[GreenYouth] Iran Election: The Regime Just Blinks
[The concession made by the Iranian Supreme Leader in the face of rising street protests is, in all probability, just a ploy to dissipate public anger. And it is not too unlikely that the ploy would eventually work out. Nevertheless, those who were screaming and screeching, in defence of an openly regressive and repressive regime, that everything is OK with Iranian election have now mud in their faces.] http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/world/middleeast/16cleric.html?_r=1 June 16, 2009 NEWS ANALYSIS In Iran, an Iron Cleric, Now BlinkingBy NEIL MacFARQUHARhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/m/neil_macfarquhar/index.html?inline=nyt-per For two decades, Ayatollah Ali Khameneihttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/ali_khamenei/index.html?inline=nyt-per has remained a shadowy presence at the pinnacle of power in Iran, sparing in his public appearances and comments. Through his control of the military, the judiciary and all public broadcasts, the supreme leader controlled the levers he needed to maintain an iron if discreet grip on the Islamic republic. But in a rare break from a long history of cautious moves, he rushed to bless President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/mahmoud_ahmadinejad/index.html?inline=nyt-per for winning the election, calling on Iranians to line up behind the incumbent even before the standard three days required to certify the results had passed. Then angry crowds swelled in cities around Iran, and he backpedaled, announcing Monday that the 12-member Council of Guardianshttp://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/organizations/g/guardian_council_iran/index.html?inline=nyt-org, which vets elections and new laws, would investigate the vote. “After congratulating the nation for having a sacred victory, to say now that there is a possibility that it was rigged is a big step backward for him,” said Abbas Milani http://www.hoover.org/bios/milani.html, the director of Stanford Universityhttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/s/stanford_university/index.html?inline=nyt-org’s Iranian studies program. Few suggest yet that Ayatollah Khamenei’s hold on power is at risk. But, analysts say, he has opened a serious fissure in the face of Islamic rule and one that may prove impossible to patch over, particularly given the fierce dispute over the election that has erupted amid the elite veterans of the 1979 revolution. Even his strong links to the powerful Revolutionary Guardshttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/i/islamic_revolutionary_guard_corps/index.html?inline=nyt-org — long his insurance policy — may not be decisive as the confrontation in Iran unfolds. “Khamenei would always come and say, ‘Shut up; what I say goes,’ ” said Azar Nafisi, http://azarnafisi.com/ the author of two memoirs about Iran, including “Reading Lolita in Tehran.” “Everyone would say, ‘O.K., it is the word of the leader.’ Now the myth that there is a leader up there whose power is unquestionable is broken.” Those sensing that important change may be afoot are quick to caution that Ayatollah Khamenei, as a student of the revolution that swept the shah from power, could still resort to overwhelming force to crush the demonstrations. In calling for the Guardian Council to investigate the vote, he has bought himself a 10-day grace period for the anger to subside, experts note. The outcome is not likely to be a surprise. Ayatollah Ahmed Jannati, the council’s chairman, is one of Ayatollah Khamenei’s few staunch allies among powerful clerics. In addition, Ayatollah Khamenei appoints half the members, while the other half are nominated by the head of the judiciary, another appointee of the supreme leader. “It is simply a faux investigation to quell the protests,” said Karim Sadjadpourhttp://www.carnegieendowment.org/experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_viewexpert_id=340, an Iran specialist at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peacehttp://www.carnegieendowment.org/ . Ayatollah Khamenei was an unlikely successor to the patriarch of the revolution, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeinihttp://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/ruhollah_khomeini/index.html?inline=nyt-per, and his elevation to the post of supreme leader in 1989 might have sown the seeds for the political crisis the country is facing today. The son of a cleric from the holy city of Mashhad, Ayatollah Khamenei was known as something of an open-minded mullah, if not exactly liberal. He had a good singing voice; played the tarhttp://www.dejkam.com/music/iran_traditional/instruments/tar/, a traditional Iranian stringed instrument; and wrote poetry. His circle of friends included some of the country’s most accomplished poets. In the violence right after the overthrow of Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, a bomb hidden in a tape recorder permanently crippled his right arm, and he was elevated to president
