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#2903 From: Jan Buragohain <jan_buragohain@...>
Date: Mon Nov 30, 2009 2:12 am
Subject: Akhil Gogoi bags RTI Award 2009 		jan_buragohain
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Akhil Gogoi bags RTI Award 2009
 

GUWAHATI, Nov 29: Ahkil Gogoi (34), bagged the RTI Award 2009 instituted by the Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF). The award will be presented by Vice-President of India Hamid Ansari.

He is one of the best-known social activists of Assam, started an RTI investigation in March 2006, followed by a social audit, that led to the exposure of a Rs 1.25 crore scam in Sampoorna Gram Rozgar Yojana (SGRY) and Rs 60 lakh scam in Indira Awas Yojana in Gamariguri Block of Golaghat district.

It brought to light the corruption in administration of other schemes as well as the arrest of several officials. The expose rallied the people of Golaghat in protest against corruption in administration of Government schemes.

Subsequently, Gogoi faced the wrath of those who had been benefiting from corrupt practises. Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), a grassroots organization of which Gogoi is secretary, was branded an illegal group. Gogoi had to go underground for three to four months. Two KMSS members were arrested and kept in custody for three months each.

Another RTI investigation by Gogoi detected a chain of corruption from FCI godown to the fair price shop. The probe, which revealed that only five to fifteen per cent of wheat flour was reaching the intended beneficiaries also led to the arrest of several officials.

Assam Government set up three committees for inquiring into the matter. PDS system was reformed. This probe also resulted in threats to Gogoi to the extent that CIC suggested to the State Government to provide security to him.

Gogoi has used RTI and community mobilization in his several successful efforts to hold Government accountable for its actions. He is also credited with taking RTI to the masses. This was stated in a press release.



(The Sentinel,30.11.2009)


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Dear Friends,

The statement copied below (and attached), jointly drafted by several organisations, is a memorandum to the Government of India that draws attention to several urgent and so far unaddressed concerns about the climate crisis and the Indian Government’s response to them, especially in light of the upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Copenhagen from 7-18 December 2009.

An initial list of endorsing groups can be found at the end of the statement. The letter will be submitted to the PM, the Environment Minister, MPs and members of the PM’s Advisory Council on Climate Change.

 

If you are in agreement with the contents of the memorandum, please write to indiaclimatejustice @gmail.com with the name of your organisation. If you are an individual, please let us know your organisational affiliation, if any.

We hope to get endorsements by Saturday, 28 November.

 

Sincerely

 

New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI)

National Forum of Forest People and Forest Workers (NFFPFW)

Focus on the Global South

Intercultural Resources  

Delhi Platform

Delhi Forum

Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha (BJVJ)

 




MEMORANDUM TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

ON THE UNFCCC’s 15th CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES AT COPENHAGEN

 

 

24 November 2009

 

Dear Prime Minister Manmohan Singh,

 

We, the undersigned people’s organisations, social movements, trade unions and concerned citizens, submit this memorandum to the Government to draw your attention to the several urgent and so far unaddressed concerns about the climate crisis and the Indian Government’s response to them, especially in light of the upcoming 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Copenhagen from 7-18 December 2009.

 

We believe that the economic and political issues of inequality, both within and between nations, grievously impact distribution and consumption and are at the core of the crisis of global warming and of responding meaningfully to it. The crisis is also about a few usurping the rights and access of the vast majority of the disempowered over the commons – air, water, land, minerals and forests. Unsustainable economic development and inequitable growth based on an economy dependent on the use of fossil-fuels and extractive industries — which intensified in the last 60 years — have led to the sharp rise in carbon emissions, way beyond what the Earth can absorb. The global annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions have reached about 35 billion tonnes a year from the burning of coal, oil and gas, and from deforestation. This is much more than the net absorption capacity of the Earth, estimated to be 16-17 billion tonnes a year or roughly 2.5 tonnes per person, which is declining due to a gradual warming of the oceans.

 

Hence, there is an extremely urgent need to make sharp and immediate cuts in the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs). We fear that this urgency has not been reflected in the ongoing negotiations leading up to Copenhagen, neither in the Indian government’s position and policy interventions, nor in the positions of governments worldwide. The urgency stems from the fact that scientific evidence suggests we may already be close to significant tipping points in some of the Earth’s major ecosystems. Crossing a tipping point — whereby natural systems deteriorate even without any further human intervention — will make it that much more difficult for us to collectively intervene in halting possibly runaway global warming. We need to make drastic cuts in emissions, starting immediately. Anything less or watered down at Copenhagen will have massive consequences for humanity and for other species.

 

INDIA IS IN THE FRONTLINE OF CLIMATE VULNERABILITY

 

Climate change has become a serious threat to the poor, particularly in developing countries. Impacts are going to get unavoidably worse, with massive disruption and loss of human life and of other species that invisibly support our ecosystems. In India, widespread and significant impacts of climate change have been noticed for at least 10-15 years in many regions. These impacts are adversely affecting the urban working poor, the lives and livelihoods of the Himalayan and other hill people, fishing communities and other coastal and island communities, small, marginal and rainfed farmers and agricultural labourers, dalits, women, adivasis, forest dwellers, and other disadvantaged and marginalised communities in different regions. Published scientific evidence and other observations of people from different communities reveal that the following are some of the major impacts that are already visible:

 

·         Changing rainfall patterns, reduced rains in July and in winter, shorter south-west monsoon, and intense rains in a short period. This is hurting both small agriculture and water sources and causing unprecedented floods and soil erosion in some places.

·         In the mid-level Himalayas, reduced snow at mid- to high altitudes, warmer winters, shifting of fruits and crops to higher levels, spread of mosquitoes and vector-borne disease to new areas, drying up of streams, disappearance of small glaciers and receding of large glaciers.

·         The spread and intensification of drought in large parts of India leading to massive forced migration, agrarian distress and mass abandoning of livestock.

·         In forest areas, the migration of species to higher altitudes, the loss of biodiversity, the greater incidence of pests, increased growth of weeds, greater frequency of forest fires, the decline in stock of certain medicinal plants, and reduced growth of forests and grasslands.

·         The drying of water sources that supply water for drinking and for livelihoods at many places.

·         Sea level rise along many coastlines, depletion and migration of fish stocks, and ingress of saline water due to storm surges.

 

These impacts influence and aggravate a range of other crises with systemic roots, for example the agrarian crisis. It is widely accepted by scientists that the impacts are going worsen further, and will happen simultaneously, hitting the poor in different regions.

 

THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA’S POSITION

The Indian Government’s stand on climate change needs to reflect this urgency. It should affirm the principles of equity, justice and sustainability as essential for effective global and national policy towards climate change governed through a democratic and participatory regulatory mechanism.

 

Our views on the GOI’s stand in key areas in the climate negotiations are as follows:

 

a.       Mitigation: The Government’s stand that India’s per capita emissions are low and it will “not allow its per capita GHG emissions to exceed the average per capita emissions of the developed countries” (The Road to Copenhagen, MEA, GOI, 2009) is nothing but hiding behind the poor and is potentially dangerous because it will worsen the climate crisis in the long run. India’s average emissions are relatively low for the time being because of the abysmal poverty of the overwhelming majority of this country; in contrast, the elites in this country have emissions approaching European levels. India needs to adopt and push for equity internally on a per capita emissions basis, the same principle it is arguing for in international negotiations. India’s energy policy for the foreseeable future is based on polluting fossil fuels, driven by a model of industrialization directed primarily at elite consumption. This needs to drastically decrease and therefore a complete rethink of our energy policy is essential.

 

b.      Adaptation: The Government’s claim that it is spending “up to 2.5% of GDP on adaptation” is an accounting sleight of hand. The 2009-10 Budget documents reveal that much of the increase in expenditure for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is being accounted for as Adaptation Funds. On the other hand, crucial areas for adaptation such as mangrove conservation, wetlands conservation, protection of rivers and other groundwater recharging systems, afforestation, methods of cultivation such as the system of rice intensification and organic farming and the biodiversity conservation programme have received scant attention and meagre allocations. Also, the shocking lack of prior information, preparedness and action regarding several disasters such as the recent drought, Krishna basin floods and the Aila disaster in the Sunderbans indicate that much more needs to be done and with greater urgency. Unavoidable worsening impacts suggest that they need to be anticipated and prepared for in advance.

 

c.       Technology: Any technology transfer negotiated as part of the Copenhagen process should be free of conditionalities and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) restrictions. We need to ensure that we adopt solution-based technologies rather than technology-driven solutions. The belief that large technologies will provide the solution evades the centrality of the need to reduce elite consumption, in India and the world. It brings in large capital and takes solutions out of people’s hands. We urge the adoption of decentralized, small and sustainable technologies that are appropriate for people’s needs. Many such technologies and materials already exist and need to be examined and improved upon before we venture into blind import of technology.

 

d.      Finance: We support the stand proposed by the Bolivian government that industrialized countries should pay for their enormous historical emission and adaptation debts to the developing world, including India and the Indian poor. Any financial transfer mechanism and its ultimate use needs to be transparent, decentralized, democratic and decided by the people at all levels – through participation in consultation with national, state and local self-governments. However, we do not believe that adaptation and basic technology implementation in a large developing country such as India is in any way contingent on the prior transfer of financial resources.

