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Ta Prohm entails the agony of the decadence of what was once Earth's most glorious empire of its time. It is also a remembrance that all things happen on cycles of shorter or longer lengths, and that everything will once come to end. Our current society is no exception. Will other generations walk among the ruins of our cities, then taken by forests and alien trees? Will our entire history be trapped in short feelings of contemplation and complacence?
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As a corollary to rewarding perpetrators of human rights violations, persons refusing to abide by the rules of impunity, find themselves marginalized, dismissed, or worse, killed. For example, the family of Captain Sumit Kohli, allegedly the author of an anonymous letter, to the families of four persons killed in Lolab, Kupwara in April 2004, that accused the army of the killings, claims that Captain Kohli was killed for speaking the truth33. .
Inquiries and Iniquity .
The reaction of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir to violations has been limited and ineffective, and amounts to complacence. Inquiries when ordered by the government, often in response to public anger and protests, have proved ineffective34. A RTI was filed to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir on all enquiries whether magisterial enquiries or under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1962 between 1990 and 2011. While the IPTK had independent information on the constitution of a total of 157 such enquiries between 1 January 2003 and 1 March 2012 [Annexure 21], the Government provided a list of only 22 [Annexure 22]. In addition to this being woefully deficient, an examination of the information provided clearly indicated that the ordering and subsequent conduct of these enquiries was merely symbolic in nature with little intent to thoroughly investigate and indict the accused. .
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Judiciary: Endorsing Impunity .
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The lower judiciary in Jammu and Kashmir augments the failure of the Jammu and Kashmir Police by its ineffective functioning. A feature of the police investigative process has been the submission of closure reports before the lower judiciary. A closure report is filed under Section 173 .
(2) CrPC, 1989 and is filed when the police conclude that no prima facie case is made out in the matter. But the Magistrate before whom the report is filed must apply his own mind and may choose not to accept the opinion of the police and direct further investigations. The police and the court must inform the complainant/informant [often the family of the victim] of the closure report, accordingto Section 173 (2) (ii) CrPC, 1989 and the Supreme Court judgments on point35. Often, in Jammu and Kashmir, the lower judiciary has not exercised its judicial mind in this regard and has gone by the opinion of the police without issuing notice to the complainant/informant. This non-application of the judicial mind extends to other areas as well. For example in the Manzoor Ahmad Mir case, referred to in detail in this report, the victim disappeared on 7 September 2003 and was killed subsequently. The lower court stayed proceedings on a charge sheet against an officer named Captain Atul .
Sharma and stated that .no proceedings can take place against the accused. till necessary sanction under AFSPA is obtained. Therefore, no .
cognizance was taken of the charge sheet, which also indicted two other non-armed forces persons. The High Court, on 21 April 2007 found complete non-application of mind with regard to this order and stated that the Magistrate .should not have acted on the application of the Army, as the Army was not a party before the court at all.. The order was therefore quashed. .
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Over the years civil society groups and individuals have also criticized the role of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir36. The primary criticism against the High Court has been that it has not played the role of an interventionist court, even in cases of grave violations of the letter and spirit of the law, and thus served the interests of the government and armed forces in fostering the climate of impunity. The role of an institution such as the High Court in a conflict zone is vital and, often, the only hope available for ensuring justice. The High Court must therefore serve as an effective check on the executive. Regardless of the state or level of the conflict, the High Court must be vigilant in ensuring that the human rights of individuals are not violated37. In Jammu and Kashmir the High Court appears to have undermined the institution of an independent judiciary by making itself subservient to the State38. For example, it was reported that a retired judge of the High Court, Justice [retired] A.M. Mir, stated at a Jammu and Kashmir Police function in 2006 that .counter terrorism. measures were justified in the 1990s in Jammu and Kashmir but that since the situation had changed there was now a need to follow the rule of law39. .
Numerous examples contained in this report show the High Court condoning the continued violations of law. Despite passing strongly worded orders against the State, on occasion, the High Court rarely uses its powers to ensure the implementation of its own orders. A contributing factor has perhaps been the deliberate appointment of judges who critics have considered non-interventionist in nature. The manner of transferring .