[GreenYouth] Article from The Telegraph: Calcutta
You have been sent this article from The Telegraph, Calcutta by Sunil kumar.Message:Demolishing the Red Castle.Police scoot, rebels ravageLalgarh, June 15: Bengal police today deserted Dharampur, leaving the 30-year bastion of the CPM to the mercy of Maoists who unleashed a rampage apparently in the making at least since 2007. | Read Page url: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090616/jsp/frontpage/story_7947.jspSend feedbackDisclaimer:The Telegraph accepts no liability for the content of this email, and anything written in this e-mail does not necessarily reflect The Telegraph's views or opinions. Please note that neither the e-mail address nor name of the sender have been verified. The Telegraph --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] 75-77- ARCHIVES DOCUS- MISSING
Hi, Many of you have may seen today's New Indian Express report (by line: R.Ayyappan) on the big blank in the State archives department shelves for the period 1975-77. Since I cannot access this report online, may I reproduce the main points: All official records- the police files in particular- related to emergency , between June 1975 and March 1977, when a bloody Naxalite crack down was conducted through out the State, are missing. The report also says that the researchers were told that all the govt files till 1998 had been transferred to the arvchives dept. But the documents of these perriod have not been transferred to archives from the Gen .adim and home dept. After 25 years, documents have to be transferred to archives. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: Left Debacle In Kerala and Elsewhere
Hi Venu: See, AK Antony thanked the CPM for helping the Congress sweep the 2009 Loksabha elections while speaking in a reception programme after he became the Defense Minister for second time. What you say is that it is the resentment against CPM policies and style of leadership that resulted in UPA getting 16 seats. But the question remans how the Congress gained from the resentment. Other than paying some lip service, did the Congress anyway took anysteps in giving land to the landless poor. May be Congress party is more diplomatic on their attitude toweards new social mobilizations- be it adivasis or dalits. But can it be mistaken for democracy. ( for eg: Mayawati has again equated Rahul Gadhi with MKGandhi for the great the dramatics on Dalit empowerement) The UPA were als follwing the policies of neoliberalism. The AP govt had sanctined more no: of SEZs than any other state govt.s, I suppose. NREGA, for instance, has to be seen in the light of reform measures since neoliberal pursuits of UPA. For more on this, see Kalyan Sanyal's article in the recent EPW special issue on Labour. Also see on the problems of election results interpretation, the current EPW editorial- Fractured Social Science. D.Prasad On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:14 AM, Venugopalan K M kmvenuan...@gmail.comwrote: I would suggest that in Kerala, it was not just the Lavlin case. The fundamental mistake occurred when the Left lost touch with the masses. The crudely self righteous sermons in favour of what they called 'Development' and the criminal insensitivity toward the plights of victims of a neo-liberal political agenda were never taken without a pinch of salt. This seems true not just of those directly affected by new forms of deprivation but also others, who expected sort of care for human rights and natural justice on such things esp from a Left set up. While these criticisms were totally ignored by the Party, the Kerala leadership( with the backing of the Polit Bureau) even rubbished them as a handiwork of some imagined 'bourgeois media syndicate'. Kerala saw an entire Party being mobilised to defend Pinarayi, in the context of clear accusation of huge misappropriation of public funds and charges of corruption (Lavline). Thousands of landless people, mainly dalits, occupying a big rubber estate land in Chengara (Pathanamthitta dist) demanding it to be distributed to them was seen by the CPI(M) less a land issue than a 'conspiracy' by (foreign funded) NGOs and psuedo intellectuals. Direct assaults were unleashed (ostensibly in the name of protecting the interests of rubber tapping workers unions, and by goondas masquerading as CITU activists) against poor dalits including women and children. An honourable negotiated settlement on the Chengara land struggle was never attempted and is still pending. By and large, the media has been sympathetic to this issue though the CPI(M) showed it as yet another proof of 'meadia conspiracy'. Perhaps many of us we could even visualize the worst- some thing like Nandigram developing. Apparently thanks to the intervention by an enlightened section within and outside the Left set up, that didn't happen. In relation to the electoral debacle of the CPI(M) and the Left, I like to quote a statement in an analysis by the CPI(ML) (Liberation): ''...The epicentre of