 

Additionally,

 

·         We view the Government’s formulation and finalization of India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) and its eight missions as undemocratic and unilateral. The NAPCC does not question the current non-sustainable, high emissions pattern of economic development. Therefore the Government needs to arrive at a new NAPCC with reference to Parliament, in consultation with state and local governments, and through the widest possible participation of affected people. This must include differentiated eco-zone planning, district level vulnerability and contingency planning for disasters, industry-based reduction of emissions and people’s control mechanisms over the commons.

 

·         Instead of addressing the crisis at its source, the Indian government is pushing for a series of non-solutions and false solutions towards mitigating emissions. Nuclear power is costly, risky, harms communities in the vicinity of uranium mines and nuclear plants and has significant embodied emissions. Agrofuels – which many state governments are promoting through jatropha plantations – take away land from food production, reduces access to the commons used by the poor and consumes enormous quantities of water. The hundreds of hydropower dams being planned and constructed across the Himalayan and other ecosystems, the Northeast region and elsewhere undermines the will of the local communities, and denies decentralized micro energy projects that would be more appropriate. Genetically Modified Organisms being proposed for mitigation and adaptation of cash and food crops will grossly undermine food security, biodiversity and cause unforeseen consequences along with deepening the control of multinationals over our food chain.

 

·         We oppose both India’s position of ‘Compensated Conservation’ as part of the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) and its support for REDD. REDD and all other variants of carbon forestry encourage and promote the privatization and commodification of forests and their resources. There is the real danger that REDD will aggressively push a forced takeover of forest lands from communities by corporations and the Indian Forest Department. It will limit the access of forest people to their primary source of life and livelihood, who are already facing massive forced displacement in the name of ‘development’. REDD goes against people-centered forest governance, promotes the much opposed and discredited Joint Forest Management thereby undermining the recently enacted Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

 

·         Projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) – of which India has about 1,200, both registered and under validation – prevents the physical and verifiable cuts in emissions that are so urgently needed, as does REDD. Carbon offsets perpetuate elite consumption in the misplaced hope that it can be compensated for. CDM in India is dominated by polluting industries that continue to harm communities and ecosystems, emit toxic fly ash and carbon, pollute rivers and underground aquifers. Corporations with bad environmental track records earn huge money through flimsy, non-verifiable and mostly false claims of emissions reductions.

 

·         At the Bangkok UNFCCC meeting in September-October 2009, the US introduced a proposed structure for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of mitigation actions. It seeks to extend MRV to all countries except the least developed countries (LDCs). The word “commitment” in relation is absent in the US draft. We see this as an important shift in the language of global climate change agreement from binding commitments to that of mitigating “actions”. The Indian government should strongly oppose this watering down of the proposed regulatory mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol for developed economies.

 

WE DEMAND:

 

1.      Given the increasing risk to life and life-support systems in the world, the Copenhagen Conference should declare a Global Climate Emergency.

2.      A real and verifiable emission cut that is legally binding by the industrialized (Annex 1) countries of at least 50% by 2020, 70% by 2030 and 90% by 2050, over 1990 levels, and not left to voluntary “actions” of the industralised countries. The cuts should be within national borders, not offset through market and/or other mechanisms such as the CDM, and these cuts should start immediately.

3.      The post-Kyoto process of collective negotiation needs to be strengthened, deepened and widened on the issue of cuts in greenhouse gases. This is being undermined by the industrialized nations, who are pushing for voluntary and individual national cuts. We demand that the baseline for emission cuts should be kept at the 1990 level as agreed.

4.      Large emitters, including China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa, should rapidly shift away from their high-consumption and high-emission development trajectories, while promoting internal equity. They need to commit to necessary and binding reduction targets along with sharp cuts by Annex 1 countries. India should take the lead in building a consensus among developing economies to commit to mitigation targets, which should be binding through national legislation. In this context, the Government of India should reformulate the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 so as to incorporate the mitigation target based on a principle of democratic industrialization that ensures equity and social justice.

5.      The Indian government should revise its unsustainable development trajectory of several decades. This phase has witnessed the exploitation of natural resources, the greater displacement of adivasis and other forest dwellers, intensified exploitation and continued pauperization of the urban poor, casualisation and contractualisation of labour, and the promotion of consumption by and production for elites. Such an anti-poor development trajectory — a trajectory reflected in the toothless Biodiversity Act 2002, the much-diluted EIA Notification, 2006, the industry-oriented National Environment Policy, 2006, the rampant violations of the CRZ Notification, and in the NAPCC and various missions under it — intrinsically leads to higher carbon emissions. We demand that emissions by elites in India be urgently brought down to 2.5 tonnes of carbon dioxide per capita a year, thus enforcing equality and equity in resource-sharing by all Indians, and which is the maximum the Earth can currently absorb. At the same time we note that the working poor in the country are forced to consume much less than required for their well-being. Their consumption levels have to rise for them to have reasonable living standards and a life of dignity. We demand an effective framework that promotes the use of public transport alongside binding restrictions on the use of vehicles for private purposes, and one that prevents displacement of the poor in towns and cities. We demand that the livelihoods, constitutional and democratic rights of forest dwellers, fishworkers and small peasant cultivators be ensured.

6.      The Indian Government should prepare a comprehensive policy for compensation of those affected by restructuring of the economy for emission cuts and arrive at an acceptable framework for re-employment of displaced workers.

7.      Drastic cuts in defence expenditure, which is one of the largest consumers of energy, to promote peace in the region.

8.      That the Indian government should redraw its energy strategy, moving towards more sustainable, equitable, employment and livelihood-generati ng renewable and bio-energy sources and strategies, in a time-bound manner. There needs to be a much more decentralized generation, transmission and use of energy. For renewable energy to be competitive and go beyond experimentation there has to be substantial government subsidy. India has vast resources of solar energy, which, if all past subsidies to conventional power and costs of mitigation of ill-effects are taken into account, becomes a cost competitive source of clean and renewable power. All this would necessitate a credible and transparent re-examination of the Electricity Act in all its ramifications.

9.      The costs of mitigation and restructuring are paid for through direct investment by the government defined by the paramount principle of the public good.

10.  Un-proven, anti-poor and potentially disastrous non-solutions, such as nuclear energy, agro-fuels, large hydro, CDM and hydrogen fuel should be immediately halted. A strict principle of “polluter pays” should be implemented for costing and comparing various energy options. The government must cease to be party to any disastrous market-based solutions like carbon trading.

11.  We call for a new National Action Plan on Climate Change that will be arrived at after a wide consultation of people and be sanctioned by parliament.

12.  We oppose any attempt to link climate change commitments to trade barriers and tariffs. The Indian government should desist from and oppose any such moves.

13.  That the Government of India support the payment of ecological debt — both for historical emissions and current adaptation — as a legally binding obligation of the industrialized nations to nations and peoples of the global South. Their ecological debt should include the complete restoration of territories, and recuperation of agriculture and ecosystems. We demand the creation of alternative funding mechanisms and flows that recognize this ecological debt and respect, protect and promote the sovereignty and rights of nations and people. We demand an immediate end to any role for the World Bank and other international financial institutions (IFIs) in climate financing and to the tied use of technology to any debt repayment.

14.  Our government must stand united with and protective of progressive efforts of other developing countries, G-77, the least developed countries (LDCs) and the Association of Small Island States (AOSIS). We oppose the reported moves by the Indian government to align with the United States, historically by far the largest greenhouse emitter.

 

The Indian government must take leadership of the countries of the global South in Copenhagen and beyond, by bringing issues of justice and equity in all their dimensions to the centrestage in climate negotiations. These need to be informed by the principle of ecological sustainability, and need to transcend barriers of generations and species and ensure rights of nations and peoples.

Copies to:

Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh

Members of Parliament

Members of PM’s Advisory Council on Climate Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENDORSED BY

 

 

Organisations

 

1.      New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI)

2.      National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM)

3.      National Forum of Forest Peoples and Forest Workers (NFFPFW)

4.      National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF)

5.      Kerala Swatantra Matsya Thozhilali Federation (KSMTF)

6.      Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF)

7.      South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP)

8.      Programme for Social Action (PSA)

9.      Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha (BJVJ)

10.  Delhi Platform

11.  Focus on the Global South

12.  Delhi Forum

13.  Environment Support Group

14.  Intercultural Resources

15.  Equations

16.  Coorg Organisation for Rural Development

17.  Popular Education and Action Centre (PEACE)

18.  Kabani (Kerala)

19.  Rural Volunteers’ Centre, Assam

20.  River Basin Friends

 

 

Individual   For endorsements write to:  indiaclimatejustice @gmail.com


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#2899 From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@...>
Date: Wed Nov 25, 2009 5:17 am
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AIIMS-like institution in West Bengal by 2010
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Why not in Assam / North East? Kiya Tarun Gogoi so raha hai?


