrest from Capital. > Later this afternoon I will go and listen to church bells ring out > > the Internationale - a song I love whistling when the chips are > down, or on their way up again. > And then I will raise a tall glass of beer with comrades, friends > and > family in salutations to May Day. > > I hope you can all do the same. (raising a tall glass of whatever > you > enjoy drinking), wherever you are. We have only a world to win. > > Cheers, > > Shuddha > > > > > > Shuddhabrata Sengupta > The Sarai Programme at CSDS > Raqs Media Collective > shuddha at sarai.net > www.sarai.net > www.raqsmediacollective.net > > > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader- > list > List archive: From rashneek at gmail.com Thu May 1 17:47:52 2008 From: rashneek at gmail.com (rashneek kher) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 17:47:52 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Mountain of Cases in Valley of Misery In-Reply-To: <9c06aab30805010156l3f20832em2b3494a2cfaf830f@mail.gmail.com> References: <13df7c120804292252m104eb98btf027cdd838ce3ad4@mail.gmail.com> <9c06aab30805010156l3f20832em2b3494a2cfaf830f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <13df7c120805010517oac6b7afp68c74e7044591ec9@mail.gmail.com> Dear Shivam, When I wrote that "government is complicit in crimes" does that not cover the entire state apparatus including the Army. Since you wanted to say something,I thank you for making a point even if it had been made before. Look before you leap and think before you speak is an old saying relevant to all of us. Regards Rashneek On 5/1/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् wrote: > > The same article also mentions that cases where Kashmiri Muslims are > victims and often the army the perpetrator are similarly stuck. Wonder > why you chose not to highlight that. The government is indeed > complicit in crimes, as you say, and the Armed Forces Special Powers > Act is a tool. > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:22 AM, rashneek kher > wrote: > > A Hindustan Times Special delves into how the government is complict in > > crimes.It lays bare how Yasin Malik with 23 criminal cases(many of them > high > > profile)still manages to get passport.How he escapes trial because of > > government inaction.Read it all here..... > > > > > http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/2008/04/hindustan-times-special-with-special.html > > > > Best Regards > > -- > > Rashneek Kher > > http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> > -- Rashneek Kher http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com From tapasrayx at gmail.com Thu May 1 18:08:12 2008 From: tapasrayx at gmail.com (Tapas Ray) Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 08:38:12 -0400 Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day In-Reply-To: References: <334D73C0-BD9D-4DAA-A6A7-E96E6D9DC79D@sarai.net> Message-ID: <4819B9B4.2010107@gmail.com> Is it not time to extricate ourselves from the divisiveness of flags - red, green, saffron, and everything else - and appropriate not only Marx but also others who dreamed of liberation, in creative ways? Tapas radhikarajen at vsnl.net wrote: > Hi, here is good wishes for the celebrations of work, dignity and honest earnings.Though my belief in working class unity has evaporated in the divided society, as humans to raise voice for freedom is intact. > True colour red is inspiring of the sacrifices many made for the dignified life, job security and decent life, but with the modern lifestyles the very values which inspired are some what blurred. > Regards. > > From: Shuddhabrata Sengupta >> Dear All, >> >> Greetings ! >> It's the first of May. The day for working people all over From amitabh at sarai.net Thu May 1 18:22:11 2008 From: amitabh at sarai.net (Amitabh Kumar) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 18:22:11 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Volunteers for Ben Patterson performance Message-ID: <5DC07C78-5F4D-4388-8432-1104A6C26D0F@sarai.net> Volunteers for Performance Goethe- Max Mueller Bhavan is looking for 12 Volunteers who will participate in a performance by Ben Patterson on May 16, 2008 Rehearsals on May 14, 2008 from 3 pm to 5 pm Specialised knowledge of music or musical instruments is not required. Please Contact: Sarah Aini 011- 23329506, Extn: 292/ 112 Email: aini at delhi.goethe.org On the occasion of the Fluxus exhibition coming to the National Gallery of Modern Art, the renowned Fluxus artist Ben Patterson will perform some Fluxus masterpieces with 12 volunteers from Delhi. The pieces include amongst others ‘’Piano piece, 1962’’ (George Brecht), ‘’4’33’’ (John Cage), ‘’Sculpture musicale’’ (Marcel Duchamp), ‘’One for Violin’’ (Nam June Paik), ‘’Wall Music for Orchestra’’ (Yoko Ono), ‘’In Memorian to Adriano Olivetti’’ (George Maciunas) and ‘’Paper Piece’’ & ‘’Carmen’’ (Ben Patterson). Ben Patterson is a Fluxus artist from the early days: back in 1962 he organized the first Fluxus Festival in Wiesbaden with George Maciunas and many more Fluxus Events until the seventies. In 1982 he participated in the 20th Fluxus Festival in Wiesbaden, 1983 he participated in the Sao Paolo Biennale. His compositions “Paper Piece” and “Variatons for Double bass” still belong to the classic Fluxus pieces. Ben Patterson lives and works in Wiesbaden and is pursuing the idea of Fluxus from there. Fluxus means a long story with many knots. The roots of the fluxus movement lie in the experimental directions of art in the early 20th century. In order to tell, describe or present this story, the ifa exhibition, which will take place in the NGMA from May 15 to June 4, documents original works by fluxus artists as well as the most important photographic, film and tape documents, and complementary objects such as books, catalogues, magazines, posters, invitation cards, folded sheets, and music scores. From amitabh at sarai.net Thu May 1 18:42:37 2008 From: amitabh at sarai.net (Amitabh Kumar) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 18:42:37 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Facebook .. anyone ?? Message-ID: Identity 'at risk' on Facebook http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/7375772.stm From ghosh.ranu at gmail.com Thu May 1 18:49:58 2008 From: ghosh.ranu at gmail.com (ranu ghosh) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 18:49:58 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Fwd: Condemn the suspension of Panorama Screening at Nandan, West Bengal In-Reply-To: <520610.89144.qm@web8702.mail.in.yahoo.com> References: <520610.89144.qm@web8702.mail.in.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <80ea5720805010619q7e05988dj5d0cbcaa4dc15a0a@mail.gmail.com> pl spread this news ranu ghosh ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nilanjan Bhattacharya Date: Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:40 PM Subject: Condemn the suspension of Panorama Screening at Nandan, West Bengal To: Ranu Ghosh , Ranu Ghosh , Raju Raman , Subramanian Raman , dasguptardg at gmail.com, chakanjan at hotmail.com, Sarabajit Sen , olik_das at yahoo.co.in, souravsarangi at gmail.com Subject: Press statement condemning the unprecedented cancellation of Indian Panorama screenings in Nandan. Press Conference on 2nd May, 2008 at 5pm at the Press Club, Kolkata by Media Solidarity, an open platform of cineaste and filmmaking community Supported by Shilpi, Sanskritikkarmi, buddhijibi Mancha Dear Friends, 29.04.2008 The CPI (M) led West Bengal Government has now taken it upon itself to play the role of the Film Censor Board of India. Its autocratic act of stopping Indian Panorama screenings (programmed by The Directorate of Film Festivals) at Nandan in response to the screening of Ladly Mukhopadhaya's film, "Who's Land Is It Anyway" (the film is a critique of the role of government as well as the CPI(M) in the Singur- Tata Motors issue) is a reminder of the undemocratic environment that prevails in the state. This issue has been reported by Ms. Anjali Puri in The Outlook (22-28th April) … "A West Bengal government famously intolerant of 'discordant' voices—from protesters in Nandigram to Taslima Nasreen and Tibetan freedom fighters—has subjected a central government department to an extraordinary tantrum over the inclusion of a documentary film on the Singur agitation in a festival of Indian Panorama films. "It was only after the screening on March 26 that hell broke loose. Nandan took the extraordinary step of "suspending" the rest of the festival. And its CEO Nilanjan Chatterjee followed up that very afternoon with an officious fax demanding explanations from a startled DFF. In his fax, Nilanjan took the DFF to task for "the content of a film (that) directly violates the ethical principles of centre-state relationship". "I am directed to state that it is highly objectionable to include such a controversial film in the Indian Panorama package,"….. And then came the clincher: "I am further directed to inform you that all the screenings earmarked on 27 March, 2008, will remain suspended till a satisfactory reply is received from your office." Stopping a screening or arbitrarily withdrawing a film from Nandan is nothing new. In the recent past Nandan authorities have stopped the screening of Josy Josef's film on the hangman Nata Mullick (A Day In The Life Of a Hangman) and Suman Mukhopadhyay's Herbert, without any prior notice or showing any valid reason. The State Govt has not just restricted itself in stopping 'discordant' films from being screened in Nandan. Theatre groups and theatre workers, whosoever has criticized and condemned the government's and the ruling party's recent atrocities in Singur and Nandigram are facing the outrage too, encountering direct as well as indirect hindrances in staging their plays in different parts of the state. Since one year, Media Solidarity, an open platform of cineastes and the filmmaking community, has been actively involved in criticizing and condemning the draconian measures of the Govt. of West Bengal. In the past one year we have organized several film screenings and discussions under the theme, "Development and Discontent". We have also organized protest rallies and debates. We boycotted The Kolkata Film Festival 2007 and ran parallel film screenings in protest. We feel that the Nandan authority's decision to cancel the Panorama screenings is a direct attack on our freedom of expression, and a blatant transgression of basic democratic norms. It is thoroughly autocratic and dictatorial in nature. We strongly condemn this action and appeal to all of you to join us in protest. On Behalf of Media Solidarity, Sumita Samanta Supriyo Sen Sunetra Ghatak Ashim Chowdhury Pramod Gupta Ananya Chatterjee Chakraborty Nilanjan Bhattacharya Indranil Roy Chowdhury Nilotpal Majumdar Ranu Ghosh Rajesh Das Rajasri Mukhopadhyay Goutam Chakraborty Chitralekha Ghosh Sreyasi Indrajit Das Contact: Sumita Samanta: 9830651623 Nilanjan Bhattacharya: 98305 87715 Email: media.solidarity at gmail.com ________________________________ Messenger blocked? Want to chat? Here is the solution. From pawan.durani at gmail.com Thu May 1 19:32:33 2008 From: pawan.durani at gmail.com (Pawan Durani) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 19:32:33 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Mountain of Cases in Valley of Misery In-Reply-To: <9c06aab30805010211n5e9e73b9kb83676af84890630@mail.gmail.com> References: <13df7c120804292252m104eb98btf027cdd838ce3ad4@mail.gmail.com> <9c06aab30805010156l3f20832em2b3494a2cfaf830f@mail.gmail.com> <6353c690805010209g2a5d2300idb0deac871b63084@mail.gmail.com> <9c06aab30805010211n5e9e73b9kb83676af84890630@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6b79f1a70805010702o757ed99bxb62944127f5ac4f9@mail.gmail.com> Hi Shivam , You really are a fashionable guy . Speaking for terrorists is a fashion these days . Thogh i have probably missed all you mails or articles where you have spoken for the Kashmiri Hindus. And it jitters you when someone else speaks for Justice and brings the crime of Yasin Maliks to light. Like you I may also end up with saying " I am not silent or vocal on anyonw" ......even if that hardly makes a sense. Regards Pawan Durani On 5/1/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् wrote: > > I am not silent or vocal on anyone > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul > wrote: > > And, I wonder why you always remain silent on Terrorist Yasin Malik ? > > Kashmiri Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits both are victims of this > > mass-murderer. > > > > > > > > On 5/1/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् wrote: > > > > > > The same article also mentions that cases where Kashmiri Muslims are > > > victims and often the army the perpetrator are similarly stuck. > Wonder > > > why you chose not to highlight that. The government is indeed > > > complicit in crimes, as you say, and the Armed Forces Special Powers > > > Act is a tool. > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:22 AM, rashneek kher > > > wrote: > > > > A Hindustan Times Special delves into how the government is > complict in > > > > crimes.It lays bare how Yasin Malik with 23 criminal cases(many of > them > > > high > > > > profile)still manages to get passport.How he escapes trial because > of > > > > government inaction.Read it all here..... > > > > > > > > > > > > http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/2008/04/hindustan-times-special-with-special.html > > > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > -- > > > > Rashneek Kher > > > > http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com > > > > _________________________________________ > > > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > > > Critiques & Collaborations > > > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > > subscribe in the subject header. > > > > To unsubscribe: > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > > > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> > > > _________________________________________ > > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > > Critiques & Collaborations > > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > > subscribe in the subject header. > > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> From naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com Fri May 2 00:58:53 2008 From: naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com (Naeem Mohaiemen) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 01:28:53 +0600 Subject: [Reader-list] Amitav Bacchan to Play Bangladesh Founder Message-ID: "To project a person of the magnitude of Bangabandhu (Sheikh Mujib), I could not imagine no one other than him (Amtav Bacchan)" Beyond ridiculous..... Indian megastar Bachchan to play Bangladesh founder Thu May 1, 2008 12:58pm IST http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-33341020080501 DHAKA (Reuters) - Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his celebrity family members have all tentatively agreed to take part in a film based on the life of Bangladesh's founding leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, local media said on Thursday. Amitabh will take the role of Mujib in the film, named "The Poet of Politics," while his son Abhishek Bachchan will act in the role of a young Mujib, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, the producer of the film, told ANA, a U.S.-based Bangladeshi news agency. The ANA report, published in several Dhaka dailies on Thursday, said Chowdhury, an expatriate Bangladeshi journalist and newspaper columnist, also told the news agency that Amitabh's daughter-in-law and former Miss Universe, Aishwarya Rai, and renowned actress Shabana Azmi will also act in two key roles. Shyam Benegal, the only director to won India's National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi five times, will direct the movie. "After getting the consent of Amitabh, I am now a relieved man. To project a person of the magnitude of Bangabandhu (Sheikh Mujib), I could not imagine no one other than him," Chowdhury was quoted as saying in New York. "Now not only Amitabh, his other family members have also agreed to take up the challenge," added Chowdhury. It was not clear when Chowdhury will start shooting the film, which will be made in English and dubbed into Bengali, Hindi and other languages. Mujib led Bangalis to an independence struggle in 1971, which resulted in the independence of former East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. Mujib was killed, along with most of his family, in a 1975 coup. (c) Thomson Reuters 2008. From naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com Fri May 2 07:49:51 2008 From: naeem.mohaiemen at gmail.com (Naeem Mohaiemen) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 08:19:51 +0600 Subject: [Reader-list] Separated @ Birth Message-ID: Mujib: Dead http://www.kalamtek.com/images/logo4.jpg Big B: Alive http://blogs.cyberciti.biz/hm/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/amitabh-bachchan-photo.jpg Satire: Alive & Well http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-33341020080501 From dhatr1i at yahoo.com Fri May 2 10:57:01 2008 From: dhatr1i at yahoo.com (we wi) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 22:27:01 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Reader-list] Mountain of Cases in Valley of Misery In-Reply-To: <6b79f1a70805010702o757ed99bxb62944127f5ac4f9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <743686.64337.qm@web45512.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> There is huge noise coming about Yasin Malik and his actions, then why media,government and in particular TOI is ignorant about that? Every body should respond on this. Its a pity to the humanity. Pawan Durani wrote: Hi Shivam , You really are a fashionable guy . Speaking for terrorists is a fashion these days . Thogh i have probably missed all you mails or articles where you have spoken for the Kashmiri Hindus. And it jitters you when someone else speaks for Justice and brings the crime of Yasin Maliks to light. Like you I may also end up with saying " I am not silent or vocal on anyonw" .......even if that hardly makes a sense. Regards Pawan Durani On 5/1/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् wrote: > > I am not silent or vocal on anyone > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul > wrote: > > And, I wonder why you always remain silent on Terrorist Yasin Malik ? > > Kashmiri Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits both are victims of this > > mass-murderer. > > > > > > > > On 5/1/08, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् wrote: > > > > > > The same article also mentions that cases where Kashmiri Muslims are > > > victims and often the army the perpetrator are similarly stuck. > Wonder > > > why you chose not to highlight that. The government is indeed > > > complicit in crimes, as you say, and the Armed Forces Special Powers > > > Act is a tool. > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 11:22 AM, rashneek kher > > > wrote: > > > > A Hindustan Times Special delves into how the government is > complict in > > > > crimes.It lays bare how Yasin Malik with 23 criminal cases(many of > them > > > high > > > > profile)still manages to get passport.How he escapes trial because > of > > > > government inaction.Read it all here..... > > > > > > > > > > > > http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/2008/04/hindustan-times-special-with-special.html > > > > > > > > Best Regards > > > > -- > > > > Rashneek Kher > > > > http://www.nietzschereborn.blogspot.com > > > > _________________________________________ > > > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > > > Critiques & Collaborations > > > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > > subscribe in the subject header. > > > > To unsubscribe: > https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > > > List archive: > > > _________________________________________ > > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > > Critiques & Collaborations > > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > > subscribe in the subject header. > > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > > List archive: > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > List archive: > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: _________________________________________ reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. 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Though this link and address exist in Aditya mail, I put forth for your convenience. The link is http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/rep_ser.pdf the address that you should respond is Shri Paul Joseph, Principal Adviser, Planning Commission, Yojana Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi - 110 001. e-mail: p.joseph at nic.in Regards, Dhatri. Aaditya Dar wrote: Powered by * Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. The Planning Commission had constituted a High Level Group on Services Sector. We request the Public to send us comments/views on the recommendations contained in the Report with a view to enable the Government to take further necessary action in the matter. 