33NDTV, www.ndtv.com/article/india/did-anonymous-letter-lead-to-c..., 14 September 2010; Indian Express, www.indianexpress.com/news/capt-kohli-knew-truth-behind-f..., 15 September 2010. 34 In cases where an enquiry does indict the state, such as the 2009 Justice Muzaffar Jan enquiry into the Shopian double murder and rape case, the findings are ignored. 35See for example: Union Public Service Commission v. S. Papaiah & Ors., 1997 (7) SCC 614. 36See generally, Ashok Aggarwal, In search of vanished blood: the writ of habeas corpus in Jammu and Kashmir: 1990-2004, October 2008; Public Commission on Human Rights, State of human rights in Jammu and Kashmir, 1990-2005, 2005, p.161; Amnesty International, A Lawless Law, Detentions under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act, 2011 [www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/ASA20/001/2011/en/cee7e8...]; Human Rights Watch, .Everyone lives in fear, Patterns of Impunity in Jammu and Kashmir, 2006 [www.hrw.org/reports/2006/india0906/india0906web.pdf]. 37 For a discussion on the role of the judiciary within a conflict by Aharon Barak, ex-President of the Israeli Supreme Court, see: Judgments of the Israel Supreme Court: Fighting Terrorism within the law, 2005, www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Politics/sctterror.html. Of note are the following passages: .We need laws most in times of war., .The protection of every individuals human rights is a much more formidable duty in times of war and terrorism than in times of peace and security. If we fail in our role in times of war and terrorism, we will be unable to fulfill our role in times of peace and security. It is a myth to think that we can maintain a sharp distinction between the status of human rights during a period of war and the status of human rights during a period of peace.. 38 In his dissenting judgment in Liversidge v. Anderson, [1942] AC 206, Lord Atkin stated that: .In England, amidst the clash of arms, the laws are not silent. They may be changed, but they speak the same language in war as in peace. It has always been one of the pillars of freedom, one of the principles of liberty for which on recent authority we are now fighting, that the judges are no respecters of persons and stand between the subject and any attempted encroachments on his liberty by the executive, alert to see that any coercive action is justified in law.. 39 Greater Kashmir, www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2006/Apr/5/-situation-under-c..., 5 April 2006. .
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Reservations. the Fight for Social Justice and the Tasks Ahead .
~]~[l~iiJ Long Live Our Struggle For A Socially Inclusive JNU, Democratisation Of 25.8.08 Our Academics, And Administrative Neutrality In Our Campus! .
On the'11th day, the participants in the relay hunger s trike w ere: .
Shephalika Shekhar (V. P. JNUSU}, Divya Cherian (Convenor JNUSU-SSS), Anandi, Anil, Awadhesh, .
Bonojyotsna, Khatija, Mukesh, Radhika, Umesh .
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After 111ong days and participation of more than 100 students in JNUSU's relay hunger strike, we would like to congratulate the student community .
for achieving success on many of the significant demands for which JNUSU has been leading the current agitation. JNUSU congratulates all the hunger strikers and the entire student community, who through their steadfast participation braving a hectic academic schedule, had given strength and momentum to the movement It took 8 whole days of hunger strikes to compel the insensitive administration to step down from the Pink Palace .
and even talk to JNUSU. Since then, there have been three prolonged sessions of negotiations, during which several key issues were hammered out. Finally today morning, after the final round of negotiations, JNU administration has signed the following agreement with JNUSU: .
Text Of The Agreement: .
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As regards 27% OBC reservation, the University is going to the Academic Council with the resolution of the AC adopted last year in this regard. All steps would be taken by the university so that 27% OBC reservation is duly fulfilled subject to the approval ofAC. .
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In the light of recommendations of the sub--committee on recognition of madarsas certificate for BA 1st year, the university agrees to consider that holders of madarsas certificates be eligible to sit for the JNU entrance exam. It will come into force from this year following the recommendation of the Equivalence Committee being placed before the AC (30 April 2008) for approval and implementation. On approval, the process started for establishing equivalence for madarsa certificate will continue on a nation-wide basis. .