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#2897 From: Jan Buragohain <jan_buragohain@...>
Date: Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:24 am
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Website of the North East India International Meet 2010
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#2896 From: Jan Buragohain <jan_buragohain@...>
Date: Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:12 am
Subject: President confers awards on State innovators (The Assam Tribune ,19.11.2009) 		jan_buragohain
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President confers awards on State innovators

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 GUWAHATI, Nov 18 – Two innovators from the State have been honoured by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) with the National Innovation Award for their innovations. President of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented the awards to the two innovators – Kanak Gogoi and Uddhav Bharali – at a function held at the auditorium of the Indian Institute of Agricultural Research, New Delhi today.

While Guwahati-based innovator Kanak Gogoi won two awards for his innovations –compressed air vehicle and gravity bicycle, North Lakhimpur-based innovator Uddhav Bharali was presented the award for his device – pomegranate peeler device.

Talking to this newspaper Kanak Gogoi said that he had developed the gravity bicycle that can be run using gravitational pull, in 2002. Gogoi developed his compressed air vehicle that uses compressed air as its fuel, by labouring for two years since 2006.

Bharali, who had won the National Innovation Award on a previous occasion also, developed his pomegranate peeler after several years of experimentations. This machine is highly appreciated by the experts of several foreign countries and it is in high demand in the developed countries where pomegranate juice is very popular and also used for therapeutic preparations.

Presenting the awards to the innovators, who included several others from other parts of the country, besides Gogoi and Bharali, President Patil said that an exhibition of the award-winning innovations would be organised at the Mughal Garden of the Rashtrapati Bhawan from February 14 next for a one-and-a-half-month period.

Each of the National Innovation Awards consists of a trophy, a certificate and a cheque of Rs 1 lakh .

(The Assam Tribune ,19.11.2009)

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#2895 From: Dibya <dibyanlp@...>
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NEDFI who has been successfully   promoting  local products from NE's  entrepreneurs in various platforms including Indian International Trade Fair , New Delhi has  launched again this year in ITF 2009 ( Indian International Trade Fair 2009) with numerous tantalizing products from North East in a beautifully decorated pavilion ( inside Hall 6) . Interestingly NEDFi has been prize winning stalls  for the last few years consecutively. Amongst  these motley of  indigenous & colorful products, NEDFi has newly launched products from water hynachin (panir meteka) , home made organic tea ( with indigenous technology), banana waste products etc.

        It is seen  that NEDFi   has been successfully launched  several unique products from the NE with global appeal . Now if local entrepreneur can add value additions to   these products,  NE can invariably become one of the  economic power houses of  the  country. Sri Manoj Das , Dy GM, NEDFi , N Delhi  is the  Pavilion Director and working overnight to make all efforts succesfull.


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#2894 From: J Kalita <jugalkalita@...>
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Subject: October 2009 (Volume 37, Number 1) issue of Posoowa published 		jugalkalita
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October 2009

September

  • Assam Day 2009
  • Two evenings with Mac- the Bangladeshi Assamese
  • Sattriya Dance performance at London
  • System of Rice Intensification (SRI): A key to food security
  • Products from water Hyacinth
  • New book on Assam

August

  • Pallav Deka wins Gold in Badminton at State Games of America
  • The day I met Poet “Saumitra” Kishore Kadam
  • Rini Kakati wins Glory of India Award
  • Bodo fiction
  • Futile Pursuit

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PCG Meet 2009

Listen to this conversation: A discussion was held to deliberate upon the issue of peace-process between the Government of India and United Liberation Front of Assam at the residence of eminent writer Mamoni Roisom Goswami at Gandhi Basti, Guwahati on 22nd September, 2009. Along with Dr. Goswami, co-ordinator PCG, it was participated by Dr. Nani Gopal Mahanta, co-ordinator, Peace and Conflict Studies, Gauhati University, Dilip Patgiri, member of PCG and Mr. Niseswar Saikia, President, All Assam Matak Yuva Chatra Sanmilan. The discussion was moderated by Lachit Bordoloi, Chief Advisor, MASS.

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#2893 From: Dibya <dibyanlp@...>
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Subject: Re: [NorthEastIndia] Dhemaji will get an Engineering College ---Chief Minister,Assam (25.10.2009) 		dibyanlp
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It would be great if some development is done in the North Bank of Brahmaputra which is the most neglected region by state Government. Many a time, people of the region even feel  to merge with Arunachal & then China.
 
 U did it well by video recording the speech. If nothing move within 5 years, u should send the video clip to Supreme Court and seek remedy from erratic promises from  political leaders.
 
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From: Buljit Buragohain <buluassam@...>
Subject: [NorthEastIndia] Dhemaji will get an Engineering College ---Chief Minister,Assam (25.10.2009)
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Dhemaji will get an Engineering College within 2 years.------ --------Chief Minister of Assam (25.10.2009)


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News link on an Engineering College at Dhemaji .

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Subject: [NorthEastIndia] Number of Degree Level Technical Institutions Approved by AICTE as on 31/08/2008.
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Date: Tuesday, 27 October, 2009, 8:12 AM

 
Annexure-I


Annexure referred to in part (a) of the reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.56 for 17.2.2009 asked by Shri Jivabhai Ambalal Patel, Shri V.K.Thummar & Shri Subhash Maharia, M.P.s regarding Setting up of Technical Institutions.


Number of Degree Level Technical Institutions Approved by AICTE  as on 31/08/2008

S.No.

States/UTs

Engg & Tech.

MBA

MCA

Pharmacy

HMCT

Applied Art &
Crafts

PGDM

1

Madhya Pradesh

161

56

47

93

4

0

7

2

Chhatisgarh

41

7

7

11

0

0

2

3

Gujarat

55

51

26

75

1

0

11

4

Mizoram

1

0

1

1

0

0

0

5

Sikkim

1

1

0

1

0

0

0

6

Orissa

68

29

37

15

2

0

15

7

West Bengal

71

27

27

10

4

0

2

8

Tripura

3

0

1

1

0

0

0

9

Meghalaya

1

0

1

0

0

0

0

10

Arunchal Pradesh

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

11

Andaman & Nicobar

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

12

Assam

7

5

3

2

0

0

1

13

Manipur

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

14

Nagaland

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

15

Jharkhand

13

4

2

1

0

0

3

16

Bihar

15

11

6

4

0

0

1

17

Uttar Pradesh

241

125

101

91

10

1

88

18

Uttaranchal

19

23

13

14

7

0

2

19

Chandigarh

5

0

2

1

0

1

1

20

Haryana

116

56

29

34

3

0

10

21

Jammu & Kashmir

7

9

3

1

0

0

0

22

New Delhi

19

13

18

6

1

1

24

23

Punjab

70

55

24

38

8

0

4

24

Rajasthan

81

49

19

54

8

0

15

25

Himachal Pradesh

9

8

1

11

1

0

0

26

Andhra Pradesh

527

231

385

258

2

0

24

27

Pondicherry

9

1

6

1

0

1

0

28

Tamil Nadu

352

154

208

43

1

0

4

29

Karnataka

157

109

73

80

20

0

15

30

Kerala

94

37

38

33

4

0

7

31

Maharashtra

239

168

58

120

10

6

48

32

Goa

3

1

1

2

0

1

1

33

Daman & Diu, Dadar, NH

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Grand TOTAL

2388

1231

1137

1001

86

11

285

http://pib.nic. in/archieve/ others/2009/ feb/r2009021602. doc


AICTE =All India Council For Technical Education


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#2892 From: Rini Kakati <rinikakati@...>
Date: Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:54 pm
Subject: Vrindavani Vastra: Interactive session with Richard Blurton 		rinikakati@...
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Richard Blurton is the Senior Curator for South Asian section in the Department of Asia at the British Museum. He has curatorial charge of the late medieval, early modern and modern collections from both South and South East Asia. He carries research on these collections and has a special knowledge of the departments collection history. Richard has conducted active programmes of contemporary collecting, most notably in eastern and north-eastern India.
 
During his stay at Guwahati, an interactive session on the topic "Vrindavani Vastra" with teachers, academicians, journalists and students at Sudmersen Hall, Cotton College on Tuesday 27 October, 2009 at 3:00pm.
 
The meeting will be chaired by senior journalist: Mr. Dhiren Bezbaruah & Dr. Indra Kr. Bhattacharyya, Principal of Cotton College organised by Mrs. Rini Kakati, NRI Co-ordinator for UK and Dr.Tilottoma Barua, Department of Anthropology, Cotton College.
 
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#2891 From: "utpalborpujari" <utpalb21@...>
Date: Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:45 am
Subject: Assam - The Coffee Table Book 		utpalborpujari
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Hi
Here is the first glimpse of a grand cofee table book on ASSAM 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E76QpwJL3rI

This is also the first book from Assam to be promoted on You Tube, and may be
also from the whole of India.

It is being launched in a few weeks time and is the result of the efforts of 11
professionals from Assam (including me) over period of 26 months sans any
government / institutional / private support. Those behind the project are in
the age group of 40-45, and comprise journalists, historians, entrepreneurs and
technocrats.

It is being brought out by the Nanda Talukdar Foundation
(www.nandatalukdarfoundation.org) of Guwahati, the investments coming from the
11 individuals.

Hope people from Assam and everyone who love Assam (the book is dedicated to
"all those who love Assam unconditionally") would support this project.