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From vishal.rawlley at gmail.com Fri May 2 11:45:30 2008 From: vishal.rawlley at gmail.com (Vishal Rawlley) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 11:45:30 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Screening of my film - Asian Vibes Bombay Message-ID: <31d5ea920805012315l4e020134r24e49944dfd10dcc@mail.gmail.com> Friends, Luck by chance, a film I made 4 years ago, is having its first "screening" in this country. This is part of Khoj's screenings. They got hold of a version of the film from some pirate archive. Then the programme coordinator at Khoj discovers that he recognises my name, he tracks me down and very kindly informs me (thank you Hemant!). So now I have the privilege to invite you all. Kindly see the details below. Zarooor Aanaa! see a short clip: http://bombay-arts.com/asian_vibes/asian_vibes.html Asian Vibes: Bombay (52 mins) A video documentary on electronic music in Bombay: from early Disco to the new DJ culture. Tracking the burst of electronica in contemporary Bombay from club DJs and remix gurus, to the fringe artists and cutting edge groups, the film also travels back and forth in time seeking out early pioneers and new freaks. This "action packed" documentary exposes the frenetic city's craze for racy grooves and screaming frequencies that cut across class divides and space segregations, spilling out on to the streets in a riot of joint celebration. Tuesday 06/05/2008 - 19:00 * KHOJ International Artists' Association* S-17, Khirkee Extension, New Delhi - 110017 Phone: +91-11-65655874, +91-11-65655873 E-mail: interact at khojworkshop.org http://khojworkshop.org/event/asian_vibes_bombay_summer_screening_3 see you there, Vishal From pkray11 at gmail.com Fri May 2 13:21:33 2008 From: pkray11 at gmail.com (prakash ray) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 13:21:33 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day Message-ID: <98f331e00805020051rfcac489o6885a27969cd6b02@mail.gmail.com> Dear Radikarajen, Please get your eyes checked... in good spirit... Prakash From asitredsalute at gmail.com Fri May 2 15:20:09 2008 From: asitredsalute at gmail.com (Asit asitreds) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 15:20:09 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day In-Reply-To: <98f331e00805020051rfcac489o6885a27969cd6b02@mail.gmail.com> References: <98f331e00805020051rfcac489o6885a27969cd6b02@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: dear freinds and comrades when we speak of mayday and redflag we atleast have to grateful if not respectful the story of the red flag is obvious it was the workers of chicago waving their shirts which had became red dripping with blood after being shot by the police, then begun the story of 8 hrs working days all the rights we enjoy today are the result of enourmous sacrifice and struggles it is for the postmoderns and neoliberal agents lost in the hyperreall world of consumer paradise with thier malls casinos and entertainmentparks, those jombies whose lives are shaped by madison avenue advertising whizkids history is what hurts. I just want to qote a sentence from ralph miliband the giant political theorist all the civic freedoms we enjoy today are the product of centuries of unremmitng struggles our task is to transcend their class boundaries asit On 5/2/08, prakash ray wrote: > > Dear Radikarajen, > Please get your eyes checked... > > in good spirit... > > Prakash > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> From shuddha at sarai.net Fri May 2 16:24:43 2008 From: shuddha at sarai.net (Shuddhabrata Sengupta) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 16:24:43 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] On Silicosis in India References: <465f12d50805020343s1a60ab70k95001eccb3e178e4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2DCBD65D-146E-44B4-B841-A14CFA69C8A9@sarai.net> Dear all, In the wake of our May Day discussions, I thought it might be interesting for you all to read something that was forwarded to me this morning. It is about a disease called Silicosis. And it occurs as a result of work and labour. best Shuddha > Subject: National Human Rights Commission Issued directions to > Central and State Governments to submit their reports on Silicosis > > Dated: 1 May 2008 > > Respected Colleague > > National Human Rights Commission Issued directions to Central and > State Governments to submit their reports on Silicosis > > > In a significant development on this important day, the five bench > members of the National Human Rights Commission issued directions > to all the state governments and some central government > departments like Ministry of Health, Ministry of Labor and Mining > Ministry to prepare and present full fledge reports on silicosis > victims. > > > The Hon'ble commission took this decision, while hearing to the > petition filed by Delhi based NGO PRASAR in NHRC on 13 June 2003, > seeking a comprehensive policy for the silicosis victims of the > country. Earlier the Hon'ble Commission also issued notice on 13 > August 2003, to some state governments and concerned central > government ministries and even recommended the states to issue > notices under Section 85 of the Factories Act, so that enterprises > employing less than 10 labors also come under the purview of the act. > > > The Hon'ble commission also fixed the time period of three weeks > for the state governments and concerned departments of central > governments those were present today to submit their reports. > Similarly directions were also being issued to the other state > governments those were not present today to submit their reports > within six weeks. > > > Representatives of Khedut Majdur Sang of Madhya Pradesh, PTRC of > Gujarat and OSHAJ of Jharkhand and few other NGOs from different > parts of the country, who are working for the plights of the > silicosis victims, were also present during the hearing. Most > importantly some silicosis victims and the family members of the > silicosis deceased families were also presented their grievances to > the commission. > > > "Silicosis, one of the oldest occupational diseases, is an > incurable lung disease caused by inhalation of dust containing free > crystalline silica. Silica is the second most common mineral in the > earth's crust and is a major component of sand, rock, and mineral > ores. Overexposure to dust that contains microscopic particles of > crystalline silica can cause scar tissue to form in the lungs, > which reduces the lungs' ability to extract oxygen from the air we > breathe. It is a disabling, nonreversible and sometimes fatal lung > disease. It progresses even when exposure stops. In addition to > Silicosis, inhalation of crystalline silica particles has been > associated with other diseases, such as Bronchitis and Tuberculosis". > > > Lakhs of workers in India, majority of who are in unorganized > sector, encounter high-risk silica exposures. Some examples of the > industries and activities that pose the greatest potential risk for > worker exposure include: construction, stone cutting, glass > manufacturing, mining, agriculture, shipbuilding, ceramics, clay, > and pottery, railroad, manufacturing of soaps and detergents etc. > However unfortunately silicosis was completely sidetracked and > hardly any steps were taken to cure the menace arise out from this > diseases. > > We have also raised the plights and concerns of the silicosis > victims in various forums. As a result of which even the Supreme > Court of India has also intervened in this issues and notice being > served to some state governments. Further Delhi Government has > initiated some important steps to rehabilitate the Silicosis > victims of Lal Kuan, Delhi area. Even a national workshop was > convened in Mumbai to develop strategies in this regard in December > 2007. > > > It is requested that those organizations – NGOs, CBOs, Trade Unions > and individuals working in the following sectors, viz. mining, > stone crushing, glass, gems & jewellery and others shall also come > forward for providing information, filing complaints regarding > occupational health (silicosis). The organizations can directly > send their complaints to NHRC or to PRASAR to follow up with the > commission and further facilitation in this matter. This is an > opportune time when the central and state governments have heard > the matter of occupational health (silicosis) in a positive way and > has given directions to concerned ministries and departments to > file their replies in a stipulated time frame. > > > You are requested to quickly respond and take action as the date of > next hearing is proposed to be held in the first week of June. > Kindly circulate this mail to other organizations /individuals in > your network so that a collective effort is taken ahead. > > > For sending your complaints/response to the NHRC, kindly send > letter to the Chairperson, NHRC. > > Address of NHRC > > NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION > Faridkot House,Copernicus Marg, > New Delhi-110001, India > > Or, > > PRASAR > > G – 12, 462A > > Sangam Vihar > > New Delhi – 110 062 > > > For Further Information please contact: > > > S.A. Azad (09811914329) > > E Mail: prasar21@ gmail.com > > -- > S A Azad > "PRASAR" > 09811914329 Shuddhabrata Sengupta The Sarai Programme at CSDS Raqs Media Collective shuddha at sarai.net www.sarai.net www.raqsmediacollective.net From shuddha at sarai.net Fri May 2 16:27:27 2008 From: shuddha at sarai.net (Shuddhabrata Sengupta) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 16:27:27 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] =?utf-8?q?=28no_subject=29?= Message-ID: Dear Radhikarajen, You said, - "True colour red is inspiring of the sacrifices many made for the dignified life, job security and decent life, but with the modern lifestyles the very values which inspired are some what blurred." I was a bit intrigued by this statement. The Chicago Haymarket Protestors, in whose memory we celebrate May Day, (as Asit reminded us) inspired the international working class movement of the late nineteenth century to observe, annually, on each May Day the celebration of a demand for an eight hour working day. This was done with a withdrawal of labour, with festivities, music, dancing and non- militaristic parades (the military parade that used to be held in front of the Kremlin, and the one that continues to be held in Beijing are both obscene perversions of the miltiant anti-militarist traditions of May Day). As a result of this, May Day is the only non secterian festival that can be celebrated by any working person, anywhere in the world. It signals an instant, but deep and enduring solidarity. From what I can see around me, people have to work much longer than eight hours these days, in order to get a decent wage. Real wages are falling, and all over the world, the hard won benefits of peace, health care, education, holidays, equal rights for women, freedom of speech & conscience and the liberty to live one's personal life as one chooses (especially, but not only, for gay and lesbian people) are under attack. All of these were won by working people, after miltiant battles, all over the world. Not a single one of these was a sop offered by ruling powers. If all the precious liberties we have today are under attack, then I do not see how the 'very values which inspired them' become 'somewhat blurred'. On the contrary, I think they get sharper and more acute. The world we are living in today is more riven by class conflict than any other time in history. We still have nothing to lose but our chains. And as I said yesterday, only a world to win. best Shuddha Shuddhabrata Sengupta The Sarai Programme at CSDS From mail at shivamvij.com Fri May 2 16:54:41 2008 From: mail at shivamvij.com (=?UTF-8?Q?Shivam_Vij?