Reflections on the SJP conference from Miriam Rose,Foil Vedanta,U.K

Author : अफ़लातून अफ़लू      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 6/18/2013 5:18:00 PM

'Reflections on the SJP conference from Miriam Rose, Foil Vedanta, UK.Last week I attended the Samajwadi Jan Parishad biennial conference in Raj Ghat, Benares. I have been loosely connected to SJP for the last few years since we have been fighting the British Indian mining company Vedanta in London, where they are registered and supported by British institutions and banks. I had come to India on an emergency trip when the Supreme Court announced that gram sabhas in the Dongria (...)'

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Prof. Madhav Gadgil on Western Ghats Ecology: His Open Letter to Kasturirangan

Author : अफ़लातून अफ़लू      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 5/23/2013 8:41:00 AM

'The Government of India, through the Ministry of Environment and Forests, appointed what it called the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel, headed by known environmental, ecology, and natural resources expert, Professor Madhav Gadgil. This panel submitted its report on August 31, 2011 (The report can bee seen at http://cat.org.in/files/reports/WGEEP_Report_Part_I-2.pdf). The recommendations were not to the government’s liking, so the government appointed a so-called “High Level(...)'

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Spew Venom, Enjoy Life Who Scripted Mr Varun Gandhi's Acquittal ! - subhash gatade

Author : अफ़लातून अफ़लू      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 3/7/2013 6:17:00 AM

'Spew Venom, Enjoy Life Who Scripted Mr Varun Gandhi's Acquittal ! - subhash gatade "This is not a hand (Congress symbol), it is the power of the lotus (BJP symbol). It will cut the head of... Jai Shri Ram," a PTI report quoted Varun Gandhi (29) as telling an election meeting in Pilibhit, his attack directed at the Muslims. At another meeting, the PTI report said, he said: "If anyone raises a finger towards Hindus or if someone thinks that Hindus are weak and leaderless, if som(...)'

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Here it is !

Author : अफ़लातून अफ़लू      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 1/5/2013 3:51:00 PM

'The Devonshire Initiative is a forum for leading international development NGOs and mining companies to come together in response to the emerging social agenda surrounding mining and community development issues.The Devonshire Initiative is the sole collaborative problem solving forum of its kind in Canada that is aimed at improving on-the-ground community development outcomes.with the support of,Canadian Business for Social ResponsibilityCanadian Institute of Mining, Metallur(...)'

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Unforgettable life in Koraput (Numa) / Pattanayak, Biswanath

Author : अफ़लातून अफ़लू      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 10/24/2012 8:38:00 AM

'In the year 1946 after being released from the jail Numa (Malati Chaudhury) (She was arrested for participation in Quit India movement) set up Baji Rout Chhatrabas in Angul in memory of Saheed Baji Rout with the objective of providing education to the children of distressed political workers of princely states (Gadajat) of Orissa. Initially only the children of the workers from the Gadajat were admitted to the Chhatrabas. Later since 1949 the children of poor tribals and Harijans (S(...)'

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Tribals of Phulbani and Malati Chaudhury / Mohapatra, Dhobendri

Author : अफ़लातून अफ़लू      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 10/24/2012 8:33:00 AM

'Belghar is a remote area in the Baliguda subdivision of Phulbani district. Its natural surrounding being forests and mountains is extremely scenic and beautiful. Herein live for ages tribals belonging to the Kutia Kondh tribe. They are simple and innocent people but exploited and neglected. Malati Devi came to this region in the year 1959-60. No individual or agency had ever entered this region prior to her arrival with purpose to work among the tribals.    She came (...)'

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Malati Choudhury /By Prof. Manoranjan Mohanty

Author : अफ़लातून अफ़लू      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 10/24/2012 6:25:00 AM

'(26 July 1904 - 15 March 1998)     Malati Chaudhury, fondly called Numa by the generations of people that she inspired was on the forefront of all the struggles of the oppressed people of Orissa throughout her life. The uniqueness of this ceaseless fighter was that she spurned offices of power, lived with the children of the downtrodden and fearlessly confronted not only the colonial state and feudal rulers but also authoritarian regimes and forces o(...)'

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Professor Nageshvar Prasad is no more

Author : अफ़लातून अफ़लू      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 9/15/2012 1:01:00 AM

'Professor Nageshwar Prasad, a close associate and co-worker of Loknayak Jayaparakash Narayan passed away in a Fremont, California hospital. He was 88. Prof Prasad was unwell for the past four months. As a young man he participated in India's freedom struggle against the British Raj and was jailed. As a student in Allahabad he associated himself with the youth wing of Socialist Party. Later he worked with many luminaries of the socialist party, like Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, Acharya Nar(...)'

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Civil Liberty / M.K. Gandhi

Author : अफ़लातून अफ़लू      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 8/26/2012 7:12:00 AM

'Gurudev has given the poetry of civil liberty . It bears reproduction in a weekly journal like Harijan although the statement has gone round the world. The reader will find it in another post. It is a paraphrase of "Work out Thine Own Salvation" ,or "Man Is His Own Enemy and His Own Friend". Civil liberty is not criminal liberty.When law and order are under popular control , the ministers in charge of the department cannot hold the portfolio for a day , if they act against t(...)'

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The Poet on Civil liberty

Author : Aflatoon      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 8/26/2012 4:29:00 AM

'( The following is the text of the message which was sent by Rabindranath Tagore to the London Conference on Civil Liberty in India held on October 17th, 1937.) Liberty is a privilege which the individual has to defend daily for himself;for even the most democratic Government tend to be oppressive if its tyranny is tempted by the indifference or cowardice of its subjects.Hence the need for a Civil Liberties Union in any system of Government,and hence the need for such unions(...)'

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Einstein on Gandhi

Author : Aflatoon      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 6/21/2012 3:38:00 AM

'Albert Einstein wrote this message for the volume published on the occasion of Gandhi's 75th Birthday in 1944. Last paragraph of the message is more widely known than the rest of it.Gandhi was in Jail when the volume was published." A leader of his people unsupported by any outward authority ; a politician whose success rests not upon craft nor mastery of technical devices , but simply on the convincing power of his personality ; a victorious fighter who has always scorned the use o(...)'

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Dadul's letter from prison (During Emergency)

Author : Aflatoon      Blog : Anti MNC Forum      Date : 10/23/2011 3:52:00 AM

'My dear Aflu,I got letters from all four of you on the same day. It was very happy day for me inmy sad and solitary life here. I wish to thank you particularly for giving me some goodinformation about your new Math teacher and Raja Babu’s Brother. I have not yet gotany news about Mamoo. Very likely, you have in the mean time heard from Gaga orMamna or Ami. Didoon has not written to me yet. I have written a long letter to yourmother and Mashi about how terribly I am missing Didoon. I(...)'

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