For procurement inquiries, please write to info@... or
contact NTF, 72, 6th Bye-Lane West, Pub Sarania, Guwahati 781003, phone:
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#2890 From: Dibya <dibyanlp@...>
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Gunj - a voice of alert 
 
We have been facing yearwise  of  problems like flood, ethnic conflicts, genuine perfsonnel problems etc and have been reciving request to contribution  but failed to comply due to  lack  of crucial components.
 
This is one instance how flood releif of Andhra Pradesh is addressed.
 
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Subject: [NorthEastIndia] Fwd: our new Website http://www.assamfoundation-india.com
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 21:35:16 +0530
Subject: our new Website http://www.assamfou ndation-india. com
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Dear Rini Baidew,
 
From London, our new Website http://www.assamfou ndation-india. com has been launched because of untiring effort of Tess and her team of volunteers who all love Assam and Assamese.
Kindly check it.
 
We need your suggestions to improve it.
 
What do you think about it ?shall it be successful in projecting our objects to the world?
What more improvisation you suggest for its development?
 
Thanking you a lot.
 
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#2889 From: Rini Kakati <rinikakati@...>
Date: Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:57 am
Subject: Fwd: 8th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 7-9 January 2010 : Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi 		rinikakati@...
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On Fri, 9/10/09, PBD 2010 <pbd2010@...> wrote:

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Subject: 8th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 7-9 January 2010 : Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
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Date: Friday, 9 October, 2009, 1:59 PM

8th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

7-9 January 2010 : Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

 

 Engaging the Diaspora: the way forward

 

Dear Rini,

 

 

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) in partnership with the Government of NCT of Delhi and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing the 8th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention (PBD 2010) from 7th 9th January 2010 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. 

 

PBD-2010 will also witness the launch of an annual Lecture series under the theme of India and its Diaspora:Everlasting Bonds of Togetherness. 

 

Sessions at PBD 2010 include:

  • Inaugural session with the Prime Minister of India
  • Plenary Sessions
    • Interaction with Union Ministers
    • Interaction with PIO Ministers
    • Interaction with State Chief Ministers
  • Lecture by a prominent overseas Indian on India and its Diaspora : Everlasting Bonds of  Togetherness
  • Concurrent Sessions on
    • Returning to 9% Growth: Diaspora Connect
    • Leveraging Knowledge Networks: Global INK
    • Thousands of Fireflies: Diaspora Philanthropy
    • Cross Cultural Relations and Diaspora Women
  • State Sessions
  • Valedictory Session with the President of India
  • Conferment of Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards by the President of India
  • Cultural Programmes & Dinner

Other Attractions:

 

         Seminar on Nano Technoloy

         Seminar on Property-related issues of NRIs/PIOs.  

 

The PBD 2010 flyer is enclosed for your ready reference. 

 

You may visit PBD website at www.pbdindia.org for registration & other details:

 

We look forward to your participation.

 

Best regards,

 

 

Renuka Singh

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#2888 From: Rini Kakati <rinikakati@...>
Date: Fri Oct 9, 2009 7:44 pm
Subject: Funeral Service & Prayer for Lily Saikia will be on Friday October 16, 2009 at 3:30pm 		rinikakati@...
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It is indeed a difficult task to write a tribute to a person with so many good qualities. No amount of words would be enough to praise such a good soul. It was Lily Saikia (Ilu mahi) was one such person for whom no words of praise would suffice to describe the qualities she possessed.
 
Lily Saikia was born in Burma, later escaped Burma war as a five year old girl and flee to Assam with her parents. She was raised and educated in Shillong by her maternal uncle: Dr. Pushpa Dutta Hazarika. After graduation from Lady Keane College, Shillong she had her MA degree in Psychology from Gauhati University.
 
She was married in February 1959 at Jorhat and travelled to UK with husband Bap Saikia. Ever since they lived in Birmingham. She was a lifelong learner and had a brilliant career, as Senior Social worker in Walsall social services, under Birmingham County Council Social Services. She died at the age of 72 on on Tuesday evening 9:00pm, 6 October, 2009 at her residence in Walsall. Leaving behind behind her husband Bap Saikia, son - Anjan Saikia & Jane and granddaughter: Hannah.

She will be remembered for her evergreen smile, hospitality and her friendship and warmth. May her soul be one with Absolute Soul and enjoy the Eternal Bliss.
 
Rini Kakati
 
Funeral Services:
Date: Friday, 16 October, 2009
 
Time: 3:30pm
 
Cremation: Streetly Crematorium
                   Little Hardwick Road,
                   Aldridge, Walsall
                   West Midlands WS9 OSG
 
Reception: Brampton Hall Community Centre
                  Princess Alice Drive
                  New Oscott
                  Sutton Coldfield
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Contact: Mr. Bap Saikia
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               Fairoak, Bloxwich
               Walsall
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Pls put pressure on Govt of Assam & District Administrations.
 
 
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HELLO, SIR
IT IS THE GREAT NEWS OF US , HAVE IT POSSIBEL TO  IMPLEMENT IN ASSAM?
 

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 Pls check the attached document -

Delhi has launched  'Jeevan' which is a  Single window service centre for public.

Ironically NE states were pioneer in mooting the idea to provide single window services to rural people throuhg Community Infomation Centre established in all rural blocks way back in the year 2002 which were amongst few privileged broadband tele-centre linked through satellite link  but unfortunately could not be implemented due to 'lack of will from govt, dist admin, civic society & youths.
.

Also steps have been taken up to create rural employment in all villages ( 6 lakh villages) through setting up of village knowledge centre/ Village resource Centre/ Tele centre etc through out india but unfortunately , it is yet to be started in NE region due to lack of 'knowledge society' in these region.

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 Pls check the attached document -

Delhi has launched  'Jeevan' which is a  Single window service centre for public.

Ironically NE states were pioneer in mooting the idea to provide single window services to rural people throuhg Community Infomation Centre established in all rural blocks way back in the year 2002 which were amongst few privileged broadband tele-centre linked through satellite link  but unfortunately could not be implemented due to 'lack of will from govt, dist admin, civic society & youths.
.

Also steps have been taken up to create rural employment in all villages ( 6 lakh villages) through setting up of village knowledge centre/ Village resource Centre/ Tele centre etc through out india but unfortunately , it is yet to be started in NE region due to lack of 'knowledge society' in these region.

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 Pls check the attached document -

Delhi has launched  'Jeevan' which is a  Single window service centre for public.

Ironically NE states were pioneer in mooting the idea to provide single window services to rural people throuhg Community Infomation Centre established in all rural blocks way back in the year 2002 which were amongst few privileged broadband tele-centre linked through satellite link  but unfortunately could not be implemented due to 'lack of will from govt, dist admin, civic society & youths.
.

Also steps have been taken up to create rural employment in all villages ( 6 lakh villages) through setting up of village knowledge centre/ Village resource Centre/ Tele centre etc through out india but unfortunately , it is yet to be started in NE region due to lack of 'knowledge society' in these region.

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#2884 From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@...>
Date: Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:23 am
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In Rome, Durga is not welcome

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What does it mean to celebrate Durga Puja in Rome? It means to be humiliated, harassed and hounded by city officials who happen to be pious Christians. Alright, I could be utterly wrong in presuming they are pious since I have no independent confirmation of their piety or otherwise. But let’s get back to the question with which I began. Late Thursday night I was at the park near my house where the local Bengalis organise Durga Puja every year. It’s a raucous celebration of faith and culture. The food stalls are invariably hugely popular and there I was with my nine-year-old daughter, standing in a queue for kathi rolls. After what seemed like an interminable wait, it was our turn to be served.


Just then my BlackBerry beeped. Balancing the piping hot rolls, dripping oil, tomato ketchup, green chilli sauce and lemon juice, in one hand, I tried to read the e-mail on my handset.

No luck. I got shoved around, nearly dropped both rolls and my phone, and decided to let the e-mail wait. Later, away from the crowd, I checked the e-mail and it was a fascinating story.


Since the identity of the person who had sent the mail is not really relevant, let me reproduce the text: “The Municipal Police authorities of Rome have today withdrawn permission, granted three weeks ago, to celebrate Durga Puja in Rome. The cancellation came a few hours before the Ambassador of India was scheduled to inaugurate the Puja at 8 pm local time. No acceptable explanation has been given. This has caused the local Indian community the loss of thousands of Euros spent in preparatory arrangements. The same thing was done in the same manner in 2008 also. Please monitor developments.”


Now that’s awful, I told myself, here I am having kathi rolls and there they can’t even celebrate their own festival. On Friday, I called a friend in Rome who provided me with the latest details.


Our Ambassador, Mr Arif Shahid Khan, a feisty man who has in the past taken up the issue of Sikhs being forced to take off their turbans at Italian airports, campaigned throughout the day, calling up officials, including the Mayor of Rome, and contacting members of the ‘Friends of India’ group in the Italian Parliament, arguing with them why permission for the Puja should be restored. By evening, the authorities had reversed their order and permission was granted to celebrate Durga Puja, which will now begin on Saturday, Ashtami — a full 48 hours behind schedule. Provided, of course, there is no last minute cancellation, as it happened on Thursday. Mr Khan will inaugurate the Puja, an honour he richly deserves.