= =?UTF-8?Q?_=E0=A4=B6=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=AE?= =?UTF-8?Q?=E0=A5=8D_=E0=A4=B5=E0=A4=BF=E0=A4=9C=E0=A5=8D?=) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 16:54:41 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Naxalite be not proud Message-ID: <9c06aab30805020424s2abae94q749d072d49f2e257@mail.gmail.com> Dear all, In the context of recent discussions on Naxalism on this list, here is a long ground report by Prashant Jha that appeared in December last year in Himal South Asian magazine that you may find interesting: http://www.himalmag.com/2007/december/cover_feature_india_naxatile.html That cover story had an introduction which provides the context the story should be read in: * Conflict of narratives http://www.himalmag.com/2007/december/conflict_of_narratives.html A people's movement. India's greatest internal security challenge. Struggle for the rights of the poor, Adivasis, Dalits, landless. Compact Revolutionary Zone with influence in 180 districts. A socio-economic problem rooted in exploitation and idealism. A law-and-order threat. The revolution that will smash the Indian state. The Maoists are ants and can be crushed at anytime. Neat black-and-white portrayals have come to characterise one of the most complex stories of our times: the Maoist as the saviour, the state as the oppressor; the state as protector, the Maoist as villain. Numbers and scale of action are considered sole markers of Maoist spread and activity: 1608 incidents of Maoist violence and 677 people killed in 2005; 1509 incidents and 678 killed in 2006; 249 people killed till June 2007. But this narrative hides more than it tells. Such as the fact that, in reality, there is no one Maoist movement in India. Likewise, there is no unified state response. The Communist Party of India (Maoist), born in 2004 after the unity of the People's War Group (PWG) and the Maoist Communist Centre, is at the forefront of the Maoist movement in India, also commonly referred to as the Naxalite movement. Spread across several states in varying degrees, with a common political and military outlook, the Maoist movement is clearly national in character, with the party organised into a command structure with the stated aim of taking over state power. Yet the Maoist movement nowadays looks significantly different from Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh, Raipur in Chhattisgarh, Ranchi in Jharkhand and Patna in Bihar. Go further, deeper in each state, and Warangal, Dantewada, Hazaribagh and Jehanabad – datelines that punctuate India's decades-long Maoist war – have more than their share of differences. Like any other political formation, the Maoists may adapt themselves to a specific set of dynamics, but the stark variations remain significant. Indeed, they pose difficult questions for those who portray the Maoist cause as a single movement, bent on destroying the Indian state, and advocate a homogenous approach to deal with the issue. Likewise, the Maoists themselves might not be able to substantiate the claim that they represent the unified upsurge of India's deprived and marginalised. From tapasrayx at gmail.com Fri May 2 17:23:05 2008 From: tapasrayx at gmail.com (Tapas Ray) Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 07:53:05 -0400 Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day In-Reply-To: References: <98f331e00805020051rfcac489o6885a27969cd6b02@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <481B00A1.9000407@gmail.com> True, we should be grateful to struggles waged by the working people for many of the rights and liberties we enjoy today. However, "we" here on this list are members of the petit bourgeoisie, and probably enjoy certain securities and privileges not available to the "working people", not because these have been won through struggles - our own or the workers' and peasants' - but because those who run the show need our help, as a class, in running the show. So we probably should be grateful to them as well, however distasteful this may be. Also, I think it would not be good strategy to conflate "postmodern" with "neoliberal". Both are labels, and all labels should be read with care. Postmodern, in my understanding, is a catch-all for a broad spectrum of tendencies. Some of these tendencies are emancipatory in orientation, and can reinforce the typically modernist project of Marxism. This, in fact, seems to be happening on the ground. Since fragmentation is said to be a major characteristic of the postmodern condition, minority ethnic and lower-caste struggles that have challenged the modernistic Indian state in recent years can be seen as expressions of postmodern tendencies. One hears of occasions in which there has been cooperation or overlap between these, on the one hand, and Maoist/Naxalite movements, on the other. Tapas Shuddhabrata Sengupta wrote: > Dear Radhikarajen, > > snip < > > All of these were won by working people, after > miltiant battles, all over the world. Not a single one of these was > a sop offered by ruling powers. If all the precious liberties we have > today are under attack, then I do not see how the 'very values which > inspired them' become 'somewhat blurred'. > > On the contrary, I think they get sharper and more acute. The world > we are living in today is more riven by class conflict than any other > time in history. We still have nothing to lose but our chains. > > And as I said yesterday, only a world to win. > > best > > Shuddha > > > Shuddhabrata Sengupta > The Sarai Programme at CSDS > Asit asitreds wrote: > dear freinds and comrades > when we speak of mayday and redflag we atleast have to grateful if not > respectful > the story of the red flag is obvious it was the workers of chicago waving > their shirts which had became red dripping with blood after being shot by > the police, then begun the story of 8 hrs working days all the rights we > enjoy today are the result of enourmous sacrifice and struggles it is for > the postmoderns and neoliberal agents lost in the hyperreall world of > consumer paradise with thier malls casinos and entertainmentparks, those > jombies whose lives are shaped by madison avenue advertising whizkids > history is what hurts. > I just want to qote a sentence from ralph miliband the giant political > theorist > all the civic freedoms we enjoy today are the product of centuries of > unremmitng struggles our task is to transcend their class boundaries > asit > From radhikarajen at vsnl.net Fri May 2 18:37:58 2008 From: radhikarajen at vsnl.net (radhikarajen at vsnl.net) Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 18:07:58 +0500 Subject: [Reader-list] =?utf-8?q?=28no_subject=29?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi, Shuddha, when I say the red color is truely inspiring I mean the entire humanity which struggled for the right to work, right to earn decent livelihood, education for the progeny all over the world across the continents, the red colour was not color but blood of the savage oppression then and now who rule by proxy, to be "our" representatives as we stand divided with colour of our skins, religions and castes and regions.The blurring of this idealogy is seen every where even in CPM ruled states like Tripura and west bengal, in China and now defunct Russia. As new class of comrades took over the working class relegated to be slaves with KGB and chinese secret police controlling the rights of the working class, in India politburo is the new class above the cadres and working class, and Tapas want my etes to be tested in good spirit, ofcourse he should be in "high spirits to suggest that. ! I have seen the working class unity in its true form till the different colours of the political spectrum started the divided the working class. One unity of working class got divided as INTUC, AITUC, CITU NOBW ets and thus lost all its steam.! Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: Shuddhabrata Sengupta Date: Friday, May 2, 2008 4:27 pm Subject: To: Sarai Reader List Cc: radhikarajen at vsnl.net > Dear Radhikarajen, > > You said, - "True colour red is inspiring of the sacrifices many > made > for the dignified life, job security and decent life, but with the > > modern lifestyles the very values which inspired are some what > blurred." > I was a bit intrigued by this statement. The Chicago Haymarket > Protestors, in whose memory we celebrate May Day, (as Asit > reminded > us) inspired the international working class movement of the late > nineteenth century to observe, annually, on each May Day the > celebration of a demand for an eight hour working day. This was > done > with a withdrawal of labour, with festivities, music, dancing and > non- > militaristic parades (the military parade that used to be held in > front of the Kremlin, and the one that continues to be held in > Beijing are both obscene perversions of the miltiant anti- > militarist > traditions of May Day). As a result of this, May Day is the only > non > secterian festival that can be celebrated by any working person, > anywhere in the world. It signals an instant, but deep and > enduring > solidarity. > > From what I can see around me, people have to work much longer > than > eight hours these days, in order to get a decent wage. Real wages > are > falling, and all over the world, the hard won benefits of peace, > health care, education, holidays, equal rights for women, freedom > of > speech & conscience and the liberty to live one's personal life as > > one chooses (especially, but not only, for gay and lesbian people) > > are under attack. All of these were won by working people, after > miltiant battles, all over the world. Not a single one of these > was > a sop offered by ruling powers. If all the precious liberties we > have > today are under attack, then I do not see how the 'very values > which > inspired them' become 'somewhat blurred'. > > On the contrary, I think they get sharper and more acute. The > world > we are living in today is more riven by class conflict than any > other > time in history. We still have nothing to lose but our chains. > > And as I said yesterday, only a world to win. > > best > > Shuddha > > > Shuddhabrata Sengupta > The Sarai Programme at CSDS > > > From radhikarajen at vsnl.net Fri May 2 18:41:54 2008 From: radhikarajen at vsnl.net (radhikarajen at vsnl.net) Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 18:11:54 +0500 Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day In-Reply-To: References: <98f331e00805020051rfcac489o6885a27969cd6b02@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Prakash, at