[GreenYouth] Delhi HC decriminalises homosexuality

2009-07-02 Thread sunil kumar
Delhi HC decriminalises homosexuality NDTV Correspondenthttp://www.ndtv.com/news/search/results.php?cfeed=tw%3BSU%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.ndtv.com%3BLC%3A%23003399%3BVC%3A%23008000%3BDC%3A%2399%3BTB%3A0%3BPBG%3A1%3BGP%3A0%3B%3BRBG%3A%23DCDCDChl=enq=NDTV%20Correspondentsite=ndtv.com, Thursday July

[GreenYouth] Hindu Rashtra in Delhi (horrible!!)

2009-07-02 Thread Ranjit Ranjit
Hindu Rashtra in Delhi (*Protest by Hindutva organisations against construction of a mosque in Rohini Sector 16, Delhi…Prayer by the MUSLIMS not allowed by hindutva forces on 26.6.2009 and those who were coming for the NAMAZ were beaten up and chased back. .. Hooligans marched in street to look

[GreenYouth] Historic judgment: Delhi HC legalises gay sex

2009-07-02 Thread Sukla Sen
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/historic-judgment-delhi-hc-legalises-gay-sex/484039/ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/historic-judgment-delhi-hc-legalises-gay-sex/484039/Historic judgment: Delhi HC legalises gay sex *Agencies* Posted online: Thursday , Jul 02, 2009 at 1158 hrs *New Delhi : *In

[GreenYouth] Re: Historic judgment: Delhi HC legalises gay sex

2009-07-02 Thread Wali Laskar
It is a wise and welcome decision of the Delhi High Court to declare that 377 of IPC is violative of 21, 14, 15 of the constitution, belatedly nevertheless. Now the same sex marriage/partnership needs to be legalised, family laws must be amended. More over, laws relating to rape are also in dire

[GreenYouth] Re: Delhi HC decriminalises homosexuality

2009-07-02 Thread Wali Laskar
It is a wise and welcome decision of the Delhi High Court to declare that 377 of IPC is violative of 21, 14, 15 of the constitution, belatedly nevertheless. Now the same sex marriage/partnership needs to be legalised, family laws must be amended. More over, laws relating to rape are also in dire

[GreenYouth] Re: A landmark judgement

2009-07-02 Thread Wali Laskar
It is a wise and welcome decision of the Delhi High Court to declare that 377 of IPC is violative of 21, 14, 15 of the constitution, belatedly nevertheless. Now the same sex marriage/partnership needs to be legalised, family laws must be amended. More over, laws relating to rape are also in dire

[GreenYouth] Sri Lanka: Politicised courts compromise rights

2009-07-02 Thread Wali Laskar
Colombo/Brussels, 30 June 2009 - The Sri Lankan government must reform the country’s judicial system urgently if the military defeat of the Tamil Tigers is to lead to a lasting peace. Sri Lanka’s Judiciary: Politicised Courts, Compromised

[GreenYouth] Congratulations!!

2009-07-02 Thread Rohit Shetti
Congratulations to all who fought to make this happen!! Rohit http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINDEL32692620090702 *India court overturns ban on gay sex* Thu Jul 2, 2009 12:35pm IST NEW DELHI, July 2 (Reuters) - An Indian court on Thursday ruled gay sex was not a crime, a verdict

[GreenYouth] Re: Faculty reservation in IITs is a fact: Kapil Sibal

2009-07-02 Thread venukm
Clear the confusion, please by taking positive action! The response from Mr.Kapil Sibbal to Mr Surendra Prasad, Director, IIT,Delhi seems to be far from ending the controversy. Sir, we are a little bit confused on faculty reservation. There is mental strain among us about it. We are confused.-

[GreenYouth] Re: The Unique ID Card Scheme: The Grave Threats It Poses!