The story behind the cancellation needs to be told, if only to point out that Christian countries in the West, whose Governments so blithely criticise the ‘lack’ of ‘religious freedom’ in India, have no compunctions about trampling on Hindu sentiments at home.


After last year’s experience, when permission for celebrating Durga Puja in Rome was abruptly withdrawn by officials who cited specious reasons to justify their grossly unfair decision, the organisers, led by Mr Rajesh Sahani, a Sindhi from Kolkata who speaks flawless Bengali, took ample precautions this year. They were given permission to organise the Puja at Parko Centocelle, a public park on Via Cailina, Torpignattara. Three weeks ago, permission was granted for the Puja at the park and necessary formalities were completed.

Early this past week, the Puja organisers were told they could not use the park as a crime had been committed there and the location posed security-related problems. The organisers agreed to change the venue. Another park was selected, permission was given to celebrate Durga Puja there, and the preparations began all over again in right earnest. Then, like a bolt from the blue, at 4 pm on Thursday came the withdrawal of permission by the Municipal Police. The organisers were bluntly told to pack up and leave hours before Durga Puja was scheduled to begin with Akal Bodhon in the evening.


Why? No reason was proffered.


Some officials are believed to have told the organisers that the cancellation of permission at the eleventh hour, both last year and this year, was meant to be “retaliatory action against the persecution of Christians in India”.


It may be recalled that the President of Italy, Mr Giorgio Napoletano, has been vociferous in demanding that Europe should do more in support of Christians in India and to help them ‘affirm their right to religious freedom’.


The Government of Italy has in the past summoned the Ambassador of India to convey to him that it has “deep concern and sensitivity for the ongoing inter-religious violence... that has caused the death of many Christians.” The Pope has been no less harsh in denouncing India.


There could be another reason, apart from its “deep concern” about the welfare of Christians in India, for Italy’s callous disregard of the sentiments of Hindus in that country. Although the Italian Constitution guarantees religious freedom, under the Lateran Treaty with the Vatican, Italy recognises only the three religions of Semitic origin — Christianity, Judaism and Islam. All other religions are no more than paganism and are to be shamed and shunned.


The Vatican would not countenance any open breach of the Lateran Treaty; Italy would not want to be seen as recognising Hinduism.


“It’s only natural that Italy should have a surfeit of churches. But it’s the rejection of any other faith than Christianity, Judaism and Islam that explains why there are so many mosques but virtually no temples in Italy although this country has a large Hindu expatriate population,” my friend told me while regretting the attitude of the Government and the local authorities.


According to him, there are only three temples in whole Italy: One in a garage in Venice; another at Frescolo and the third at Reggio Emilia. These survive at the mercy of local zoning officials.


But for Mr Arif Shahid Khan’s pro-active involvement — most Ambassadors tend to stay aloof from community affairs — this year too there would have been no Durga Puja in Rome. Indians in Italy owe him a debt of gratitude. So do Bangladeshis who are equal participants in this annual celebration of dharma’s victory over adharma, of the triumph of good over evil.


Cultural and linguistic affinities unite Bengalis, irrespective of whether they are from the west or east of Padma, during this autumnal festival celebrated around the world.

Meanwhile, let’s not get carried away by the West’s bilious and bogus criticism of 'lack of' religious freedom in India and indulge in self-flagellation.


Let the West look at its own ugly, septic warts.

If Christians can celebrate Christmas in New Delhi, Hindus have the right to celebrate Durga Puja in Rome. This is non-negotiable.


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Conversion Invasion @ http://www.crusadewatch.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=630&Itemid=132
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Bangladesh Durga Puja
 
Durga Puja is the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community in Bangladesh. Although percentage of Hindu people is low, Durga Puja along with other hindu festivals are celebrated all throughout Bangladesh. Large number of Durga pujas can be seen in Dhaka, Mymensingh, Sylhet, Khulna, Chittagong, Barisal, Rajshahi etc..............details here
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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#2881 From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@...>
Date: Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:04 pm
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GUWAHATI, Sept 18 – Parijat Academy, the school that has brought noticeable changes in a tribal society that was struggling to cope with the burden of its economic backwardness, will have a guest house and a boy’s hostel with friends from overseas coming forward to help the school cross further milestones. Since it was established, this school located at Pamohi on the outskirts of the city has taken up different activities to bring change in the attitude of the tribal people most of whom work at various odd jobs to make a living.

The founder of Parijat Academy Uttam Teron informed that the guest house and the boy’s hostel will be completed under the aegis of Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters (FASS).

“Many volunteers from across the country and outside come to our school. We were in need of a guest house to accommodate the volunteers. We are grateful that FASS has agreed to meet our need,” said Teron.

It needs to be mentioned here that the foundation stone of both the projects was laid by astronaut Mike Fincke when he visited the school recently.

Addressing a gathering of local people and the school children, Mike appreciated Uttam Teron for his dedication to educate the underprivileged children of Pamohi village. Parijat Academy provides free education to the underprivileged children of the area.

Mike also praised Friends of Assam and Seven Sisters (FASS) for supporting the school by proposing to build the boys hostel and the guest house which will fulfill great needs of the school.

The proposed guest house and the boys hostel will be built in the first phase of the overall FASS project ‘upgrading of two underprivileged Schools at Parijat Academy in Pamohi, Guwahati and Prajnalaya in Titabor’. The complete project will be covered with a total budget outlay of about Rs 25 lakh. The fund will be generated through individual public donations as well as from public and private organisations. ASSAM TRIBUNE
 

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#2880 From: Rini Kakati <rinikakati@...>
Date: Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:22 pm
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On 25 August, 2009, Nehru Centre (the cultural wing of Indian High Commission) in London presented a stunning confluence of modern and classical music which mirrored the age-old timeless tradition of Indian music with Padmanav Bordoloi the top 12 contestant of Indian Idol 2007 who also took part in Real TV: Sitaron Ko Choona Hai 2009.
 
He was invited by Mr. Syed Asif Ibrahim, Minister Culture to perform in the International Hindi conference at the Indian High Commission on 31 August, 2009. Radio 92FM invited him to perform on 7 September, 2009. SunRise Radio & Television (the greatest Asian Radio Station in the world) arranged an interview of Padmanav with Ravi Sharma on 3rd & 10th September, 2009. His final show in London held at Lydhurst Avenue, North Finchley on 12 September, 2009 which was organised by the Hindu Cultural Society, one of the biggest Indian organisation.
 
The main attraction on 25 August, 2009 was Sony TV UK who were pleased to organise - an evening with Padmanav and NRI members.
 
The programme at the Nehru Centre was initiated by Ms. Monika Kopil Mohta, Director and Minister of Culture. She spoke highly art and culture of Assam and about the popular artist of the evening. Chief guest of the evening was Barry Gardiner, hon'rble Member of Parliament (Labour) from Brent North and Rajesh K. Srivastava, Deputy Director. Kailash Budhwar, BBC World Service, Rajinder Chopra, Hindu Cultural Society, Tejinder Sharma, Secretary General Katha UK. In a unique traditional Assamese way, invited artist and guests were felicitated with phulam gamosha and japi by Rosy Sen & Anahita Sen. In return Padmanav said in Hindi: "Aap ne ye sanman jo mujhediya hai, ye sirf mujhe nahi, puri Assam-bashiyo ko de raha hai. Ye mein kabhi nahi bhulunga." He specially thanked Rini Kakati for her effort to bring him to this prestigious gathering in London for the first time. Barry Gardiner mentioned the richness of North East India especially Assam and the importance of showcasing unity in cultural diversity.
 
Padmanav held the audience in complete thrall with his mixture of modern and classical tune what was a fitting to the long list of cultural activities at the Nehru Centre. Virtues and simplicity and grace that made young Padmanav the most enchanting artist from today's younger generation of the musical word of India especially Assam, showed up in ample evidence during the performance by the yesteryear Indian sensation.
 
The evening commence with Padmanav dedicated this song to his mother by singing - "Meri Maa" the heartfelt song of Aamir Khan's Taare Zameen Par which moved the audience clapping hands in tears. He sang a mixture of golden oldies and Bollywood like Raj Kapoor's "Jeena yahan marna Yahan", Guide. "Tere mere Sapne", Mukesh's "Pyaar Ka Nagma" Kishore Kumar's "Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas" and Kailash Kher's " Saiyyan".
 
When he sang " Hule Hule Ho Jayega Pyaar" (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi". The crowd became nostalgic Mr. Gardiner joined in the chorus "Hule Hule". Assamese Bihu by Rosy Sen & 11 year old, Anahita Sen. The tune of dhol, pepa, gagana excited the Assamese ladies to come to the floor and dance with Padmanav which left the audience spellbound.
 
The grand finale was a rendition of AR Rahman's "Vande Matarm - Maa Tujhe Salaam" a superb vocal presentation of the powerful lyrics by Padmanav. The people in the audience stood up join hands with pride and honour in respect to their motherland by singing - "O Maa Tujhe Pranaam - Vande Mataram".
 
Padmanav Bordoloi is an inspiration and his flawless performance is a silent but forcefull message for all our upcoming singer to follow.
 
Rini Kakati
 
 






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#2879 From: "utpalborpujari" <utpalb21@...>
Date: Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:39 pm
Subject: as the River flows... 		utpalborpujari
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"I know
long ago
the river used to speak.
But when he realised
every drop of pain
flows above horizon of words
he surrendered to silence.

