Some victory! Sukla
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sukla Sen <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 7:40 AM Subject: Re: [india-unity] Award to Narendra Modi To: [email protected] Thanks for the clarification. Sukla Sen On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 11:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Be advised there is NOT an awards ceremony regarding the regional winners. > It is merely a matter of the recognition in the magazine and our website. > > *Courtney Fingar** > Editor > fDi - Foreign Direct Investment > Financial Times Business > www.fdimagazine.com* > [image: Inactive hide details for Sukla Sen <[email protected]>]Sukla > Sen <[email protected]> > > > > *Sukla Sen <[email protected]>* > > 03/09/2009 17:22 > > > To > > [email protected] > cc > > Najid Hussain <[email protected]>, [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected] > Subject > > Re: [india-unity] Award to Narendra Modi > > It all depends on how you assess the other side. > > Of course, one's assessment may go wrong. But that's a different > matter altogether. > > Hope you've taken note of my subsequent mail. > It's reproduced below. > > Sukla > > Friends, > > Reproduced below is the standard reply (also refer the news item at sl. no. > III. below) from Ms. Courtney Fingar, Editor, fDi - Foreign Direct > Investment in response to the protest mails that she has received deriding > the decision of the magazine to honour Narendra Modi, the Gujarat Chief > Minister, with the ‘FDI Asian Personality of the Year [2009]’ (ref. sl. no. > II. below) award. > As is quite clear, the Magazine, under the impact of massive protests has > backtracked: "Following a review prompted by the ongoing investigation into > the 2002 Gujarat riots, fDi has decided to present its award to Gujarat > state, rather than Mr Narendra Modi, the state's chief minister." > That's a victory of sorts and no doubt gratifying. > But the possibility that Modi will still be there to claim the award on > behalf of the state of Gujarat, by virtue of being its Chief Minister, > cannot be totally ruled out. > > Under the circumstances, we must keep insisting that the citation should > categoriaclly refer to the Gujarat pogrom and denunciation of Modi as its > chief architect. > But that's rather unlikely to happen. > So we have got to be proactive about any possible grant of visa to Modi > without which he cannot attend the award giving ceremony. > > So we must be on the alert and apply your minds. > *Is anyone ready to volunteer to gather info on the timing of the ceremony > and the authorities who have to be approached in order to scuttle any grant > of visa etc.?* > > Sukla > > I/III. > Thank you for your email and for sharing your views with us -- please know > that they have been taken onboard. > > Following a review prompted by the ongoing investigation into the 2002 > Gujarat riots, fDi has decided to present its award to Gujarat state, rather > than Mr Narendra Modi, the state's chief minister. > > fDi would like to clarify that the criteria of the award has always > remained focused on rewarding the success of a region in attracting foreign > investment. > > The award is in recognition of Gujarat state’s ability to attract an > outstanding volume of inward foreign investment. Gujarat increased that > volume by more than 50% over the past year for a total of 10.3% of all > foreign investment into India. > > Mr Modi was Chief Minister of Gujarat at the time of the riots. Mr Modi’s > alleged role in connection to the riots is under investigation but he denies > any responsibility. > > fDi has also decided to highlight the geographic regions of all the other > winners. The magazine is keen to maintain its primary focus on reporting on > the effectiveness of different economic regions and rewarding innovative and > effective promotional strategies. > * > Courtney Fingar** > Editor > fDi - Foreign Direct Investment > Financial Times Business** > **www.fdimagazine.com* <http://www.fdimagazine.com/> > > > ********************************************************************************** > This email was sent by a company owned by Pearson plc, registered office at > 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL. > Registered in England and Wales with company number 53723 > > [The operative text is available at <* > http://www.fdimagazine.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/3028/Amendment_to_Asia_fDi_award.html > *<http://www.fdimagazine.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/3028/Amendment_to_Asia_fDi_award.html> > >.] > Snipped --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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