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Regarding cut-off date for UGC fellowship from July 2005, the University will prepare adetailed estimate of the funds required from the UGC. Ahigh level team from the University will approach the UGC for pursue this matter. .
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On the concem expressed by JNUSU on the proctorial board, the University has taken note of the matter, will address the concemand ensure fair and unbiased inquiry in all cases. .
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Regarding Inquiry into Chandrabhaga Hostel night violence, an independent committee will look into il .
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a) The University will pursue the matter with the CDC towards ensuring that there is representation of PH students in this body. .
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b) The University will ensure that ramps will be constructed in the Central Ubrary (basement and textbook section), Eximbank library and .
DSA library by monsoon semester 2008. .
c) The University will take alead role in proposing a fellowship for PH student equivalent to Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship and shall pursue the .
matter with the UGC and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. This matter will be take to the AC for discussion and approval. .
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d) The University will consider appropriate enhancing the amount of honorarium for the readers and assistance for differently abled .
students and scholars. .
e) Software for visually handicapped students will be installed in each school. .
DBraille printer will be provided in the library for the benefit of the visually challenged students and scholars before the beginning of .
monsoon semester 2008. .
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Regarding round the clock working of the Health Center, the University is approaching the UGC for providing appropriate staff and funds. In the meantime the University, in consultation with JNUSU, will examine the possibility of hiring some doctors on part-time basis to take care of this matter. .
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The University supports the idea of starting a unit for providing the career counselling and research guidance to the students. A committee may be constituted for this purpose with the approval of theAC. .
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Regarding the allotment of 24X7 northeast dhaba, the University will urge the CDC to expedite the process immediately. .
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a) the University will work towards increasing the budget of GSCASH so as to meet its needs and demands. b) On the issue of bringing domestic violence within the purview of GSCASH the University will convene a meeting of GSCASH, JNUSU, legal experts and concern bodies. .
11 .Towards restarting the Inter-Library bus service, the University will further the matter following the recommendations of the Transport Committee. .
12. The University will work out a mechanism to ensure that economic~lly deprived students from Third World Countries receive fee-waiver. The university will consider giving JNUSU observer status in the proceeding of fee-waiver committee. .
This agreement is asignificant step ahead towards upholding the ethos of social justice in JNU, ensuring administrative neutrality and democratisation of education. However, our struggle continues and there is no place for complacence. The recommendations of the Equivalence Committee's sub-committee on recognition of Madarsa certificates have to be approved by the Equivalence Committee and then by the Academic CounciL Many 1ssues like constituting an independent and fair enquiry committee to investigate into the Chandrabhaga hostel violence, a research and career guidance bureau, inclusion of domestic violence under the purview of GSCASH, 24X7 health centre, and fee waivers for economically deprived students from Third World countries have to be followed up. We will have to vigilantly pursue many other issues that the administration has agreed .
to implement. JNUSU"IS committed to ensure that all our demands are implemented on the ground, and all attempts at scuttling these demands will be stiffly resisted. It is the entire JNU community's active Involvement and concern which has time and again ensured that the rising concern for a socially Inclusive and egalitarian campus can never be pushed back. Dreams for a just society and campus are bound to triumph ! .
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this is the inside view of the masjid bandar kuching also known as masjid tambi.....
historically, this place is a jewel in the nile, but as to be par to modernisation, it has to go.....
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On the 11th day, the participants in the refay hunger stril<e were:.
Bonojyotsna, Khatija, Mukesh, Radhika, Umesh Shephalika Shekhar (V.P. JNUSU), Divya Cherian (Convenor JNUSU-SSS), Anandi, Anil, Awadhesh,for achieving success on manyof the significant demands for which JNUSU has been leading the current agitation.JNUSU congratulates all the After 111ong days and participation of more than 100 students in JNUSU's relay hunger strike, wewould like to congratulate the student community and momentum to the movement. It took 8whole days of hunger strikes to compel the insensitive administration to step down from the Pink Palace .
hunger stnl<ers and the entire studentcommunity, who through their steadfastparticipation bravingahecticacademic schedule, had given strength .
and even talk to JNUSU.Since then, there have been three prolonged sessions of negotiations, during whichseveral key issues werehammered .