People came to his bosom
creating to destroy
and named it civilization.

People came to his bosom
looking for the meaning in destruction
and called it history.

More the time flows
more the time remains still.
More the things change
more the things remain the same.

The drops of pain
mounting on the bank 
will it overflow
as the River flows?"

This is the philosophy that powers "As The River Flows" / "Ekhon Nedekha Nodir
Xhipaare", a new feature film with separate Hindi / Assamese version. The poem
is by Bidyut Kotoky, the young director who is making his full-length feature
film debut with ATRF / ENNX, a National Film Development Corporation production.
Bidyut had won a Special Jury Mention at the 53rd National Film Awards of India
in 2005, for his beautiful documentary "Bhramyoman Theatre: Where Othello Sails
With Titanic". He has also made a documentary on Majuli.

And now Majuli is the backdrop of his first feature film. The story of the film
has emerged out of the film's tagline, "In the India's state of Assam, during
the last 2 decades, over 15,000 lives have been lost to insurgency and an
unknown number of people remain traceless till date".

Quite obviously, the Brahmaputra plays a very important role in the film, so
much so that the Cast listing of the film starts with "the river". The human
cast comprises Sanjay Suri, Victor Banerjee (incidentally the only actor in the
whole world to have worked with 3 of the greatest filmmakers of our and all
times  Satyajit Ray, David Lean and Roman Polanski), Nakul Vaid, Raj Zutshi,
Naved Aslam, Bidita Bag, Preeti Jhangiani, Arun Hazarika, Jyoti Narayan Nath.
The music is by Zubeen Garg, who is also acting in the film. Cinematography is
by Madhu Ambat, one of India's best in the business (he has shot films like Mani
Ratnam's Anjali, Prema Karanth's Phaniayamma, G V Iyer's Adi Shankaracharya, 
Bhagwat Geeta and Vivekananda, Girish Kasaravalli's Tabarana Kathe, Rajkumar
Santoshi's Lajja, and Jag Mundhra's Provoked'. The sound design is by Nakul
Kamte, again one of the best in the business (his credits include Mahesh
Mathai's Bhopal Express, Ashutosh Gowariker's Lagaan, Aamir Khan's Taare Zameen
Par, Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya and Don, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's
Rang De Basanti, Rakesh Roshan's Krrish, Reema Kagti's Honeymoon Travels Pvt
Ltd, Farha Khan's Om Shanti Om).

The film is a political thriller, but Bidyut has also enriched it by portraying
the rich culture and traditions of Xatras in Majuli as well as the lifestyle of
the Mishing community. As someone involved with the film as a script consultant,
I along with Bidyut have endeavoured to bring in quite a few aspects of Assam
that are not generally known to people outside (since the Hindi version is
targeted at the audiences outside Assam).

The effort has been towards telling a story set in contemporary Assam, and to
make a film of international standards keeping the best traditions of our cinema
in mind, and at the same time to capture Assam's rich natural beauty and culture
in the best possible manner for viewers outside.  The movie talks of social
conflicts and individual commitments in an age where being self centered is the
norm. Bidyut says about his film, "It is a film about common people getting
caught in an uncommon situation."

If all goes according to plans, the film should be ready for release by
October-November, but till then you can have a look at the promo at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y32kfLYiJZM.

You can also visit these links to know more about the film -
http://bidyutkotoky.wordpress.com/current-projects/  and
http://bidyutkotoky.wordpress.com/current-projects/news/

If you are Facebook, you can join the group on the film at
http://bidyutkotoky.wordpress.com/current-projects/


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#2878 From: TESFISH <tamesmu@...>
Date: Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:41 am
Subject: Enroll yourself as an Member of the Internet Society (free of cost) 		tamesmu
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Dear Dr/Colleague/Researcher:


Hope you all are keeping well. I am pleased to inform you that following up on the theme of using Computers / IT / Internet in the context of regional development; we have recently initiated a proposal to start a Northeastern Regional Chapter of the Internet Society (USA).

In brief, The Internet Society (ISOC) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy. With offices in Washington D.C., USA, and Geneva, Switzerland, it is dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of people throughout the world.The Internet Society acts not only as a global clearinghouse for Internet information and education but also as a facilitator and coordinator of Internet-related initiatives around the world.



We are going to have our First meeting of the Northeast India Chapter of the ISOC. As such, may I request to please enroll yourself as an Individual member of the Internet Society (free of cost) by visiting the following page at:

https://members.isoc.org/PortalTools/NewUser/Index.cfm

At present you may indicate (India Kolkata as your Chapter or may not indicate any chapter at the moment and remain only as a Global Member). After our first meeting you will be able join the NE Chapter directly.

To make our first meeting of the NE Chapter successful, you may please pass on this information to your colleagues and friends who are interested in The Internet to enroll as Members as well?

At last may ask you all those will enroll online as member of the ISOC to inform me at Email <sardeg@...> so that we can call them to the first meeting.

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#2877 From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@...>
Date: Fri Sep 18, 2009 3:32 am
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Mahalaya day, the day Durga was assigned the task of eliminating evil. It's invocation to the mother goddess to descend on earth "Jago Tumi Jago". Mahalaya is done through chanting of mantras and singing devotional songs. It is observed sever days before Durga Puja.

As Soma Das writes, One man who'll always be remembered for making Mahalaya memorable to one and all is Birendra Krishna Bhadra, the magical voice behind the “Mahisasura Mardini.” The legendary narrator recites the holy verses and tells the story of the descent of Durga to earth, in his inimitable style. Birendra Kishna Bhadra enthralls the listeners in the pre-dawn hours of Mahalaya. The All India Radio Programme is scripted by Bani Kumar and narrated by Bhadra.

A bloger, Mr BN Sinha becomes emotional durga puja and he hardly miss durga puja in his village in Silchar, Assam, though he stays in Kolkata. He says, "From the very childhood I have seen that Puja starts with Birendra Krishna Bhadra's immoral chandipath at four in the morning on Mahalaya. It is spectacular to see that thousands of people irrespective of ages come out on the streets in the wee hours in the morning and the street witness a packed crowd. It is probably the unique way for the Silcharites to welcome Ma Durga which we generally don't see in any part of the world".

Durga Mantra:

"Ya Devi svarbhabhuteshu Shaktirupena sangstitha"
"namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaH"

"Ya Devi svarbhabhuteshu Matrirupena sangstitha"
"namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaH"

"Ya Devi svarbhabhuteshu Shantirupena sangstitha"
"namastasyai namastasyai namastasyai namo namaH"

Durga Puja is also known as Basanti Puja. But Rama proponed the Puja and worshiped Durga in autumn and that is why it is known as 'Akal Bodhon' or untimely worship.


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#2876 From: "milap_choraria" <milap_choraria@...>
Date: Mon Sep 7, 2009 1:05 am
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INFORMATION RECEIVED UNDER RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT, ARE JUSTIFY THAT THE THEN SUPREME COURT REGISTRY WAS INSTRUMENTAL TO PROTECT THE VESTED INTERESTS AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF THE KOLKATA LAND MAFIA.

 

On 29th October 2003, I filed Writ Petition (Civil), under Filling Diary No. 22474/2003. After taking more than 7 months and preparation of file Noting for more than 40 pages (which I received under RTI Act) through Memo Letter No. D. No.5610/003/X dated 7th June 2004, the Assistant Registrar (J), SC, informed me that "The Writ Petition above mentioned filed by you was placed before Ld. Registrar (J-I) on 26.5.2004, when he was pleased to decline the same as it does not disclose any reasonable cause upon which it can be received for listing before the Hon'ble Court under Order XVIII Rule 5 of S.C.R.1966.". Whereas, Certified Copy of the respective File Noting shows lack of such powers of Registrar.

 

Names of the Respondents in the Writ Petition and brief reasons, to make them as Respondents:-

Group One: comprised the following Respondents: Responsible for not perfoming their duties under Rule of Law, in response to my repeated representatison against infringement of my fundamental rights:-

1. The Union of India, Through, Cabinet Secretary, 2. Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, 3. Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance, 4. Secretary, Railway Ministry, 5. Secretary, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and pension, 6. Vigilance Commission of India, 7.  Central Bureau of Investigation, 8.  Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes, 9.  State of West Bengal,

Group Two: comprised the following Respondents: Responsible for severe violation of the Rule of Law to support the black mailing activities of Land Mafia;

10.  Department of Urban Development, Government of West Bengal, 11. Department of Cooperation, Government of West Bengal, 12. The Office of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, Government of West Bengal, 13. West Bengal Cooperative Tribunal, 14. Home (Police) Department, Government of West Bengal, 15.  Director General of Police, Government of West Bengal, 16. The Calcutta Police, Through the Commissioner of Police, 17. Behala Police Station,  Kolkata-700038; 18. New Alipore Police Station, Kolkata-700053; and 19. Kolkata Municipal Corporation,

Group Three: comprised the following Respondent: Responsible protected Professional misconducts of the Respective Advocates, treating them as brethren advocates;  

20. Bar Council of West Bengal,

Group Four: comprised the following Respondent: I wanted to justify that Affidavit initially issued by ECI inviting information from the candidates about criminal cases they are facing, was suggested by me and now under RTI Act, it was justified;

21. Election Commission of India,

Group Five: comprised the following Respondent: I wanted to justify that I suggested a New Model of Civil Procedure Code to ensure delivery of Judgment within two years, at the first Jurisdiction level, without much of appointments of the Judges and creations of the Creations, which was not considered by Bench headed by Justice Ahmadi (then CJI);

22. Law Commission of India,

Group Six: comprised the following Respondents: ditched me as my Counsel. A question arise that how they can honestly performed their Constitutional Duties?;

23.Shri Gopal Subramanium, Senior Lawyer of Supreme Court of India, (Now Solicitor General of India); 24. Shri S. Murlidhar, Advocate, (Now Judge in Delhi High Court);

Group Seven: comprised the following Respondents: Group of Kolkata Land Mafia and his associates and supporters:-

25.Shri Sanjay Kumar Jhunjhunwala, 26. Shri Manik Chand Sethia, 27. Mr. Chuni Lal Mukherjee, 28. Mr. Chittaranjan Ganguly, 29. Mr. Kamlesh Chandra Chatterjee, 30. Mr. Shrawan Kumar Bhatter, 31. Mr. Sukumar Das, 32. Mrs. Ava Rani Dey.

