[chhattisgarh-net] Digest Number 2149

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chhattisgarh-net Messages In This Digest (5 Messages) 1. Bastar rebels bat for women's rights From: CGNet 2. The big gender gap on the small screen From: Kamayani BaliMahabal 3. Re: Rich poor diviide growing in China From: Jyoti Punwani 4. Re: Lalgarh : Murder of PCPA president Lalmohan Tudu From: dipankar 5. Kalinga Nagar :  New Video: Weapon of Mass Repression From: Kundan Kumar View All Topics | Create New Topic Messages 1. Bastar rebels bat for women's rights Posted by: "CGNet" cgnet...@gmail.com Sun Mar 7, 2010 8:08 am (PST) Bastar rebels bat for women's rights Sahar Khan, Mail Today Raipur, March 7, 2010 The government may have pulled out all stops to combat the Maoist menace in the country. But a section of rebels in Chhattisgarh has more pressing matters in hand than survival. With International Women's Day around the corner, Maoists in the Bastar region of the state have called for week- long "celebrations" to advocate women's rights. Rebel leaders have asked their cadre and villagers to observe the "festival" for a week starting March 8 - which also happens to be Women's Day. Maoists have put up several posters and banners in the area, exhorting people to respect the fairer sex and their rights. In fact, many police personnel said the posters were " quite appealing"and " look exactly as if commissioned by a women's rights group". The banners - put up on trees, bushes and open fields - were first seen by villagers, who then informed the police. Posters were also put up in Bijapur, a part of Bastar district. The call by the self- styled champions of women's rights has left the state police astonished. Inspector- general (IG) of Bastar T. J. Longkumer said, " I have never seen such an appeal from the Naxalites, who believe only in violence and bloodshed."" The Maoists in the region have in the past called for bandhs on many occasions, but it was usually to highlight their demands and ideology or to commemorate their ' martyrs', rather than social welfare. Never before have they clamoured for equal rights and respect for women,"he said. Avinash Mohanty, Bijapur's superintendent of police, agreed with Longkumer. " Violence was the only ' issue' which Maoists believed in in the past. But suddenly, they have started talking about equal rights for women, speaking out against female foeticide and dowry, and supporting impartiality for women in wealth and land distribution."Mohanty said in the banners, the rebels also voiced their opposition to " improper and offensive"portrayal of women on television and in the media. However, the police are taking the Maoists' newfound zeal to fight for women's rights with a pinch of salt. Longkumer said this may be a new tactic being employed by the guerrillas to win over Bastar's tribal population. "I think the Maoists are trying to counter our highly successful Jan Jagran Abhiyaan (mass awareness campaign). We started the ongoing campaign with an aim to win popular support for Operation Green Hunt, which was launched by the police to root out Left- wing extremists,"the IG said. Though the police said they had " no problem"with the rebels propagating t heir concern for women, they were still wary. But as the saying goes, old habits die hard. The ultras used the occasion to praise some of their women "martyrs who died fighting the establishment". In the same breath, they also blamed the commandos of security forces for raping women. The rebels also denounced the controversial anti- Naxalite movement 'salwa judum', which is said to have lost momentum in south Bastar. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/87048/India/Bastar+rebels+bat+for+women%27s+rights.html Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 2. The big gender gap on the small screen Posted by: "Kamayani BaliMahabal" kamay...@ymail.com   kamay...@ymail.com Sun Mar 7, 2010 8:08 am (PST) The big gender gap on the small screen: men outnumber women on TV two-to-one Study finds that females who do appear on television are often in soaps or on news to discuss 'softer' topics Vanessa Thorpe Sunday March 7 2010 The Observer http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/07/television-men-outnumber-women Although there are more females, by a head or two in every 100, than there are males in the British population, on television women are still a distinct minority. Only one woman appears on the small screen for every two men, according to a comprehensive study unveiled tomorrow. The new research, commissioned by Channel 4 to mark International Women's Day [http://www.internationalwomensday.com/" title="], will also reveal that younger women are heavily over- represented by the broadcasting industry. Only four in every 10 women on screen are aged over 40. In contrast, however, for every 10 men featured on television, six are aged 40 or older. By studying a sample period of 386 hours of peak viewing across BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4, Five and Sky1, the analysis has uncovered that men now take up 65% of all possible broadcast roles. Although women were found to be well-represented in the soaps ? where almost half of all the roles are for women ? in light entertainment, comedy and drama they make up just four in every 