my age I get tested regularly, thanks to mediclaim, not the gift of workers unity, thanks for the high spirit reply. :- ) Best regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: Asit asitreds Date: Friday, May 2, 2008 3:20 pm Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day To: prakash ray Cc: reader-list at sarai.net > dear freinds and comrades > when we speak of mayday and redflag we atleast have to grateful if not > respectful > the story of the red flag is obvious it was the workers of chicago > wavingtheir shirts which had became red dripping with blood after > being shot by > the police, then begun the story of 8 hrs working days all the > rights we > enjoy today are the result of enourmous sacrifice and struggles it > is for > the postmoderns and neoliberal agents lost in the hyperreall world of > consumer paradise with thier malls casinos and entertainmentparks, > thosejombies whose lives are shaped by madison avenue advertising > whizkidshistory is what hurts. > I just want to qote a sentence from ralph miliband the giant > politicaltheorist > all the civic freedoms we enjoy today are the product of centuries of > unremmitng struggles our task is to transcend their class boundaries > asit > > On 5/2/08, prakash ray wrote: > > > > Dear Radikarajen, > > Please get your eyes checked... > > > > in good spirit... > > > > Prakash > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > List archive: > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader- > list > List archive: From tapasrayx at gmail.com Fri May 2 19:47:03 2008 From: tapasrayx at gmail.com (Tapas Ray) Date: Fri, 02 May 2008 10:17:03 -0400 Subject: [Reader-list] (no subject) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <481B225F.6050808@gmail.com> Radhika, I didn't ask you to get your eyes tested! That was another list member, with whom I am honoured to share my last name. While on the subject, I think getting one's eyes checked once in a while is not such a bad thing. I do it, too. But you have to be careful. Think of those ads that urge you to get this or that tested, so that they can sell you some new drug or surgical procedure. If I were you, I would read between the lines of the advice you have received. Isn't there a suggestion for you to go to one particular clinic, which has the last word in ophthalmological expertise and equipment? Tapas radhikarajen at vsnl.net wrote: > Hi, > > Shuddha, > when I say the red color is truely inspiring I mean the entire humanity which struggled for the right to work, right to earn decent livelihood, education for the progeny all over the world across the continents, the red colour was not color but blood of the savage oppression then and now who rule by proxy, to be "our" representatives as we stand divided with colour of our skins, religions and castes and regions.The blurring of this idealogy is seen every where even in CPM ruled states like Tripura and west bengal, in China and now defunct Russia. As new class of comrades took over the working class relegated to be slaves with KGB and chinese secret police controlling the rights of the working class, in India politburo is the new class above the cadres and working class, and Tapas want my etes to be tested in good spirit, ofcourse he should be in "high spirits to suggest that. ! > > I have seen the working class unity in its true form till the different colours of the political spectrum started the divided the working class. One unity of working class got divided as INTUC, AITUC, CITU NOBW ets and thus lost all its steam.! > > Regards. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Shuddhabrata Sengupta > Date: Friday, May 2, 2008 4:27 pm > Subject: > To: Sarai Reader List > Cc: radhikarajen at vsnl.net > >> Dear Radhikarajen, >> >> You said, - "True colour red is inspiring of the sacrifices many >> made >> for the dignified life, job security and decent life, but with the >> >> modern lifestyles the very values which inspired are some what >> blurred." >> I was a bit intrigued by this statement. The Chicago Haymarket >> Protestors, in whose memory we celebrate May Day, (as Asit >> reminded >> us) inspired the international working class movement of the late >> nineteenth century to observe, annually, on each May Day the >> celebration of a demand for an eight hour working day. This was >> done >> with a withdrawal of labour, with festivities, music, dancing and >> non- >> militaristic parades (the military parade that used to be held in >> front of the Kremlin, and the one that continues to be held in >> Beijing are both obscene perversions of the miltiant anti- >> militarist >> traditions of May Day). As a result of this, May Day is the only >> non >> secterian festival that can be celebrated by any working person, >> anywhere in the world. It signals an instant, but deep and >> enduring >> solidarity. >> >> From what I can see around me, people have to work much longer >> than >> eight hours these days, in order to get a decent wage. Real wages >> are >> falling, and all over the world, the hard won benefits of peace, >> health care, education, holidays, equal rights for women, freedom >> of >> speech & conscience and the liberty to live one's personal life as >> >> one chooses (especially, but not only, for gay and lesbian people) >> >> are under attack. All of these were won by working people, after >> miltiant battles, all over the world. Not a single one of these >> was >> a sop offered by ruling powers. If all the precious liberties we >> have >> today are under attack, then I do not see how the 'very values >> which >> inspired them' become 'somewhat blurred'. >> >> On the contrary, I think they get sharper and more acute. The >> world >> we are living in today is more riven by class conflict than any >> other >> time in history. We still have nothing to lose but our chains. >> >> And as I said yesterday, only a world to win. >> >> best >> >> Shuddha >> >> >> Shuddhabrata Sengupta >> The Sarai Programme at CSDS >> >> >> > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> From dhatr1i at yahoo.com Fri May 2 20:06:27 2008 From: dhatr1i at yahoo.com (we wi) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 07:36:27 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <529169.55831.qm@web45503.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Hmm, No matter whether it is prakash or tapas, but the "rays" are power full and naughty. Any way they suggested POSHLY for a check only but you would have questioned about treatment whether it is LASIK,LASER or CONTACT LENSES. The problem is they could not express very straight/direct. Radhikarajen they are intersted in your CASTE. Irrespective of that and their, they are suggesting you not talk(even use) about CASTE,RELIGION(though they have all sort of feelings, or inferior or superior whatever and talk about them often) not only that they are advicing you to feel all are human beings and same. Check your eyes do have this much deeper meaning, if I am not wrong. Regards, Dhatri. radhikarajen at vsnl.net wrote: Prakash, at my age I get tested regularly, thanks to mediclaim, not the gift of workers unity, thanks for the high spirit reply. :- ) Best regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: Asit asitreds Date: Friday, May 2, 2008 3:20 pm Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day To: prakash ray Cc: reader-list at sarai.net > dear freinds and comrades > when we speak of mayday and redflag we atleast have to grateful if not > respectful > the story of the red flag is obvious it was the workers of chicago > wavingtheir shirts which had became red dripping with blood after > being shot by > the police, then begun the story of 8 hrs working days all the > rights we > enjoy today are the result of enourmous sacrifice and struggles it > is for > the postmoderns and neoliberal agents lost in the hyperreall world of > consumer paradise with thier malls casinos and entertainmentparks, > thosejombies whose lives are shaped by madison avenue advertising > whizkidshistory is what hurts. > I just want to qote a sentence from ralph miliband the giant > politicaltheorist > all the civic freedoms we enjoy today are the product of centuries of > unremmitng struggles our task is to transcend their class boundaries > asit > > On 5/2/08, prakash ray wrote: > > > > Dear Radikarajen, > > Please get your eyes checked... > > > > in good spirit... > > > > Prakash > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > List archive: > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader- > list > List archive: _________________________________________ reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. Critiques & Collaborations To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header. To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list List archive: --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. From parthaekka at gmail.com Fri May 2 21:26:22 2008 From: parthaekka at gmail.com (Partha Dasgupta) Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 21:26:22 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day In-Reply-To: <529169.55831.qm@web45503.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <529169.55831.qm@web45503.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <32144e990805020856k49560f87se64efe6a8f7a4f12@mail.gmail.com> Hi, The unfortunate part is that the 'leaders' of the revolution by the very nature of their function become the new 'bourgeoisie'. It's like the pigs in Orwell's Animal Farm (and I would like to clarify that I am NOT calling anyone names or making any subtle digs by this reference - that just happens to be the animal that Orwell chose). They became the new leaders and slowly started adopting the actions of the humans. That's the crazy part of leadership. There's only so much time you have in a day. If you prefer someone you know (even if s/he is capable of getting the work done) for a job then it's favouritism. So you depend on the word of an aide, who may not be as well qualified to take the decision. On top of that, the 'system' of politics has it's own corruptions and 'adjustments' that take precedence over everything. Rgds, Partha ........................................... On 5/2/08, we wi wrote: > > Hmm, > > No matter whether it is prakash or tapas, but the "rays" are power > full and naughty. > Any way they suggested POSHLY for a check only but you would have > questioned about treatment whether it is LASIK,LASER or CONTACT LENSES. The > problem is they could not express very straight/direct. > > Radhikarajen they are intersted in your CASTE. Irrespective of that and > their, they are suggesting you not talk(even use) about > CASTE,RELIGION(though they have all sort of feelings, or inferior or > superior whatever and talk about them often) not only that they are > advicing you to feel all are human beings and same. > > Check your eyes do have this much deeper meaning, if I am not wrong. > > Regards, > Dhatri. > > > radhikarajen at vsnl.net wrote: > Prakash, > at my age I get tested regularly, thanks to mediclaim, not the gift of > workers unity, thanks for the high spirit reply. > :- ) Best regards. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Asit asitreds > > Date: Friday, May 2, 2008 3:20 pm > Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day > To: prakash ray > > > Cc: reader-list at sarai.net > > > dear freinds and comrades > > when we speak of mayday and redflag we atleast have to grateful if not > > respectful > > the story of the red flag is obvious it was the workers of chicago > > wavingtheir shirts which had became red dripping with blood after > > being shot by > > the police, then begun the story of 8 hrs working days all the > > rights we > > enjoy today are the result of enourmous sacrifice and struggles it > > is for > > the postmoderns and neoliberal agents lost in the hyperreall world of > > consumer paradise with thier malls casinos and entertainmentparks, > > thosejombies whose lives are shaped by madison avenue advertising > > whizkidshistory is what hurts. > > I just want to qote a sentence from ralph miliband the giant > > politicaltheorist > > all the civic freedoms we enjoy today are the product of centuries of > > unremmitng struggles our task is to transcend their class boundaries > > asit > > > > On 5/2/08, prakash ray > > wrote: > > > > > > Dear Radikarajen, > > > Please get your eyes checked... > > > > > > in good spirit... > > > > > > Prakash > > > _________________________________________ > > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > > Critiques & Collaborations > > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > > subscribe in the subject header. > > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > > List archive: > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader- > > list > > List archive: > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: > > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it > now. > > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: -- Partha Dasgupta +919811047132 From asitredsalute at gmail.com Sat May 3 11:10:34 2008 From: asitredsalute at gmail.com (Asit asitreds) Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 11:10:34 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] (no subject) In-Reply-To: <481B225F.6050808@gmail.com> References: <481B225F.6050808@gmail.com> Message-ID: i think what prakash meant by testing the eyes should not be taken literally imean the biological eys is world view.s i think he meant vision that.aS WE GROW UP OUR IDEOLOGY IS SHAPED BY THE PEDAGOGICAL INSTI TITIONS AND MONOPOLY MEDIA.So we view the world accordingly,what prakash meant by to get the eyes tested as i understand is to debrief one self from liberal bourgois world view and american propoganda asit On 5/2/08, Tapas Ray wrote: > > Radhika, > > I didn't ask you to get your eyes tested! That was another list member, > with whom I am honoured to share my last name. > > While on the subject, I think getting one's eyes checked once in a while > is not such a bad thing. I do it, too. But you have to be careful. Think > of those ads that urge you to get this or that tested, so that they can > sell you some new drug or surgical procedure. If I were you, I would > read between the lines of the advice you have received. Isn't there a > suggestion for you to go to one particular clinic, which has the last > word in ophthalmological expertise and equipment? > > Tapas > > > > radhikarajen at vsnl.net wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Shuddha, > > when I say the red color is truely inspiring I mean the > entire humanity which struggled for the right to work, right to earn decent > livelihood, education for the progeny all over the world across the > continents, the red colour was not color but blood of the savage oppression > then and now who rule by proxy, to be "our" representatives as we stand > divided with colour of our skins, religions and castes and regions.The > blurring of this idealogy is seen every where even in CPM ruled states like > Tripura and west bengal, in China and now defunct Russia. As new class of > comrades took over the working class relegated to be slaves with KGB and > chinese secret police controlling the rights of the working class, in India > politburo is the new class above the cadres and working class, and Tapas > want my etes to be tested in good spirit, ofcourse he should be in "high > spirits to suggest that. ! > > > > I have seen the working class unity in its true form till the > different colours of the political spectrum started the divided the working > class. One unity of working class got divided as INTUC, AITUC, CITU NOBW ets > and thus lost all its steam.! > > > > Regards. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Shuddhabrata Sengupta > > Date: Friday, May 2, 2008 4:27 pm > > Subject: > > To: Sarai Reader List > > Cc: radhikarajen at vsnl.net > > > >> Dear Radhikarajen, > >> > >> You said, - "True colour red is inspiring of the sacrifices many > >> made > >> for the dignified life, job security and decent life, but with the > >> > >> modern lifestyles the very values which inspired are some what > >> blurred." > >> I was a bit intrigued by this statement. The Chicago Haymarket > >> Protestors, in whose memory we celebrate May Day, (as Asit > >> reminded > >> us) inspired the international working class movement of the late > >> nineteenth century to observe, annually, on each May Day the > >> celebration of a demand for an eight hour working day. This was > >> done > >> with a withdrawal of labour, with festivities, music, dancing and > >> non- > >> militaristic parades (the military parade that used to be held in > >> front of the Kremlin, and the one that continues to be held in > >> Beijing are both obscene perversions of the miltiant anti- > >> militarist > >> traditions of May Day). As a result of this, May Day is the only > >> non > >> secterian festival that can be celebrated by any working person, > >> anywhere in the world. It signals an instant, but deep and > >> enduring > >> solidarity. > >> > >> From what I can see around me, people have to work much longer > >> than > >> eight hours these days, in order to get a decent wage. Real wages > >> are > >> falling, and all over the world, the hard won benefits of peace, > >> health care, education, holidays, equal rights for women, freedom > >> of > >> speech & conscience and the liberty to live one's personal life as > >> > >> one chooses (especially, but not only, for gay and lesbian people) > >> > >> are under attack. All of these were won by working people, after > >> miltiant battles, all over the world. Not a single one of these > >> was > >> a sop offered by ruling powers. If all the precious liberties we > >> have > >> today are under attack, then I do not see how the 'very values > >> which > >> inspired them' become 'somewhat blurred'. > >> > >> On the contrary, I think they get sharper and more acute. The > >> world > >> we are living in today is more riven by class conflict than any > >> other > >> time in history. We still have nothing to lose but our chains. > >> > >> And as I said yesterday, only a world to win. > >> > >> best > >> > >> Shuddha > >> > >> > >> Shuddhabrata Sengupta > >> The Sarai Programme at CSDS > >> > >> > >> > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> From bainulsatoor at googlemail.com Sat May 3 11:42:40 2008 From: bainulsatoor at googlemail.com (Bain Al Satoor) Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 11:42:40 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Call for Submissions In-Reply-To: <485a09250805022309m4a4f8436w899bef5a039d0351@mail.gmail.com> References: <9685c0f30805021410l3687b626o9df9feb719556355@mail.gmail.com> <485a09250805022309m4a4f8436w899bef5a039d0351@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: saeed urrehman Date: Sat, May 3, 2008 at 2:40 AM Subject: Call for Submissions To: bainulsatoor at gmail.com Dear Colleagues, Friends, Not-so-Friendly Friends, and Enemies (the living ones) This acquaintance of yours now functions/earns his living/kills his time outside academia (and beyond the world of footnotes and bibliographies) as an Editor/In Charge of a weekend literary magazine (presently titled Literati but soon to have a more dignified name and also more pages) associated with The News (the second largest English daily in Pakistan). Therefore, you are being asked to submit your book reviews, short stories, profiles of your favorite writers, literary essays, poems (here I have to say "only your best poems, please"). The normal length of a submitted work of prose (fiction or book reviews or literary profiles/essays) should be between 1000 to 1200 words. About poems, you are supposed to be your own judge. For every accepted/published piece of prose, you will get an honorarium of at least 1500 Pakistani Rupees. So if you are outside of Pakistan, consider this only a labor of love because you will lose most of this income to different bank fees if the cheque reaches you through the postal system at all. Our reading cycle is weekly therefore you will get a quick response. So if you want a sudden break into print and also have an online presence not to speak of your own (eventual) literary stardom, start punching those keys. Submit your work as an attached word document to new.literati at gmail.com and/or to urrehman at gmail.com. Looking forward to your creative best, Saeed Ur Rehman Editor-In-Charge Literati The News Davis Road Lahore Pakistan Please circulate among your writer friends. From radhikarajen at vsnl.net Sat May 3 12:18:28 2008 From: radhikarajen at vsnl.net (radhikarajen at vsnl.net) Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 11:48:28 +0500 Subject: [Reader-list] (no subject) In-Reply-To: References: <481B225F.6050808@gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi, Tapas, You are absolutely right in your expressions, it is our good friend in thoughts, in high spirits who suggested eye testing, apologies for the missile towards you.! :- ). Regards. Asit, Lalsallam, truely it is time for all thinking citizens to revaluate the position of communist movement as such in free India, as the working class for whom this movement was a blessing to earn safety of work, security of job is no more the real action oriented institution as it is now controlled by not so friendly, I mean workers friendly leadership, as the likes of Yechury, Karat have ceased to understand the working class needs and the politburo is more keen to get its beans baked rather than any good work for the workers. ! The types of Pinarayi are blots on workers unity with crorepathis holding the cards.? Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: Asit asitreds Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008 11:11 am Subject: Re: [Reader-list] (no subject) To: Tapas Ray Cc: Sarai Reader List > i think what prakash meant by testing the eyes should not be taken > literally imean the biological eys is world view.s i think he > meant vision > that.aS WE GROW UP OUR IDEOLOGY IS SHAPED BY THE PEDAGOGICAL INSTI > TITIONSAND MONOPOLY MEDIA.So we view the world accordingly,what > prakash meant by to > get the eyes tested as i understand is to debrief one self from > liberalbourgois world view and american propoganda > asit > > > On 5/2/08, Tapas Ray wrote: > > > > Radhika, > > > > I didn't ask you to get your eyes tested! That was another list > member,> with whom I am honoured to share my last name. > > > > While on the subject, I think getting one's eyes checked once in > a while > > is not such a bad thing. I do it, too. But you have to be > careful. Think > > of those ads that urge you to get this or that tested, so that > they can > > sell you some new drug or surgical procedure. If I were you, I would > > read between the lines of the advice you have received. Isn't > there a > > suggestion for you to go to one particular clinic, which has the > last> word in ophthalmological expertise and equipment? > > > > Tapas > > > > > > > > radhikarajen at vsnl.net wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Shuddha, > > > when I say the red color is truely inspiring I mean the > > entire humanity which struggled for the right to work, right to > earn decent > > livelihood, education for the progeny all over the world across the > > continents, the red colour was not color but blood of the savage > oppression> then and now who rule by proxy, to be "our" > representatives as we stand > > divided with colour of our skins, religions and castes and > regions.The> blurring of this idealogy is seen every where even in > CPM ruled states like > > Tripura and west bengal, in China and now defunct Russia. As new > class of > > comrades took over the working class relegated to be slaves with > KGB and > > chinese secret police controlling the rights of the working > class, in India > > politburo is the new class above the cadres and working class, > and Tapas > > want my etes to be tested in good spirit, ofcourse he should be > in "high > > spirits to suggest that. ! > > > > > > I have seen the working class unity in its true form till the > > different colours of the political spectrum started the divided > the working > > class. One unity of working class got divided as INTUC, AITUC, > CITU NOBW ets > > and thus lost all its steam.! > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Shuddhabrata Sengupta > > > Date: Friday, May 2, 2008 4:27 pm > > > Subject: > > > To: Sarai Reader List > > > Cc: radhikarajen at vsnl.net > > > > > >> Dear Radhikarajen, > > >> > > >> You said, - "True colour red is inspiring of the sacrifices many > > >> made > > >> for the dignified life, job security and decent life, but > with the > > >> > > >> modern lifestyles the very values which inspired are some what > > >> blurred." > > >> I was a bit intrigued by this statement. The Chicago Haymarket > > >> Protestors, in whose memory we celebrate May Day, (as Asit > > >> reminded > > >> us) inspired the international working class movement of the late > > >> nineteenth century to observe, annually, on each May Day the > > >> celebration of a demand for an eight hour working day. This was > > >> done > > >> with a withdrawal of labour, with festivities, music, dancing and > > >> non- > > >> militaristic parades (the military parade that used to be > held in > > >> front of the Kremlin, and the one that continues to be held in > > >> Beijing are both obscene perversions of the miltiant anti- > > >> militarist > > >> traditions of May Day). As a result of this, May Day is the only > > >> non > > >> secterian festival that can be celebrated by any working person, > > >> anywhere in the world. It signals an instant, but deep and > > >> enduring > > >> solidarity. > > >> > > >> From what I can see around me, people have to work much longer > > >> than > > >> eight hours these days, in order to get a decent wage. Real wages > > >> are > > >> falling, and all over the world, the hard won benefits of peace, > > >> health care, education, holidays, equal rights for women, freedom > > >> of > > >> speech & conscience and the liberty to live one's personal > life as > > >> > > >> one chooses (especially, but not only, for gay and lesbian > people)> >> > > >> are under attack. All of these were won by working people, after > > >> miltiant battles, all over the world. Not a single one of these > > >> was > > >> a sop offered by ruling powers. If all the precious liberties we > > >> have > > >> today are under attack, then I do not see how the 'very values > > >> which > > >> inspired them' become 'somewhat blurred'. > > >> > > >> On the contrary, I think they get sharper and more acute. The > > >> world > > >> we are living in today is more riven by class conflict than any > > >> other > > >> time in history. We still have nothing to lose but our chains. > > >> > > >> And as I said yesterday, only a world to win. > > >> > > >> best > > >> > > >> Shuddha > > >> > > >> > > >> Shuddhabrata Sengupta > > >> The Sarai Programme at CSDS > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > _________________________________________ > > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > > Critiques & Collaborations > > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > subscribe in the subject header. > > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader- > list> > List archive: > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > List archive: > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader- > list > List archive: From aarti.sethi at gmail.com Sat May 3 12:31:50 2008 From: aarti.sethi at gmail.com (Aarti Sethi) Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 12:31:50 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] (no subject) In-Reply-To: References: <481B225F.6050808@gmail.com> Message-ID: <48c2916d0805030001k2a30e36axf26bd7848bbe2eb3@mail.gmail.com> Dear All, Here is a wonderful essay by Peter Linebaugh on May Day, where he charts the strange byways of history through which a day dedicated to the pagan rejection of labour and labouring, a day which challenged "work" itself, became enshrined eventually as the celebration of the rights of working people. Even as we express our solidarities with labouring people all over the world, lets also recognise the limits of the productivist discourse, and remember that there is a "green" history to May Day as well as the red... best A *The Incomplete, True, Authentic and Wonderful History of MAY DAY* http://www.midnightnotes.org/mayday/author.html Do read! On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:18 PM, wrote: > Hi, Tapas, > > You are absolutely right in your expressions, it is our good friend in > thoughts, in high spirits who suggested eye testing, apologies for the > missile towards you.! :- ). > > Regards. > > Asit, Lalsallam, > > > truely it is time for all thinking citizens to revaluate the position > of communist movement as such in free India, as the working class for whom > this movement was a blessing to earn safety of work, security of job is no > more the real action oriented institution as it is now controlled by not so > friendly, I mean workers friendly leadership, as the likes of Yechury, Karat > have ceased to understand the working class needs and the politburo is more > keen to get its beans baked rather than any good work for the workers. ! > The types of Pinarayi are blots on workers unity with crorepathis > holding the cards.? > > Regards. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Asit asitreds > Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008 11:11 am > Subject: Re: [Reader-list] (no subject) > To: Tapas Ray > Cc: Sarai Reader List > > > i think what prakash meant by testing the eyes should not be taken > > literally imean the biological eys is world view.s i think he > > meant vision > > that.aS WE GROW UP OUR IDEOLOGY IS SHAPED BY THE PEDAGOGICAL INSTI > > TITIONSAND MONOPOLY MEDIA.So we view the world accordingly,what > > prakash meant by to > > get the eyes tested as i understand is to debrief one self from > > liberalbourgois world view and american propoganda > > asit > > > > > > On 5/2/08, Tapas Ray wrote: > > > > > > Radhika, > > > > > > I didn't ask you to get your eyes tested! That was another list > > member,> with whom I am honoured to share my last name. > > > > > > While on the subject, I think getting one's eyes checked once in > > a while > > > is not such a bad thing. I do it, too. But you have to be > > careful. Think > > > of those ads that urge you to get this or that tested, so that > > they can > > > sell you some new drug or surgical procedure. If I were you, I would > > > read between the lines of the advice you have received. Isn't > > there a > > > suggestion for you to go to one particular clinic, which has the > > last> word in ophthalmological expertise and equipment? > > > > > > Tapas > > > > > > > > > > > > radhikarajen at vsnl.net wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Shuddha, > > > > when I say the red color is truely inspiring I mean the > > > entire humanity which struggled for the right to work, right to > > earn decent > > > livelihood, education for the progeny all over the world across the > > > continents, the red colour was not color but blood of the savage > > oppression> then and now who rule by proxy, to be "our" > > representatives as we stand > > > divided with colour of our skins, religions and castes and > > regions.The> blurring of this idealogy is seen every where even in > > CPM ruled states like > > > Tripura and west bengal, in China and now defunct Russia. As new > > class of > > > comrades took over the working class relegated to be slaves with > > KGB and > > > chinese secret police controlling the rights of the working > > class, in India > > > politburo is the new class above the cadres and working class, > > and Tapas > > > want my etes to be tested in good spirit, ofcourse he should be > > in "high > > > spirits to suggest that. ! > > > > > > > > I have seen the working class unity in its true form till the > > > different colours of the political spectrum started the divided > > the working > > > class. One unity of working class got divided as INTUC, AITUC, > > CITU NOBW ets > > > and thus lost all its steam.! > > > > > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Shuddhabrata Sengupta > > > > Date: Friday, May 2, 2008 4:27 pm > > > > Subject: > > > > To: Sarai Reader List > > > > Cc: radhikarajen at vsnl.net > > > > > > > >> Dear Radhikarajen, > > > >> > > > >> You said, - "True colour red is inspiring of the sacrifices many > > > >> made > > > >> for the dignified life, job security and decent life, but > > with the > > > >> > > > >> modern lifestyles the very values which inspired are some what > > > >> blurred." > > > >> I