Text Of TheAgreement: .
out. Finally today morning,after the final round of negotiations. JNU administration has signed the following agreement with JNUSU: .
1.As regards27%OBC reservation, the University is going to the Academic Council with the resolution of the AC adopted last year in this .
regard. All steps would be taken by the university so that 27% OBC reservation is duly fulfilled subject to theapproval ofAC. .
2.In the light of recommendations of the sub-committee on recognition of madarsas certificatefor BA 1st year,the university agrees to .
consider that holders of madarsas certificates be eligible to sit for the JNU entrance exam. It will come intoforce from this year following the recommendation of the Equivalence Committee being placed before the AC (30 April 2008) for approval and implementation. On approval, .
the processstarted for establishing equivalence for madarsa certificatewill continue on anation-wide basis. .
3.Regarding cut-off date for UGC fellowship from July 2005, the University will prepare adetailed estimate ofthe funds required from the .
UGC.Ahighlevel team from the University will approach the UGC for pursue this matter. .
4.On the concern expressed by JNUSU on the proctorial board, theUniversity has taken noteof the matter, will address the concern and ensurefair and unbiased inquiry in aJI cases..
5.Regarding Inquiry into Chandrabhaga Hostel night violence, an independent committee will look into it.
b) The University will ensure that ramps will be constructed in the Central Library (basement and textbook section), Eximbank library and .
6.a) The University will pursue thematter with the CDC towards ensuring that there is representation ofPH students in this body. .
DSA library bymonsoon semester 2008..
c)The University will take alead role in proposing afellowship for PH student equivalent to Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship and shall pursue the .
matterwith theUGC and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. This matter will be take to the AC for discussion and approval. students and scholars. d) The University will consider appropriate enhancing the amount of honorarium for the readersand assistance for differently abled .
e) Softwarefor visuallyhandicapped students will be installed in each schooLmonsoon semester 2008. DBraille printer will be provided in the library for the benefit of the visually challenged students and scholars before the beginning of.
funds.In the meantime theUniversity,in consultation with JNUSU, will examine the possibility of hiring some doctors on part-time basis to 7. Regarding roundtheclock working of the Health Center. the University is approaching the UGC for providing appropriate staff and .
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committee maybe constituted for this purpose with the approval oftheAC. .
8. The University supports the idea of starting a unit for providing the career counselling and research guidance to the students.A.
10. RegardingGSCASHissue: .
9.Regarding theallotment of 24X7 northeast dhaba, the University will urge the CDC to expeditethe processimmediately. .
a) the University will work towards increasing the budget of GSCASH so as tomeet its needsand demands. .
b) On the issue of bringing domestic violence within the purview ofGSCASH the University will convene ameeting of GSCASH, JNUSU, .
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11.Towards restarting lhe Inter-Library bus service,the University will further the matter following the recommendations of the Transport .
12.The University will work out a mechanism to ensurethat economically deprivedstudents from Third World Countries receive fee-.
waiver. The university will consider giving JNUSU observer status in the proceeding of fee-waiver committee. .
Th1s agreement is asignificant step ahead towards upholding the ethos of social justice in JNU,ensuring administrative neutrality and democratisation .
committee onrecognition of Madarsa certificates have to be approved by the Equivalence Committeeand then by the Academic Cou.ncil. Many .
issues like constituting an independent and fair enquiry committee to investigateinto the Chandrabhaga hostel violence, aresearch andcareer .
of education. However, our struggle continues and there is no place for complacence.The recommendations of the Equivalence Committee'ssub-.
guidance bureau, inclusion ofdomestic violence under the purviewof GSCASH. 24X7 health centre. and fee waiversfor economically deprived .
studentsfrom Third World countries have to be followed up. Wewill have tovigilantly pursue many other issues thatthe administrationhas agreed .