10 participants. In the field of serious broadcasting, the research shows that women make up only one-third of participants in factual programming and even less in news, with only a 31% share of the limelight. When women do feature in news programmes, 69% of the time it's to discuss "softer" news topics, such as health, culture or cookery. "This pilot research measures the gap between what we see in the real world, and what we see on TV, and is the first step in developing a comprehensive measurement of how well TV represents and portrays different groups on screen," said the former Labour MP, Oona King, [http://www.oonaking.com/" title="] Channel 4's head of diversity. "Fundamentally, this is about how we view our world and which groups are hidden from view or significantly under-represented. The gender gap here is quite startling." One of the clearest problems to emerge from this work carried out by the Communications Research Group under Dr Guy Cumberbatch was that, although women do hold down a fair share of major acting or presenting roles on television, they are markedly under-used in supporting roles. To order to arrive at their findings, Cumberbatch and his team coded hours of programming, noting down all contributors, however major or minor, and then counting their appearances on screen. They found that women appear fairly infrequently as minor presenters, taking up only 31% of the possible work, and are only used as major contributors on factually based programmes in 34% of occasions. When it comes to general vox pops, women are canvassed for their opinion only a third as frequently as men. The study also looked at the difference between the kind of news that is covered, "hard" or "soft", according to the genders used on screen. Men were much more likely to discuss harder items, such as politics, international affairs, science and the economy, while women were more likely to be asked to give their views on education, environment, cooking, health and culture. Fictional programming, however, told a broadly different story with a higher representation of women, standing at 47%. Almost half of all the major roles in this category of broadcasting were taken by females. In the light of this the research team were surprised to find that there was a much lower rate of women appearing in incidental roles, at 36%. The report for Channel 4 suggests that this "anomaly" could perhaps be most easily remedied. The analysis comes to light as Sky News commits itself to a day of "women only" programming tomorrow. All strands of the broadcaster's programming, including bulletins, business, sport, and weather, will be presented by women. Their producers will also be women, as will the duty editors of Sky news radio and Sky news online. "There are already a lot of women on screen at Sky news ? four of our five main strands include female presenters. Behind the cameras, we have a number of women on the team, but there's still some work to do," Kate McAndrew, executive producer at Sky news, told the Observer. The research also follows speculation about the departure of long-standing GMTV news presenter Penny Smith [http://www.gm.tv/presenters/biographies-of-the-gmtv-presenters/443-penny-smith.html" title="] last week. Smith, who has done the job for 17 years, said: "It's an ideal time for me to say goodbye to early mornings. Now that the format has changed, I have taken the plunge and am moving on." The ITV morning show's website has been bombarded with complaints from Smith's fans this weekend, many of whom suspect she was forced out because she was now deemed to be too old. Adv� Kamayani Bali Mahabal Mobile-00919820749204 skype:lawyercumactivist I carry a torch in one hand And a bucket of water in the other: With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven And put out the flames of Hell So that voyagers to God can rip the veils And see the real goal........................................By Rabia (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya) Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 3. Re: Rich poor diviide growing in China Posted by: "Jyoti Punwani" jyoti.punw...@gmail.com Sun Mar 7, 2010 4:05 pm (PST) The whole world knows China is now a capitalist economy. The market rules. The rulers are communist only in name. -- rgds jyoti Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 4. Re: Lalgarh : Murder of PCPA president Lalmohan Tudu Posted by: "dipankar" dbasu200...@yahoo.com   dbasu2002in Sun Mar 7, 2010 4:07 pm (PST) Activists like Mahasweta Devi and others wrote to P Chidambaram condemning the murder of Lalmohan Tudu and demanded a judicial probe into the incident; signatories included MP Kabir Suman of TMC and Tarun Mondal of SUCI. The full text of the letter is available here: http://sanhati.com/articles/2147/ Dipankar Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) 5. Kalinga Nagar :  New Video: Weapon of Mass Repression Posted by: "Kundan Kumar" kumar...@gmail.com Sun Mar 7, 2010 4:10 pm (PST) Dear Friends, Please watch our new video on the ongoing repression in Kalinga Nagar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWob7fHKzLQ Regards Surya Back to top Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity  6 New Members Visit Your Group Yahoo! 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