was a bit intrigued by this statement. The Chicago Haymarket > > > >> Protestors, in whose memory we celebrate May Day, (as Asit > > > >> reminded > > > >> us) inspired the international working class movement of the late > > > >> nineteenth century to observe, annually, on each May Day the > > > >> celebration of a demand for an eight hour working day. This was > > > >> done > > > >> with a withdrawal of labour, with festivities, music, dancing and > > > >> non- > > > >> militaristic parades (the military parade that used to be > > held in > > > >> front of the Kremlin, and the one that continues to be held in > > > >> Beijing are both obscene perversions of the miltiant anti- > > > >> militarist > > > >> traditions of May Day). As a result of this, May Day is the only > > > >> non > > > >> secterian festival that can be celebrated by any working person, > > > >> anywhere in the world. It signals an instant, but deep and > > > >> enduring > > > >> solidarity. > > > >> > > > >> From what I can see around me, people have to work much longer > > > >> than > > > >> eight hours these days, in order to get a decent wage. Real wages > > > >> are > > > >> falling, and all over the world, the hard won benefits of peace, > > > >> health care, education, holidays, equal rights for women, freedom > > > >> of > > > >> speech & conscience and the liberty to live one's personal > > life as > > > >> > > > >> one chooses (especially, but not only, for gay and lesbian > > people)> >> > > > >> are under attack. All of these were won by working people, after > > > >> miltiant battles, all over the world. Not a single one of these > > > >> was > > > >> a sop offered by ruling powers. If all the precious liberties we > > > >> have > > > >> today are under attack, then I do not see how the 'very values > > > >> which > > > >> inspired them' become 'somewhat blurred'. > > > >> > > > >> On the contrary, I think they get sharper and more acute. The > > > >> world > > > >> we are living in today is more riven by class conflict than any > > > >> other > > > >> time in history. We still have nothing to lose but our chains. > > > >> > > > >> And as I said yesterday, only a world to win. > > > >> > > > >> best > > > >> > > > >> Shuddha > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Shuddhabrata Sengupta > > > >> The Sarai Programme at CSDS > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > _________________________________________ > > > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > > > Critiques & Collaborations > > > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > > subscribe in the subject header. > > > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader- > > list> > List archive: > > > _________________________________________ > > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > > Critiques & Collaborations > > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > > subscribe in the subject header. > > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > > > List archive: > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader- > > list > > List archive: > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list > List archive: <https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/> > From radhikarajen at vsnl.net Sat May 3 12:35:13 2008 From: radhikarajen at vsnl.net (radhikarajen at vsnl.net) Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 12:05:13 +0500 Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day In-Reply-To: <529169.55831.qm@web45503.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <529169.55831.qm@web45503.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Kshamaya Dharithri, mother earth always forgives, may be we have to be more tolerent of the naughty ? Having brought up in with the culture of tolerence and understanding the other point of view, may be prakash wants my eyes to adjust the sights to "see" his thoughts from minds eyes, but well, having seasoned thru all sights and sounds of different thoughts, nothing is more real than to be good human, compassionate yet stern if deviant behaviour is seen in individuals, as mahatma said, to be part of untruth is bigger sin than being untruthful. ? To tolerate sin and be silent is moresinful than committing the sin itself. ? Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: we wi Date: Friday, May 2, 2008 8:06 pm Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day To: radhikarajen at vsnl.net, Asit asitreds Cc: reader-list at sarai.net, prakash ray > Hmm, > > No matter whether it is prakash or tapas, but the "rays" > are power full and naughty. > Any way they suggested POSHLY for a check only but you would > have questioned about treatment whether it is LASIK,LASER or > CONTACT LENSES. The problem is they could not express very > straight/direct. > Radhikarajen they are intersted in your CASTE. Irrespective of > that and their, they are suggesting you not talk(even use) about > CASTE,RELIGION(though they have all sort of feelings, or inferior > or superior whatever and talk about them often) not only that > they are advicing you to feel all are human beings and same. > > Check your eyes do have this much deeper meaning, if I am not > wrong. > > Regards, > Dhatri. > > radhikarajen at vsnl.net wrote: > Prakash, > at my age I get tested regularly, thanks to mediclaim, not the > gift of workers unity, thanks for the high spirit reply. > :- ) Best regards. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Asit asitreds > Date: Friday, May 2, 2008 3:20 pm > Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day > To: prakash ray > > Cc: reader-list at sarai.net > > > dear freinds and comrades > > when we speak of mayday and redflag we atleast have to grateful > if not > > respectful > > the story of the red flag is obvious it was the workers of > chicago > > wavingtheir shirts which had became red dripping with blood > after > > being shot by > > the police, then begun the story of 8 hrs working days all the > > rights we > > enjoy today are the result of enourmous sacrifice and struggles > it > > is for > > the postmoderns and neoliberal agents lost in the hyperreall > world of > > consumer paradise with thier malls casinos and > entertainmentparks, > > thosejombies whose lives are shaped by madison avenue > advertising > > whizkidshistory is what hurts. > > I just want to qote a sentence from ralph miliband the giant > > politicaltheorist > > all the civic freedoms we enjoy today are the product of > centuries of > > unremmitng struggles our task is to transcend their class boundaries > > asit > > > > On 5/2/08, prakash ray > wrote: > > > > > > Dear Radikarajen, > > > Please get your eyes checked... > > > > > > in good spirit... > > > > > > Prakash > > > _________________________________________ > > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > > Critiques & Collaborations > > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > > > subscribe in the subject header. > > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader- > list> > List archive: > > _________________________________________ > > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > > Critiques & Collaborations > > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net > with > > subscribe in the subject header. > > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader- > > list > > List archive: > _________________________________________ > reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. > Critiques & Collaborations > To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-request at sarai.net with > subscribe in the subject header. > To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader- > list > List archive: > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. > Try it now. From aarti.sethi at gmail.com Sat May 3 12:46:56 2008 From: aarti.sethi at gmail.com (Aarti Sethi) Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 12:46:56 +0530 Subject: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day In-Reply-To: <529169.55831.qm@web45503.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <529169.55831.qm@web45503.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <48c2916d0805030016t1c798275j966bac5dae98ef2d@mail.gmail.com> Again we are fortunate to have received a signature Dhatri mail. What would we do without you Dhatri? I sometimes think you have been sent to this list as a farishta by the gods to remind us always how tenous our grip on rationality actually is, and serve as a constant warning of the feverish swirling mists that lie, oh so nearby! Thank you A On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 8:06 PM, we wi wrote: > Hmm, > > No matter whether it is prakash or tapas, but the "rays" are power > full and naughty. > Any way they suggested POSHLY for a check only but you would have > questioned about treatment whether it is LASIK,LASER or CONTACT LENSES. The > problem is they could not express very straight/direct. > > Radhikarajen they are intersted in your CASTE. Irrespective of that and > their, they are suggesting you not talk(even use) about > CASTE,RELIGION(though they have all sort of feelings, or inferior or > superior whatever and talk about them often) not only that they are > advicing you to feel all are human beings and same. > > Check your eyes do have this much deeper meaning, if I am not wrong. > > Regards, > Dhatri. > > radhikarajen at vsnl.net wrote: > Prakash, > at my age I get tested regularly, thanks to mediclaim, not the gift of > workers unity, thanks for the high spirit reply. > :- ) Best regards. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Asit asitreds > Date: Friday, May 2, 2008 3:20 pm > Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Greetings for May Day > To: prakash ray > > Cc: reader-list at sarai.net > > > dear freinds and comrades > > when we speak of mayday and redflag we atleast have to grateful if not > > respectful > > the story of the red flag is obvious it was the workers of chicago > > wavingtheir shirts which had became red dripping with blood after > > being shot by > > the police, then begun the story of 8 hrs working days all the > > rights we > > enjoy today are the result of enourmous sacrifice and struggles it > > is for > > the postmoderns and neoliberal agents lost in the hyperreall world of > > consumer paradise with thier malls casinos and entertainmentparks, > > thosejombies whose lives are shaped by madison avenue advertising > > whizkidshistory is what hurts. > > I just want to qote a sentence from ralph miliband the giant > > politicaltheorist > > all the civic freedoms we enjoy today are the product of centuries of > > unremmitng struggles our task is to transcend their class boundaries > > asit > > > > On 5/2/08, prakash ray > wrote: > > > > > > Dear Radikarajen, > > > Please get your eyes checked... > > > > > > in good spirit... > > > > > > Prakash > > > _________________________________________ > > > reader-list