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dinner with the [title of show] gang. Left-to-right: Hunter, me, Jeff, my theater buddy Michael, Larry, Heidi, and Susan
Kate can sense a camera being brought out at sunset and goes into meltdown mode. Really, she was happy the whole time, except when I tried to take her picture.
Annabelle got this awesome Melissa & Doug sushi set for her birthday from her friends in Brookline -- it's hysterical to me, and hopefully will get her to love sushi as much as I do!
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6 Dec: Join Film Screening .
Do Not Forget! Do Not Forgive! Saeed Mirza's 1995 Classic Naseem .
the story of a young school going girl Naseem in the months leading up to the demolition of Sabri Masjid in 1992.
I& Dec Tonight Kaveri Mess 9.00pm I .
Babri Demoltion Gujarat Genocide Muzaffarnagar: Punish the Perpetrators and Masterminds! .
Enact Effective Law To Punish the PERPETRATORS and PATRONS of Communal Violence!! .
Ensure Justice and Rehabilitation ofthe Victims ofCommunal Violence .
On 6 December 1992, the Sabri Masjid atAyodhya was demolished in full public view by communal forces led by RSS-SJP-VHP leaders, with the collusion ofthe Uttar Pradesh Government and the Congress-ruled Central Government. This .
was followed by massive communal violence, targeting the Muslim minority. It is ironic that 6th December, the anniversary of parinibbana of Dr.-Bhimrao Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution, was chosen forthis supremeattack on the secular, democratic spiritofthe Constitution. Dr.Ambedkar embodied the spirit of determined resistance to caste oppression and communal politics. On 6th December this year, on .
the anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar's parinibbana and of the Sabri Masjid demolition, the need to reiterate our collective .
resolve to struggle against the forces of communal and casteist reaction is stronger than ever. Even more so, as the mastermind of the 2002 Gujarat genocide is aggressively positioning himself as the next Prime Minister of the country, actively supported by the RSS and the vast network of Sanghi organizations across the country. At a time when the spectre ofcommunal fascism looms large, we cannot forgive or forget the terrifying legacy ofthe Sabri Masjid demolition. .
20 years afterthe Babri Masjid was demolished, commissions ofenquiry have come and gone, butthose guilty of communal violence are rarely punished. In particular, the political masterminds ofsuch violence have never been punished. Lal Krishna Advani, Murli ManoharJoshi and other SJP leaders are yet to be prosecuted for the Sabri Masjid .
demolition. The Srikrishna Commission indicted Sal Thackeray forthe communal pogrom ofBombay 1992-93. Yet Thackeray .
went scot-free. After his death, he was given a state funeral, as the Maharashtra government and media tried to whitewash .
Thackeray's role in instigating communal hatred and violence. The political masterminds ofthe anti-Sikh pogrom of1984 .
were never brought to justice. And today we have a bizarre situation where the chief mastermind ofthe Gujarat genocide-'development' and democracy! .
far from facing criminal charges-is telling the entire country to endorse his model ofso-called In almost all instances of communal violence against minorities, the police and state-machinery has colluded .
with the perpetrators, acted as an extension ofthe communal mob, and betrayed their duty towards protecting .
, can we allow perpetrators of the vulnerable minorities. In a country which declares itself to be secular and democr~tic.
communal violence to enjoy a sense of impunity-ofconfidence that they will never bdpunished? Those committed to .
secular and democratic values must demand a lawthatwill hold governments, police and administrative machinery .
accountable to preventing communal and targeted violence, will provide for justice to the victims and survivors of .
communal and targeted violence, and will have provisions forjustice for the victims ofsexual violence that takes place as part ofcommunal and targeted violence as well as rehabilitation. In addition to communal violence, we are also seeing a rash of cases oftargeted witch-hunt of Muslim youth .
falsely branded by police and intelligence agencies as 'terrorists' with no evidence and often on fabricated charges. In Kashmir, UttarPradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Delhi, Maharashtra and Bihar for instance such instances are rampant. This systematictargeting raises several pertinent questions: Why is there no move to punish the police .
personnel who were responsible forframing the two innocentyouth? Fake encounterstoo are common. In the .
case ofthe Batla House killings, the Government has shamefully refused to order an independentenquiry. .
Why is itSO important to take forward ourstruggle forjustice againstthe Babri Demolition more than 21 years 'pasf : the recent after it occurred? Precisely because the RSS-BJP-VHP's communal plank is NOT something of the .
riots in Muzaffarnagar are a chilling reminder that the days and times ofcarefully orchestrated hate campaigns, violence .
and forced displacement ofentire communities are here and now. Moreover, we are witnessing Modi's election campaign .
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-replete with communal venom. We are being told by this self-declared 'PM in waiting' that the Sachar committee .
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recommendations are 'unconstitutional'; that governments cannot and should not do anything to alleviate the systemic .
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alienation and deprivation of minority communities!! .
We stand at a historicjuncture today.And at thisjuncturewhere we are witnessing an assault on the very idea of a secular, .
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democratic ethos,_JNUSU appeals totheJNU communitytostrengthen ourcollectivestruggles againstthe resurgent .
communal fascistforces which are aggressively rearing their heads today. Weappeal to the student community to .
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participate in tonight's film screening "Naseem", from 9.30 pm onwards, at Kaveri mess. .
Sarfaraz,.
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Anubhuti.
Akbar, Jt.Secy., JNUSU.
Vice-President,JNUSU.
President, JNUSU .
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