2009-07-02 Thread geetheshp Nair
Dear Mr Sukla, Why is it a pigheaded scheme? It was BJP who had it in the election agenda to provide every citizen on the country with Multi Purpose National Identity (MNIC) cards. Later on congress picked up this idea and now Mr. Nandan Nilekani is in charge of it. Read the news in Hindustan

[GreenYouth] Re: Capacity Building Programme under Human Development in Higher Education

2009-07-02 Thread Maya
Dear Damodar Prasad, This was a notice . And the points you raised are worth discussing , I agree. It is getting organised along with State Planning Board. May be thats the reason for project language use too. But , just using some particular terms doesnt show the whole purpose and the entire

[GreenYouth] Re: Capacity Building Programme under Human Development in Higher Education

2009-07-02 Thread ranju radha
some institutions cannot survive without thse two terms such institutions can be seen in abundance especially places like Indraprastham in fact, i m fed up with this shitty business of M S Swaminathan kinda sustainable developmnt, community radio, development communication, UNESCO projects for

[GreenYouth] Re: Capacity Building Programme under Human Development in Higher Education

2009-07-02 Thread damodar prasad
Maya, My firends tell me that in recent times there has been a massive cut in spending for social science and humanities. There is a reduction in faculty appointment. Guest lecture mode of appointment has replaced this. There is certainly a doscuragement for social science and humanities in

[GreenYouth] Re: Faculty reservation in IITs is a fact: Kapil Sibal

2009-07-02 Thread ranju radha
absolutely all the politicians are afraid of taking on the brahminical structure of IITs... one needs to constantly monitor and alert these half baked ministers who do not wanna open their mouth in front of IIT directors as if these brahmincal people are born from some other part of the body..

[GreenYouth] Re: Capacity Building Programme under Human Development in Higher Education

2009-07-02 Thread damodar prasad
On Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 3:29 PM, damodar prasad damodar.pra...@gmail.comwrote: Maya, My firends tell me that in recent times there has been a massive cut in spending for social science and humanities. There is a reduction in faculty appointment. Guest lecture mode of appointment has replaced

[GreenYouth] Re: Capacity Building Programme under Human Development in Higher Education

2009-07-02 Thread damodar prasad
yes renju, if we look at the kind of academic books of say two to three decades back, we cannot miss a term repeated everywhere: Nation-Building. Then it was the high-tide period of command economy. The same academics who repeated this cliche are now changing tunes. But all of them have lucky

[GreenYouth] Who's A Low Level Terrorist? Are You? By Emily Spence- (Fwded from other forum)

2009-07-02 Thread Venugopalan K M
Who's A Low Level Terrorist? Are You? By Emily Spence http://www.countercurrents.org/spence010709.htm Recently, an American Civil Liberties Union report pointed out, Anti-terrorism training materials currently being used by the Department of Defense (DoD) teach its personnel that free

[GreenYouth] Dan Reed's Docu Film : Terror In Mumbai - (fwded from other forum)

2009-07-02 Thread Venugopalan K M
From Abhishek http://qik.li/K1xh The untold story of 2008's terrorist attack, in the words of its victims and the gunmen. The programme contains graphic images and descriptions of the atrocity which may upset some viewers. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Dan Reed, Terror in

[GreenYouth] Re: Capacity Building Programme under Human Development in Higher Education

2009-07-02 Thread Maya
I think you are misunderstanding the whole purpose of the program and the point what the notice speaks about. Even though enriching SS and |Humanities ( though taking them together is also not possible in one way) with current status of knowledge is a different topic from making it as a ‘skill

[GreenYouth] SEZ: Corporate Statehood Defined (Article by C.R Bijoy)

2009-07-02 Thread Venugopalan K M
SEZ: Corporate Statehood Defined By C.R Bijoy 01 July, 2009 Countercurrents.org The SEZ Act ( Special Economic Zone Act ) heralds the integration of the powers of the executive, the elected institutions and the judiciary, centralisd in the SEZ Authority – the Development Commissioner (DC)