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that the rising concern for a socially inclusive and egalitarian campus can never be pushed back. Dreams for a just society and campus are bound to triumph ! .
to implement. JNUSU is committed to ensure thatall ourdemands are implemented on the ground, and allattempts atscuttling these.
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demands will be stiffly resisted. It is the entire JNU community's active involvementandconcern which has time andagain ensured.
President. JNUSU Shephalika Shekhar.
Vice-Prestdent ,JNUSU Pallavi Deka.
Gen. Secy.,JNUSU Md Mobeen AlamJt. Secy., JNUSU .
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Know Your Enemy - Rage Against the Machine
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Fight the war, fuck the norm
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The Pearl
Said one oyster to a neighbouring oyster, “I have a very great pain within me. It is heavy and round and I am in distress.”
And the other oyster replied with haughty complacence, “Praise be to the heavens and to the sea, I have no pain within me. I am well and whole both within and without.”
At that moment a crab was passing by and heard the two oysters, and he said to the one who was well and whole both within and without, “Yes, you are well and whole; but the pain that your neighbour bears is a pearl of exceeding beauty.”
SLAVERY IN NORTH AMERICA
In view of the unquestionable horror of people suffered by uprooted and deprived of their very humanity, this picture of a Carolina slave wedding makes us think about the ways slaves coped with the terrible adversity of their lives. Beneath a facade of gaiety and outward complacence toward slave owners were a deep despair and bitterness that cannot be minimized and that form part of the legacy of being African-American today.
The objects shown here are all form the Yoruba people of Nigeria and match closely the objects included in the picture. Unbeknownst to their owners, many slaves maintained the essence of their culture. While we cannot forget the horrors of slavery, it helps to remember how African traditions continue to enrich American life today.
Within the depths of misery experienced by slaves, many people nevertheless managed to find strength in aspects of African culture that could not be taken away from them. Although the practice of separating families meant that no one African tradition was transplanted intact to North America, many elements of African culture persisted. These included a strong respect for family ties; many religious beliefs; technological knowledge in the fields of metallurgy, medicine, agriculture, textile manufacture, basketry and pottery making. Because so much knowledge was preserved, even in the context of the brutal slave eras, much in American literature, the visual arts, dance and music has strong African roots.
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Commonly understood sexual harassment and violencP. implies rape or direct physical abuse. Sometimes the news ofa violent rape creates a furore for sometime and then we again sink back into complacence. We fail to realize that the system ofpatriarchy IV/zich gil'<!S rise to rape is a part andparcel ofour every experience. Moreover, rape and violence are not simply acts ofa fow deprm·ed indi,·iduals but a weapon used systematically by indil'lduals, society and state to subjugate women or teach them a .
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Hepworth returned to the theme of mother and child throughout her career.
This sculpture was made just a few years before her death in 1975
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~versince~cu~ntJNUSU hastaken .o~,.theSFI.has directed:rts entiretime and energy in maf~gningtheJNUSU and scutlliYJ itselbbi, ~the~incli1atbn1o opposethe admnrstra~. SFIs leafle~I~ntghtwas yet.a~o~rexampleofthis: JNUSlfsetrtielealletrepxirgoo11e 5JuneACmeeting had been directed atcondemmng and expos1ng the JNU administration's move to scuttle smooth implementation ofOBC resetVations-and SfIlaughably cfaims this is a'celebration'! .
SFrs Changing Positions on OBC Reservations: Its Roadmap ofOpportunism .
We have seen ~FI's changing positions on ~e~ueif impl.emen~~fOBC reservations,and theirvirulentantk:ampaignagainstJNUSU. Thestudent~ityhasno~forgottenhowSFI,I~its~~tiontodiscredttJNUSU'shungerstrike,hadterrnedthei~ofOBC~. afa~~mp[i, claUTUng thatth1s had aJ:eadybeen ach~eved 1nlastyea~sACmeeting and was therefore aperipheral agenda (SFI parll)hletof26 .