the anti-CPI(M) political earthquake lies squarely in the Singur-Nandigram seismic zone where the CPI(M) has been punished for its arrogant and coercive attitude to the peasantry and the intelligentsia, for its ruthless attempt to implement the same economic policies that it claims to have been opposing all along.. Though development like Nandigram did not happen here, land related issues in many places where people face threats of imminent eviction and brutal state violence are still continuing in Kerala. These have to do with issues connected with anti poor ,neo-liberal agenda often aiding Corporate land grabbings. -- http://venukm.blogspot.com/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Fwd: Announcing the Bengaluru Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba '09 [1 Attachment]
-- Forwarded message -- From: aryakrishnan ramakrishnan aryakr...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:55 PM Subject: Announcing the Bengaluru Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba '09 [1 Attachment] *Bengaluru to Celebrate Queer Pride for the Second Time* **After last year’s successful and vibrant queer pride march, which saw over 600 people celebrating and affirming queer lives in Bengaluru alone, Karnataka is gearing up for its second edition christened Karnataka Queer Habba. This year we as individuals and organisations, under the banner of Campaign for Sex-workers and Sexual Minorities Rights (CSMR), have decided to extend the festivities to a week beginning with a cricket match on June 21st and culminating with the pride march on June 28th. Come celebrate along with us as Bangalore’s LGBTQ community paints the town pink on the*28th June 2009 *. Like last year, this time too the pride march will begin at National College, Basavanagudi at 2:00 p.m and go up to Puttanachetty Town Hall via Sajjan Rao Circle and Minerva Circle and will culminate with a series of speeches as we gather on the Town Hall steps. Celebrities including actress Arundhati Nag will address the celebration at the end of the march. After the success of last year’s pride we have decided to host an even bigger event christened “Karnataka Queer Habba” this year. As a run up to this year’s Pride March we will be hosting *a week of events *across the city. The events will include: *“Queering the Pitch”: Cricket Match* - When : Sunday, June 21st, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. - Where : RBANMS Play Ground, Gangadhar Chetty Road, Ulsoor. - Contact : Gurukiran 98803 65692 or Sunil 99450 90301 *Dalit-Sexual Minorities Dialogue on Stigma and Discrimination* - When : Monday, June 22nd, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. - Where : Indian Social Institute, 24 Benson Road - Contact : Manohar 96322 23460 *Release of Human Rights Watch Report - This Alien Legacy: The Origins of “Sodomy” Laws in British Colonialism **-** followed by a discussion **“**Laws that Terrorise: Threats to Indian Democracy**”* - When : Tuesday, June 23rd, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Where : Institute of Agricultural Technologies, Queens Road. - Contact : Arvind 99800 10933 *Pirat Dyke Film Screening of One in Ten and Desert Hearts*** - When : Wednesday, June 24th, 6 p.m. - Where : Swabhava Office, 4th Floor, No. 1., M.S. Plaza, 13th A Cross, 4th Main Road, Sampangiramnagar (opposite Sampangiramnagar Police Station) - Contact : Nitya 99164 82928 *Public Discussion on Religion and Sexuality* - When : Thursday, June 25th, 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. - Where : United Theological College (UTC), Millers Road - Contact : Shubha 92434 46105* * *Evening of Theatre and Dance Performance* - When : Friday, June 26th, 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. - Where : St. Josephs College of Commerce auditorium - Contact : Sumati 98451 65143 *Story Telling Sessions* - When : Saturday, June 27th, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. - Where : Cubbon Park - Contact : Deepak 93437 63497 * * *Bengaluru Pride 2009*** - When : *Sunday, June 28th*, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Where : National College Basavanagudi to Puttanachetty Town Hall via Sajjan Rao Circle, Minerva Circle and J.C. Road - Contact : Siddharth 98450 01168 or Nithin 98860 81269 Email: bengalurupr...@gmail.com Website: www.bengalurupride.org --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~--- inline: clip_image002.jpg
[GreenYouth] After Iran Election: Protests on Tehran Streets: Two Video Clips
FIGHT FOR FREEDOM! Don't let these b*d dictators rule your life. Remember, YOU have the f*g power, not them. That's the cry renting the air of Tehran. That must be quite unprecedented in the post-1979 Mullahcracy of Iran! Here are links to two video clips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c76jvn7NMssfeature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zF1ejawjTY Sukla --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] where are women and secularists of Musl im countries in Obama’s speech in Cairo?