 

NEXUS BETWEEN JYOTI BASU AND KOLKATA LAND MAFIA:-

Detail Facts were referred in my Writ Petition, and mostly were justified, for which I received requisitioned Information. However, most of the Information, sought from Income Tax Department denied, just because they working culture of Income Tax Department under the Supervision of CBDT, as appears to me, is to protect the huge black money of Big Tax Evaders like Kolkata Land Mafia.

   

I filed about 1,000 applications under Right to Information Act, 2005, before different Public Authorities including 56 before Supreme Court of India.

 

As far as information, I have already received under RTI Act, from Central Vigilance Commission, Income Tax Department, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, and other Public Authorities, my all charges against the Kolkata Land Mafia Sanjay Kumar Jhunjhunwala, and or his associates and or his supporters including Mr. Chuni Lal Mukherjee, Mr. Chittaranjan Ganguly, Mr. Shrawan Kumar Bhatter, Mr. Sukumar Das, Mrs. Ava Rani Dey, are justifiably proved. However, in the year of 1993, for the very reason, that Shri Jyoti Basu, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, by misusing his powers and abusing his authorities, personally involved and was responsible in various ways for development of the Mafia activities of the aforesaid Kolkata Land Mafia, as such I Sought his Prosecution Permission from President of India. It was now transpired from the respective File Noting, which I received under RTI Act, after 15 years from my aforesaid application, that none else but Shri P. V. Narsimha Rao, the then Prime Minister himself taken a decision that no action be taken at that moment, as recommended by the Ministry, through MOS, since he was a Minority Prime Minister and was not dare to take any risk from Left Parties.

 

HOW AND WHY LAND MAFIA WAS BORN?

In or about in the year of 1985, Shri Jyoti Basu, through his Chamcha Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Shri Kamal Basu, got assigned the contract of rebuilding of burnt portion of New (Hogg) Market, to Foreign Exchange Racquetears: Radhey Shyam Tulsian, Shankar Shraff, and G. R. Agarwal, although in front name of M/S. Martin Burn Limited, against a meager payment of Rs.1.08 Crore, with a liberty to sell 97,020 Sq. Ft. Shops from the Constructed Commercial Complex at their own premium, as against prevailed premium for the same for much more of Rs.15 Crores in the vicinity. This means about Rs.14 Crores were misappropriated from a Public Property belongs to Kolkata Municipal Corporation. This contract have abetted the Members of Board of Directors of M/s. Martin Burn Limited to treat West Bengal Government and Kolkata Municipal Corporation in their Pocket, as no one public servant was dare to ignore them, since they develop a strong Chain of connections directly to inform and seek illegal help from Shri Jyoti Basu.

 

Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jhunjhunwala, one of the then Director of M/s. Martin Burn Limited decided to grab my valuable properties. For this very reason he developed friendship with me. Purpose of development of the friendship was to know about me and my helping hands. He understood that I am alone and my child's are still very young. Thus he decided to got killed me to acquire my large size valuable properties. As a result, under a plot hatched by him and his associates, I was stabbed on 18.7.1986, in a day light time, with 44 stabs in my body. But, God saves me. Thereafter, he abetted people (Respondents 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 and their further associates) to lodge false claims or litigations, and respective Judicial Officers were embraced, under influence and or help from Shri Jyoti Basu. As a result Justice was denied to me.

 

With help of Shri Kamal Basu (certainly under direction from Shri Jyoti Basu), Kolkata Municipal Corporation, revoked our sanctioned plans, not once but twice. Firstly, on the alleged grounds, that I am making construction, at the alleged property of One Chittaranjan Ganguly (who was adjudged by a Court of law as Cheat). Writ Petition was filed, in which said Chittaranjan Ganguly was also made Respondent. Hon'ble Calcutta High Court, Set-aside the aforesaid Order of Revocation of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, and directed Chittaranjan Ganguly, that if he have any claim upon the property, he can go to a Competent Court, to take Injunction Order against construction, but Kolkata Municipal Corporation have no authority to decide the title over the property. Chittaranjan Ganguly never filed such litigation. Second time, Kolkata Municipal Corporation revoked plans on the created but further flimsy grounds that Property is land locked. Again a Writ Petition was filed in which stricture were passed by Hon'ble Calcutta High Court against Kolkata Municipal Corporation, with a Fine of Rs.500/-, which was never paid.

 

Before the trick of Kolkata Municipal Corporation could have been failed, Kolkata Land Mafia Sanjay Kumar Jhunjhunwala, and his associates, also abetted my Vendors, to file a Civil Suit against me on the completely false claim with the enlarged size of the Property. MY Vendors have total Property more or less 56 Cottas, but to take injunction Order against me, she clamed the size of the Property as 94 Cottas, and with the help of Jyoti Basu, taken Injunction Order(s) against me from the then Munsif Mr. J. C. Moulick and then Addl. Dist. Judge Mr. A. K. Choudhury. I move a Revision Petition and appointed a Renowned Lawyer of Calcutta High Court Mr. Shakti Nath Mukherjee. Mr.  S. K. Mukherjee, (Who now is a Judge in Calcutta High Court) appeared, as Counsel, on behalf of My Vendors, in serious violation of his Duty as Advocate to know the truth. This fact also raises the question of proprietary of the appointments of Judges, and indicating that appointments are not based on any morality or honesty with the Profession of Advocates. However, Kolkata Land Mafia, through his solicitor Mr. Kishan Bagaria, influence my Solicitor Mr. Gouri Shankar Gupta, through a criminal conspiracy and accordingly before Mr. Shakti Nath Mukherjee, could have been reached to the Court (Hon'ble Judge was ready for the Passover of the matter), Mr. Gouri Shankar Gupta argued the matter in spite of my loud objection, through another Counsel. Although Order of Munsif was set-aside, but Order were lack of appropriate directions, as a result Mr. J. C. Moulick further passed an order, just to help blackmailing activities of Kolkata Land Mafia, totally ignoring the merit of the facts.    

 

When I not bow down in his legs, even after severe attempt to kill me and all other black mailing activities, the Kolkata Land Mafia hatched another criminal plot to get killed, my younger son. For this object he, taken help from Mr. Shrawan Kumar Bhatter and from his family members and misused Cooperation Directorate, with the help of Senior IAS Officer and Registrar of West Bengal Cooperative Societies, Mrs. Mira Pandey. She even got the Order Sheet forged to help the Kolkata land Mafia. Under the aforesaid Plot to kill my younger son, Kolkata Land Mafia arranged a Rented Flat for A Sardarji as my neighbor, who developed relationship with me, on the plea, that he needs my help from my Telephone, since those days were not the era of Mobile Phones. Purpose was to know about activities of my younger son. He conveyed and provided all such details to Kolkata Land Mafia. As a result, on 21.02.1991, a Truck Accident was staged, with Full Police Protection. In such a Truck Accident, both the legs of my son were severally damaged and my son was able to stand on his own legs only after 22 major operations and after two and half years of treatment in Calcutta Hospital and then in Holly Family Hospital in New Delhi. Here Political Corruption is also acted. Dr. Manash Bhuinya, the then Congress MLA agreed to raise the issue of Nexus between Shri Jyoti Basu and Kolkata Land Mafia, in West Bengal Assembly, on 21.02.1991. He asked me to come in the early 9.00 AM to go with him in assembly building. But when on 21.02.1991, I reached his MLA quarter, his changed attitude surprised me, but within few hours, Staged Truck Accident with Full Police Protection, was got committed by aforesaid Kolkata Land Mafia to kill my son.