April, JUSt one dayafterthe hunger strike was concluded). We hopethat SA realises how misplaced that complacence was. nowthat the sameAC'sdecision has been overturned.Let us also remember that the JNU AC could overturn its o'Ml previous decision, because nwas frst and foremostthe HRD Ministry which rejected thatdecision-and the SFI too had contributed to discrediting the roodalitles ofthatdecision and spreading confusbn regarding it .
Nowftstands proved howjustified JNUSU'svigilance was:oohavenowseenhowtherewas manyaslip betvJeen cup and fip,ard howtheri reseNatbnlstlobby within and'NithoutJNU (and within theAC too) has done its bestto stan and drag outthe octuaJ ~of1heD1evitatle08C quota.The HRD Ministry Itselfcreated the worsthurdles towards implementationofOBC quota atonegoin JNU-and theanti-quota k>bby i'l JNU left no stone untumed to make the most ofthese hurdles. This year, the two AC meetings since the SC verdict have been highly acrimonious, .
necessitating long hours ofdebate on partofthe JNUSU,~ghtingforeveryinch ofspace. Durir'YJ JNUSU's agitation (which oos mar1<ed by SFI's token presence), andafterSFitoo haddone its bestto:emftle resIlls oowbebreusall.JustasJNUSUhadfeared,oncethatroadmapwasjunked,andtheAC'sdecisbnovertumed,theanfi.qootaforoos'ltOllkjgeta68Sh chance todelayimplementafun ofthe OBCquota.Oncethe HRD MinistryshotdoWlJNU's proposal to implement2JO/o reservaOOn atooe~.lleri reservaOOnistlobbylntheACgo1a shotin the ann;and viJVIent!yarguedforrestricting OBCquo1a to the wryn1nimumof9%.JNUSU l'mk>fghtbng and hard againstthis, and arguedthatJNU'scurrent levelofsocialinclusion shouKf not be compromised. TheadministraOOn was bead t> CXX1CSdei'1 .
fli'"qletlCitherepreserrtaronofCJBCstudentsshoukjnotreduce.H~.thecx1mnistrationsharoofulylndugedi11l.JJreCalfldjgt>nBtlthe12% fgure (~1ranslatesto an approximately 18% seatincrease)which \o\Ould aduallyreduce the numberofOBC students1h1s year. .
SFl seems unawareof, oris deliberatelytrying to obfuscatethe actual obstacles athandand theirrealsources: if theirpamphlet ~nightiseny indicator, they seem unaware ofthe HRD Minister's refusal to allowJNU's 20% OBC intake through deprivation points to be taken into accooot. Instead, theyconti1ue to parrotthe sameformula of?% increase inOBC quota and 14%seat increasethathas alreadybeenshotdow'lflTheyalso continuetostickto the completelylegallyuntenableproposalthat27%OBC reservaoon could be implemented inone~,while 54%seatila aas a oouk:i be staggered overthe nextthree years.The SFI has continuously been changing its positions with the sole intenOOn ofmaV*lQfleAISIJ led JNUSU. Thls isdone nothing butemooldened the anti-quota k>bby and helped the administration spread panicand frenzy abouttheernlfof .
~infrastructurerequirements. The SHs real intentionsare clearfrom thetargetoftheircampaign: in the entire leaflet lastnight therewas notaword aboutHRDMnlllry v.mtt a) has notextended the required funds forspeedyand fuR ifll)ierrentationand is rather pushing k>r aphased~1tation; Clldb) stddcMn.
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JNU's roadmap brfuJI implementation atonego. The JNU administration had proposed aroadmap using JNU's existing JeveJ_ofsocialilclusbls asleppngstone1omakeaspeediertransition. Byshootingthatcio'M1,HRDmirUs1ryislayingthegroundforphasedi'nplementaOOnofquoCaMdMn for lowering ofJNU's existing levels ofsocial inclusion.One shou~notbe surprised bySFI's silence.We havegotused 1D this baderuark J)R>liA' Govt slavishness! ThecalllJUS hasalso seen howtime and again, the SFI remains slJent on the adminisbaoon's role:Ifontheonehand theHRD MnLWyve;absolved of blame,the admlnisbation's deiberate rrisrepresentation to theAC was alsoglossed over. .