Reinforcing presumed religious identities: where are women and secularists of Muslim countries in Obama’s speech in Cairo? by Marieme Helie Lucas Friday 5 June 2009 http://www.siawi. org/article791. htmlhttp://www.siawi.org/article791.html Marieme Helie Lucas is an Algerian sociologist, founder and former International Coordinator of the ’Women Living Under Muslim Laws’ international solidarity network. Marieme is also the founder of ’Secularism Is A Women’s Issue’ (siawi.org) It is beyond doubt that many people around the world, of various political opinions and creeds, will feel relieved after the discourse the President of the USA delivered in Cairo today. It is apparently a new voice, a voice of peace, quite far from Bush’s clash of civilisations. But is it so? I presume that political commentators will point at the fact that Obama equates violence on the side of occupied Palestinians to violence on the side of Israeli colonizers, or that he has not abandonned the idea that the USA should tell the world how to behave and fight for their rights, or that the Israelo-Palestinian conflict is reduced to a religious conflict, or that he still justifies the war in Afghanistan, etc… All those are important issues that need to be challenged. However, what affects me most, as an Algerian secularist, is that Obama has not done away with the idea of homogeneous civilisations that was at the heart of the theory of the ’clash of civilisations’. Moreover, his very American idea of civilisation is that it can be equated to religion. He persistantly opposes ’Islam and the West’ (as two entities- civilisations) , ’America and Islam’ (a country vs a religion); he claims that ’America is not at war with Islam’. In short ’the West’ is composed of countries, while ’Islam’ is not. Old Jomo Kenyatta used to say of British colonizers: ’when they came, we had the land, they had the Bible; now we have the Bible, they have the land’. Obama’s discourse confirms it: religion is still good enough for us to have, or to be defined by. His concluding compilation of monotheist religious wisdom sounds as if it were the only language that we, barbarians, can understand. These shortcomings have adverse effects on us, citizens of countries where Islam is the predominant and often the state religion. First of all, Obama’s discourse is addressed to ’Islam’, as if an idea, a concept, a belief, could hear him. As if those were not necessarily mediated by the people who hold these views, ideas, concepts or beliefs. As Soheib Bencheikh, former Great Mufti of Marseilles, now Director of the Institute of High Islamic Studies in Marseilles, used to say: ’I have never seen a Qur’an walking in the street’… Can we imagine for one minute that Obama would address himself to’ Christianity’ or to ’Buddhism’? No, he would talk to Christians or Buddhists… to real people, keeping in mind all their differences. Obama is essentializing Islam, ignoring the large differences that exist among Muslim believers themselves, in terms of religious schools of thought and interpretations, cultural differences and political opinions. These differences indeed make it totally irrelevant to speak about ’Islam’ in such a totalizing way. Obama would not dare essentialize, for instance, Christianity in such a way, ignoring the huge gap between Opus Dei and liberation theology… Unfortunately, this essentializing Islam feeds into the plans of Muslim fundamentalists whose permanent claim is that there is one single Islam - their version of it -, one homogeneous Muslim world, and subsequently one single Islamic law that needs to be respected by all in the name of religious rights. Any study of the laws in ’Muslim’ countries show that these laws are pretty different from one country to the other, deriving not just from different interpretations of religion, but also from the various cultures in which Islam has been spreading on all continents, and that these supposedly Muslim laws reflect as well historical and political factors including colonial sources [*] - obviously not divine. This is the first adverse consequence of Obama’s essentializing Islam and homogeneizing Muslims: as much as he may criticize fundamentalists - which he calls ’a minority of extremists’-, he is using their language and their concepts. This is unlikely to help the cause of anti fundamentalists forces in Muslim countries. It follows suite that Obama talks to religions, not to citizens, not to nations or countries. He assumes that anyone has to have a religion, overlooking the fact that in many instances, people are forced into religious identities. In more and more ’Muslim’ countries, citizens are forced into religious practice [**], and pay dissent with their freedom and sometimes with their lives. It is a big blow to them, to their human rights, to freedom of thought and freedom
[GreenYouth] Final announcement: NATIONAL TIPAIMUKH DAM CONFERENCE on 19 June, 2009.
*FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT * ** *NATIONAL TIPAIMUKH DAM* *CONFERENCE ntdc2009* ** *19 June,Friday,2009.* *09.30 A.M. to 05.30 P.M.* ** *Venue: Seminar Room,* *Institution of Engineers,Bangladesh (IEB) Headquarters,* *Ramna, Dhaka.* ** *Dear All, * The National Preparatory Committee happily announces that the necessary preparations for the ensuing ntdc2009 have been progressing well defying all the hurdles. The issue of Tipaimukh Dam turned into the most debated topic in Bangladesh*.* ** *Hon'ble Minister of Finance, GOB, Mr. AMA Muhith has kindly consented to grace the occasion as the Chief Guest. Mr. Nazrul Islam KHan, Joint Secretary General , BNP, Mr. Rashed Khan Menon M.P,President,WP,Mr.Mujahidul Islam Selim,General Secretary, CPB, Mr. Hasanul Huq Inu M.P.President of JSD,Mr. Khalequzzaman,Chief,BSD, Mr.Nasirudin Yusuf Bacchu, President Sammilito Sangskritik Jote, Farah Kabir, Country Director,Action Aid Bangladesh were invited in the inaugural session.* ** ntdc2009 will look into the latest update about the construction of the monstrous Tipaimukh Dam in the upstream of Bangladesh; will go into deeper discussions on the catastrophic impact of the mega dam upon the inhabitants and civilization of Bangladesh and India along the Barak-Surma-Kushiara-Meghna basin; will chart the future courses of action in terms of peoples interest; will forge a national alliance of organizations and individuals for furthering and strengthening the peoples resistance against the dam; will create bond especially with the friends and activists working in South Asia in general and India in particular; will formulate Draft National Position Paper on the contentious Tipaimukh Dam to be submitted to Bangladesh Government for its facilitation in manouvering discourses at appropriate levels and places. ANGIKAR BANGLADESH FOUNDATION will be hosting the conference and it is expected that all the co-host organizations of Bangladesh related to International Tipaimukh Dam ConferenceITDC2005 will be co-hosting this ntdc2009 too. This will be enthusing if newer organizations express interest in co-hosting the event. Any organization and/or individual interested should fill in the following Registration form as below: 1. Name: 2. Profession: 3. Organization: 4. Contact address with phone and email: 5. Signature. Please send your filled in Registration form to *angika...@yahoo.com*angika...@yahoo.comand *hifan...@gmail.com* hifan...@gmail.com at the earliest for management facilitation. Registration at conference venue is welcome too. Special note: Any organization and individual do have the scope to sponsor anything related to the conference in kind like food, stationeries, conference bag, T-shirt etc. Please inform at the earliest. Appropriate recognition will be accorded. *Engineer Muhammad Hilaluddin.* * * On behalf of the ntdc2009 secretariat.. Mailing address: ANGIKAR BANGLADESH FOUNDATION Sunibir, 25 West Nakhalpara, Tejgaon, Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh. 01711806054 (cell).*angika...@yahoo.com,hifan...@gmail.com * -- Angikar Bangladesh Foundation, Sunibir, 25 West Nakhalpara, Tejgaon, Dhaka 1215, Bangladesh. 01711806054(cell ). angika...@yahoo.com,hifan...@gmail.com Development in harmony with and respect of nature. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Fwd: [humanrights-movement:1644] How we treat Dalits/domestic help...