 

Considering all such mafia activities, I started calling Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jhunjhunwala, as Kolkata Land Mafia, in each and every of my representations. He took even help from my long time Counsel Mr. P. K. Ray, Bar-at-law, after influencing him through Mr. Pratap Chatterjee, Bar-at-law the son of Shri Somnath Chatterjee, then CPI(M) M. P., to obtain Injunction Order in Defamation Suit, filed against me, from Calcutta High Court. However, Injunction Order was passed, infringing my fundamental Rights to make complaints before any authority, as such I lodged a formal Complaint against respective Judges of Calcutta High Court, before the President of India and Chief Justice of India, with copy to Solicitor of Land Mafia. They filed a Contempt Petition against me. In the process, I also filed an application under Section 340 of Cr. P. C. against aforesaid Land Mafia, considering his reply to my Objection against Contempt Petition, based on knowingly false statement made by Kolkata Land Mafia. Every time I was compelled to replace my Counsels, considering regular influence, caused upon them, by the Land Mafia, with the help of Shri Jyoti Basu. In spite of this fact, when at the time fixed for hearing of the aforesaid Contempt Petition, one Senior Advocate of Kolkata High Court, was ready to represent my case, and sitting outside the Court Room, along side of me, at that point of time, one Advocate, in my presence, tried to influence him, against me. Initially my Counsel accepted that he will not represent my case. However, once said Advocate, considering his job was success, went from the scene, my Counsel assured me, that he will represent my case. He represented my case successfully and obtained an Order that Contempt Petition filed by Kolkata Land mafia and my application u/S 340 Cr. P. C. will be heard analogously. After the said Order, which caused dangerous situation for the Kolkata Land Mafia, most surprisingly aforesaid matter was started to slip towards below side in the Day to day cause list. Finally, matter was started to come as last matter of the Cause List of the day(s). When my Solicitor approached the Court Officer, Court Officer said that Contempt application is belongs to Mr. Jhunjhunwala, when he is not interested now for the placing the same on the Board of Hearing, what is necessity for me? He also requested my Solicitor to keep quite, since Solicitor of the Kolkata Land Mafia, was insisting him to put the matter, out of the cause list, finally which was happened. However, after the aforesaid developments, criminal elements, started to follow me, and compelled me to flea from Kolkata. The matter of the Contempt Petition was out of the List for about 17 years, till Kolkata Land Mafia, not aware about my activities under RTI Act, from Directorate of Income Tax (Investigation), Kolkata. But immediately after knew about my such activities, he hurriedly withdrawn his Defamation Suit, which automatically made in-fructuous to the aforesaid Contempt Proceedings against me as well as my application u/S 340 Cr. P. C.                                 

            

Now Enquiry Reports (copy of the same is received under RTI Act) from the Central Vigilance Commission, revealed that Kolkata Land Mafia, still have encroached Railway Land about 5,000 Sq. Ft. which was used in construction of two Multistoried Buildings at Vinoba Bhave Road, Kolkata-38. I have strong objection against CVC's recommendations just made for recovery proceedings of the property, which will takes 20/30 years of time. Whereas, agreement was also executed by Railway Officials, with the Companies of the said Mafia, intentionally and under criminal connivance, hiding the fact, about the aforesaid Railway Land, still under encroachment, with sole object to protect the aforesaid constructions of the aforesaid multistoried buildings at the Railway land. Therefore, instead of working as Corruption Validation Commission, CVC should come forward to recommend that a Criminal Proceeding should be also initiated against Railway Officials who were responsible for execution of the aforesaid illegal agreement, executed under gratification. Such story of encroachment of subsequently execution of such illegal agreement from Railway is a strong evidence of Land Mania of Kolkata Land Mafia.    

 

Similarly Information Received from the Income Tax Department also revealed that on my repeated Complaints, a raid was conducted on the aforesaid Foreign Exchange Racquetears, describing them as the financiers for the aforesaid project of New (Hogg) Markets. During the raid tentative about Rs.13 Crores were found from them, out of which they disclosed about Rs.9 Cores. I also received a List of 147 Shops from Kolkata Municipal Corporation, from this it was appeared that Shops transferred to companies, Firms and Trusts of the aforesaid alleged financiers of the project, were executed for the consideration between Rs.2,200/- and Rs.3,500/- per sq. ft., whereas in the Enquiry Report, IT Department, falsely claimed that Shops were transferred for the consideration between Rs.800/- and 1,000/- per sq. ft. This disclosure is justifying that Enquiry Report was prepared by IT Department under hand in gloves. For this disclosure, Directorate of Income Tax (Investigation) was Notified under Section 24 of RTI Act. However, if a Financiers, who paid money in advance for a project, get a Shop between Rs.2,200/- and Rs.3,500/- per sq. ft., it means rates for the Shops for common buyers should not be below Rs.5,000/- Per Sq. Ft. at the material time of the sale of the Shops from the aforesaid project. This manipulations itself hide black money of about Rs.40/50 Crores, due to negligence of CBDT to perform its appropriate duty to supervise working of IT Deptt., or kept silent under political influence of Shri Jyoti Basu.      

 

In the aforesaid Wit Petition I made following,

P  R  A  Y  E  R S:

a)              Jurisdiction and powers of the Supreme Court including the powers of interpretation in respect of Part III of the Constitution of India is clearly and exclusively referred, defined, derived, vested and can be inferred from Clause (1), (2) and (4) of Article 32 of the Constitution of India itself and cannot be imported from Chapter IV Part V of the Constitution or from anywhere else; (This is very important prayer, otherwise Supreme Court started to justifying the mockery of justice as a fair justice, ignoring the scheme, object and purpose of the Founding Fathers in making Article 32 of the Constitution of India as part of III of the Constitution instead of Part V Chapter IV of the Constitution). 

b)              The Rule 5 Under Order XVIII of the Supreme Court Rules 1966 (substituted by G.S.R. 407 (w.e.f. 20-12-1997) (Petitions generally) is void as far as its applicability in respect of the Petition under Article 32 of the Constitution is concerned (This is now vehemently proved from the respective File Noting received from Supreme Court under RTI Act, that aforesaid Rule not empowered the SC Registry to Refuse to Register my aforesaid Writ Petition which I filed at Counter. In fact respective Registrar of the Supreme Court Registry, refused to register my Writ Petition under embracement);

c)              Item No. 65 under Part V (Suit Relating to Immovable Property) under the Schedule for the Period of Limitations under section 2(j) and 3 of the Limitation Act, 1963 are completely inconsistent to Part III of the Constitution and under Article 13 of the Constitution should be declared as void (Even now my this prayer virtually supported by Judgment dated September 23, 2008, in Civil Appeal No. 1196 of 2007, of the Supreme Court by a Bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and H S Bedi has requested the Centre to take a fresh look and suitably amend the land laws that recognize "adverse possession" as a means to acquire title over a property by ousting the real owners. This prayer is very much necessary, in my case, because Kolkata Land Mafia, blocked all the path of Justice for me);  

d)              The Petitioner is entitled to move Curative Writ Petitions on the grounds of miscarriage of justice, and / or abuse of judicial proceedings, and / or orders without jurisdictions or under bias in respect of the orders passed in any of the Writ Petition filed by him before Supreme Court, without any Certificate from any Advocate, but with a self-certificate that upon hearing on merit, if such fresh Writ Petition proved as vicious or based on frivolous or contains scandalous matters, or found to be without any basis, Petitioner shall be punished for Contempt of Hon'ble Court for misusing the rights to remedy;

e)              For declaration that the Respondent Nos. 25 to 32 are not entitled to take any advantage from any Order or Judgment which under the laws of the land are not due, but obtained under embracement of respective Judicial Officers, and / or causing interpolations or forgery of the Order Sheets, and / or by adoption of any manipulations or any other criminal acts by criminal means, irrespective of the law of Limitations; 

f)                    For declaration that the Petitioner is entitled to recover damages from the Respondent No. 1 and 9 caused by omissions, or commissions or non-actions against or favours for Respondent Nos. 25 to 32 or their associates, men and agents with reference to respective Memorandums, Representations, Applications, and Complaints filed, submitted, placed before them or any of their respective Ministries or Departments or Officers or sub-ordinates by the Petitioner, including all those referred in the Writ Petition

g)                  Direction upon Respondent No. 6 to supervise and conduct enquiry through Respondent No.7 with reference to charges leveled in the Writ Petition about political clout acquired by the Respondent No. 25 to 32 and their men and agents and associates, and to further enquire that how far they seriously jeopardises the smooth functioning of the administration and the safety of life and property of Petitioner, and how far acquired substantial financial and muscle powers and how far successfully corrupted the Government machinery at all levels and yielded enough influence to make the task of investigating and prosecuting agencies extremely difficult; how far even the members of the judicial system have not been escaped the embrace of the Mafiadom controlled by the Respondent No. 25 to 32 and submit report before Hon'ble Court for appropriate directions;  

h)              Direction upon the Respondent No.1 to ensure safety and security of the Petitioner and his family members and property at the cost of the State from the Respondent Nos. 25 to 32 and their men, agents and associates;

i)                Upon hearing on merit, if Writ Petition proved as vicious or based on frivolous or contains scandalous matters, Petitioner shall be punished for misuse of rights to remedy;

j)                For further or other order or orders as may be necessary for the ends of justice and as may be supplementary to the other orders; and

For temporary injunction order with reference to prayers: e) f) and g).

(Prayers (d) to (j) are very much essential to ensure remedies against severe infringement of my fundamental rights).      

 

Milap Choraria


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