HaNever, we knowfrom pastexperiero3thatSA is leastinterested In ensuri~reservations forOBCs. Theyhave alongandsha amUIIadc .
I'ICIII"l'"lft ofreneging on theissue.During the firstphaseofMandaiCormission In 1990, SFIabstainedfrom voting ontheJNUSUraaollllbnblllldby .
hthenJNUSU f'rlosOent(notfromSA),v.tlerebythe pro-Mcrdalresolution was~atednthe UGBM.~aresulthe1henJNUSU~Sl4CULrJ .
the Mandai Commission In toto, hadto resign.Again, justtM> years back, during Mandai II (2006), when YFE was running anraiCIOUSiy--:.
.-caIP'VonthiscaIIP'JS, with hungerstrikes andslanderous pamphlets, SFI wasnowhere in thepicture.ltwasAIS4thatb.QittaeYFEblt ncj,houghpostersandpamphletsandon thesbwlsthrougha34-atY&dct .
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SFIs Sabre-rattling Against JNUSU Fudging and Obfuscation on Real Issues Silence Against the Real Targets!! .
Ever since the current JNUSU has taken office, the SFI has directed its entire time and energy in maligning the JNUSU and scuttling its efforts, showing the least inclination to oppose the administration. SFI's leaflet last night was yet another example of this: JNUSUs entire leaflet reporting on the 5 June AC meeting had been directed at condemning and exposing the JNU administration's move to scuttle smooth implementation of OBC reservations -and SFI laughably claims this is a celebration! .
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SFI's Changing Positions on OBC Reservations: Its Roadmap of Opportunism .
We have seen SFI's changing positions on the issue if implementation of OBC reservations, and their virulent anti-campaign against JNUSU. The student community has not forgotten how SFI, in its desperation to discredit JNUSU's hunger strike, had termed the implementation of OBC quota a fait accompli, claiming that this had already been achieved in last years AC meeting and was therefore a peripheral agenda (SFI pamphlet of 26 April, just one day after the hunger strike was concluded). We hope that SFI realises how misplaced that complacence was -now that the same AC's decision has been overturned. Let us also remember that the JNU AC could overturn its own previous decision, because it was first and foremost the HRD Ministry which rejected that decision and the SFI too had contributed to discrediting the modalities of that decision and spreading confusion regarding it. .
Now it stands proved how justified JNUSUs vigilance was: we have now seen how there was many a slip between cup and lip, and how the anti-reservationist lobby within and without JNU (and within the AC too) has done its best to stall and drag out the actual implementation of the inevitable OBC quota. The HRD Ministry itself created the worst hurdles towards implementation of OBC quota at one go in JNU and the anti-quota lobby in JNU left no stone unturned to make the most of these hurdles. This year, the two AC meetings since the SC verdict have been highly acrimonious, necessitating long hours of debate on part of the JNUSU, fighting for every inch of space. .
During JNUSU's agitation (which was marked by SFI's token presence), and after SFI too had done its best to discredit and spread misinformation about the original roadmap approved by the JNU AC. During the agitation, SFI demanded that the administration uphold last years AC decision a decision which, through struggle, JNUSU managed to get this years first AC to ratify in spite of virulent opposition by anti-quota lobby. This AC decision (taken in last years AC when SFI was leading JNUSU and reiterated in this one) would have ensured implementation of 27% quota and the required seat increase at one go, drawing on JNUs present levels of social inclusion. .
After the first AC meeting of this year, which upheld last year's AC decision on OBC reservations, SFI remained silent for 10 days and then raised a fallacious and misleading cry (clearly aimed at pandering to the anti-quota lobby) about supposed non-fulfilment of 54% seat increase. The SFI claimed, quite falsely, that that they had succeeded in forcing the AC of 2007 to accept that 27% OBC reservations at one go, along with staggered 54% seat increase would be implemented in JNU (SFI's poster of 9 May 2008). There is absolutely no mention of 54% in the minutes of the AC meeting held in 2007! Then 10 days later, SFI claimed that the same AC of 2007 had decided to implement 27% OBC reservations and 54% .
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