Praful Bidwai's column for The News, Pakistan, op-ed, May 02 2002.
Two votes for disempowerment
Praful Bidwai
I write this on April 30, a fateful day on...
Dear all, there was a bomb blast in Karachi today that killed about a dozen French navy officers who were here working on a submarine, in the latest act of...
A clear piece of reasoning by Naeem Sadiq, a private citizen of Karachi, who is active with the peace movement here. beena My reasons for dissent The presiding...
May 09, 2002 For The News on Sunday, Special Report May 12, 2002 Pakistan: the political dimensions of `religious terrorism' The pattern of violence Beena...
friends, sending an email from friend Anjali Sagar in London in response to the one by Gurpal (below) [re: the Harsh Mander piece Gurpal mentions, if anyone...
a human perspective to what's going - apologies for delay in posting this out - it was sent by Hasan Zaidi in Karachi on April 15. beena ... Elizabeth, an...
Several people have forwarded me the vilification campaign against Indian actress and civil rights activist Shabana Azmi, against whom the Hindu Right are...
Thanks to Isa Daudpota for sending on the first piece and Zaheeruddin Babar for forwarding Arundhati Roy's powerful essay on the Gujarat carnage(below). ... ...
I am forwarding an email from John Hallam in Australia with email addresses of various anti-nuke groups. Tensions between India and Pakistan are at possibly...
From senior Indian journalist and anti-nuclear activist N. Ram (Editor of the respected fortnightly Frontline, The Hindu group of newspapers, based in Chennai...
'black comedy', one friend who fwded this said... This futile campaign Western intervention has done little for the Afghans and less to beat terrorism ...
Even as the tense stand-off between nuclear armed India and Pakistan continues, the situation in Gujarat continues to be grim. The following email speaks for...
RESOLUTION (adopted at the seminar : "Impact of Nuclearisation on South Asia" held at SIDCO Centre, Karachi on 28-05-2002) The consensus view of this...
Dear friends, two msgs from India below. beena Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 10:12:11 +0500 From: ACHIN VANAIK AVERT A WAR, AND WORSE, IN SOUTH ASIA: CNDP The...
From Ward Smith, in Atlanta, Georgia: "I'm forwarding this message in the hopes that you might want to share it with others. In the states, that people might...
Below, two emails for action: dozens of organisations to get together in New York, sent by one of the most inspiring young women I have had the privilege to...
From John Hallam of Friends of the Earth (Nuclear Campaign) in Oz. A few months ago, they got together thousands of signatures of parliamentarians for a letter...
From Mishka Zaman in Washington DC beena ... Dear friends, Please do come and spread the word. All are welcome. Mishka This is the action alert for the peace...
People acting for peace: The first email sent on by Anjali Sagar in London on Britain's contribution to the tensions, and a demo in London on Jun 8; followed...
Friends, lots of activist news, and two articles (at the end) in the South Asia Citizens Wire posted below. Pls check out the link to get on their list.Btw, a...
Jun 09 2002 A Peace Convention and the wisdom of Ali Nawaz Beena Sarwar Ali Nawaz works at a motorcycle factory at Hub Chowki in Balochistan, near Somiani, the...
Just got this from friend Anjali in London, with a note saying it's from 2-3 weeks ago. I sent out a letter from Gurpal earlier as well; this one is just as...
friends, the following is from the father of one of my oldest friends, who's on my postings list; he sent it to Gurpal after the email I sent out yesterday. ...
From Anand Patwardhan in Bombay, re: Jang aur Aman (War and Peace), his anti-nuke documentary. beena Press UPDATE: Censor Board's war on "WAR AND PEACE" Our...
A dam in Bhopal has displaced adivasis who have not been given an alternative place to go. The issue must be decided before the area fills up. Meanwhile, lives...
thanks to Khusro Mumtaz for sending this piece by Uri Avnery the leading Israeli writer and peace activist Wednesday, June 12, 2002 Daily Times: One has to...
I've just signed this; please sign and forward to interested people. beena ... PROTECT FREE SPEECH AND OUR RIGHT TO INFORMATION: FILMMAKER PATWARDHAN'S "WAR...
