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TALK ON PERSONAL LIBERTY
Friends of Freedom (FOF) Margao a campus based group of Shree Damodar College
of Commerce and Economics, Margao on 26th August 2006 organized an interaction
with the 9th and 10th STD of Vidya Vikas Academy on Personal Liberty. On the
same evening a similar interaction was then conducted at Manovikas School,
Margao.
Friends of Freedom members Neshwin Almeida and Siddharth Narayanan along with
Swati Chawla a Youth Associate of the Center for Civil Society, New Delhi spoke
to the children about personal liberty.
Swati Chawla is a Youth Associate of the Center for Civil Socities and on the
panel of Beyond Borders a group by the British Council. She also a coordinator
for South Asia and conducts and attended exchange programs in Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Bangladesh. Fresh from her return from Turkey where was
selected for the International Youth Forum spoke to the children with Neshwin
Almeida a Liberty and Society Graduate and Siddharth Narayanan a graduate in
public policy and society.
Personal Liberty includes the freedom to do what one desires with
responsibility and not governed by society or the people that influences us.
The children told us how they are restrained to do certain activities or how
their not allowed to make choices because either their parents dont like it or
because their teachers dont approve of it.
We told the children how todays elders force or influence our choices
because of the stereotype mindsets created by society which includes all the
people we come across.
The children were told that these kind of mindsets blog our minds and make us
classify or brand people which creates divides amongst various sections of
society which is the main reason for conflict.
The children of both the schools were also told how we should stand up for
open thinking and question our elders or governments against decisions or
ideologies that do not match those of a civil society.
The children were also spoken to about how we should think rationally and
that our activities or actions should not cause a hindrance to the people
around us.
FOF also conducted games and gave various examples to reach their message
across.
FoF which is a group that works in association with Center for Civil Society
a NGO headed by Dr Parth Shah a former professor of Auburn University, Michigan
deals in issues of Governance, Education and Livelihood.
The interaction with the school students was held on the sidelines of the
Liberty and Society Seminar at Miramar for Economics and Political Science
Students which was supported by Sir RATAN TATA TRUST (SRTT).
Friends OF Freedom (FOF) is involved in organizing interactions, seminars,
presentations and debates on various issues like Hiv-AIDS, Roads, Know your
Margao, Population an ultimate resource and regularly files RTIs on education
matters.
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