-- Forwarded message -- From: Chandni Parekh chandni.par...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 11:32 PM Subject: [humanrights-movement:1644] How we treat Dalits/domestic help... To: http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/under-the-table-and-dreaming/ By Amit Varma My friend Amitava Kumar http://www.amitavakumar.com/?p=2650 points me to this poignant picture http://sanitysucks.blogspot.com/2009/06/under-table.htmlby Ritesh Uttamchandani http://ragingbum.blogspot.com/: [image: image] This is a picture of Sunil and Arvind Parmar, who own a tea stall in Gujarat. The boy under the table is their Dalit servant, Mangal. I’d bet that if Mangal wasn’t under the table, the Parmars would have their feet on the ground, not on their seats, where they seem rather uncomfortable. Is that out of concern or disgust, you think? I’d also bet that there are hazaar people out there who wouldn’t see anything odd in that boy sitting under the table. Such it goes. -- http://venukm.blogspot.com http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Fwd: [Reader-list] Fwd: Announcing the Bengaluru Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba '09
-- Forwarded message -- From: Iram Ghufran i...@sarai.net Date: Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:12 AM Subject: [Reader-list] Fwd: Announcing the Bengaluru Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba '09 To: sarai list reader-l...@sarai.net Subject: Announcing the Bengaluru Pride and Karnataka Queer Habba '09 From: siddharth narrain siddharth.narr...@gmail.com Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:58:41 +0530 Bengaluru to Celebrate Queer Pride for the Second Time After last year’s successful and vibrant queer pride march, which saw over 600 people celebrating and affirming queer lives in Bengaluru alone, Karnataka is gearing up for its second edition christened Karnataka Queer Habba. This year we as individuals and organisations, under the banner of Campaign for Sex-workers and Sexual Minorities Rights (CSMR), have decided to extend the festivities to a week beginning with a cricket match on June 21st and culminating with the pride march on June 28th. Come celebrate along with us as Bangalore’s LGBTQ community paints the town pink on the 28th June 2009. Like last year, this time too the pride march will begin at National College, Basavanagudi at 2:00 p.m and go up to Puttanachetty Town Hall via Sajjan Rao Circle and Minerva Circle and will culminate with a series of speeches as we gather on the Town Hall steps. Actress and theatre personality Arundhati Nag will address the celebration at the end of the march. After the success of last year’s pride we have decided to host an even bigger event christened “Karnataka Queer Habba” this year. As a run up to this year’s Pride March we will be hosting a week of events across the city. The events will include: “Queering the Pitch”: Cricket Match * When : Sunday, June 21st, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. * Where : RBANMS Play Ground, Gangadhar Chetty Road, Ulsoor. * Contact : Gurukiran 98803 65692 or Sunil 99450 90301 Dalit-Sexual Minorities Dialogue on Stigma and Discrimination * When : Monday, June 22nd, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. * Where : Indian Social Institute (ISI), 24 Benson Road * Contact : Manohar 96322 23460 Release of Human Rights Watch Report - This Alien Legacy: The Origins of “Sodomy” Laws in British Colonialism - followed by a discussion “Laws that Terrorise: Threats to Indian Democracy” * When : Tuesday, June 23rd, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. * Where : Institute of Agricultural Technologies (IAT), Queens Road. * Contact : Arvind 99800 10933 Pirat Dyke Film Screening of One in Ten and Desert Hearts * When : Wednesday, June 24th, 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. * Where : Swabhava Office, 4th Floor, No. 1., M.S. Plaza, 13th A Cross, 4th Main Road, Sampangiramnagar (opposite Sampangiramnagar Police Station) * Contact : Nitya 99164 82928 Public Discussion on Religion and Sexuality * When : Thursday, June 25th, 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. * Where : United Theological College (UTC), Millers Road * Contact : Shubha 92434 46105 Evening of Theatre and Dance Performance * When : Friday, June 26th, 4:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. * Where : St. Josephs College of Commerce auditorium * Contact : Sumati 98451 65143 Story Telling Sessions * When : Saturday, June 27th, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. * Where : Cubbon Park * Contact : Deepak 93437 63497 Bengaluru Pride 2009 * When : Sunday, June 28th, 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. * Where : National College Basavanagudi to Puttanachetty Town Hall via Sajjan Rao Circle, Minerva Circle and J.C. Road * Contact : Siddharth 98450 01168 ; Nithin 98860 81269 or Umesh 98457 91850 Email: bengalurupr...@gmail.com Website: www.bengalurupride.org _ reader-list: an open discussion list on media and the city. Critiques Collaborations To subscribe: send an email to reader-list-requ...@sarai.net with subscribe in the subject header. To unsubscribe: https://mail.sarai.net/mailman/listinfo/reader-list List archive: lt;https://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/reader-list/ -- http://venukm.blogspot.com http://www.shelfari.com/kmvenuannur http://kmvenuannur.livejournal.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
