[Reader-list] Press statement from University Community

Sun Nov 9 00:08:53 IST 2008

,
unka kaam hai 'thookna' who janay
mera payaam hai mohabbat, jahan pohanchay ( parody of a Jigar couplet )
( those who spit, know their job well; my message is love, let it
float freely  )

J.P. Sartre saw 'spitting' in the gun that shoot, bullets. That was
during world war II, when there was too much of hate, people had real
problems in Europe. I dont think we have really gone though that
extreme form of hate

for example,  between  Dakka and Kolkata, there is lot of cultural
exchange, both the socities recognize each others icons, between
Punjab ( Pakistan ) and Punjab ( India ) both celebrate that shared
cultural past, even religiously, sufism and poetry etc.... and in
kashmir too, both muslims and hindu ( pandits ) come closer to each
other as and when there is a mention of music, poetry and other shared
cultural patterns.   Territories  can not  outwit this human need for
cultural exchange between people to any kind.....

what is sad that we see  ' hate '   as an object that we can hold in
our hands for ever to win peace and love.

i think there is no alternative to peace and love
and there is no shame to de-ego the self.

and for that reason alone, we all need to bow our heads to win the other,
that is what all saints, poets and times teach us

so love one again

is

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Aditya Raj Kaul
<kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hope Police has filed a case against the illegal organisers 'University
> Community' and the hooligans of SFI & AISA who belonged mainly to the JNU
> for spreading 'communally charged' literature and even organising such a
> seminar of communal propaganda.
>
> If not, then its indeed unfortunate.
>
> On 11/8/08, Aditya Raj Kaul <kauladityaraj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> lol.... Complete Propaganda..
>>
>> Does anyone even know who this 'University Community' organisation belongs
>> to ? Faceless charecters with nil knowledge on this issue.
>>
>> 1. They entioned Gujarat and Orissa, but forgot the plight of 'Hindu's in
>> Kashmir.
>>
>> 2. They believe these are 'Hindu Fascists  & Terrorists'. What about
>> 'Islamic Terrorists & Fundamentalists'. Or, do they support 'Islamic tirade'
>> in India and across the globe. ???
>>
>> 3. S.A.R. Geelani is no teacher, no authority on terrorism, no leader and
>> not even a person of an iota of respect. He is a bloody terrorist. Why was
>> he invited then ???
>>
>> 4. No permission was taken by the organisers. So says the SHO, V-C and the
>> Proctor. Whom do we believe ? SFI Goondas or the Police.
>>
>> 5. DUSU Office was tried to attacked, this I saw from my own eyed. I need
>> not write more. Police prevented and directed eberyone to leave.
>>
>> 6. During the protest at the Geelani seminar, violence broke when SFI &
>> AISA goondas started clashing and beating ABVP activists. These communists
>> can go to any extent to even kill a person. An ABVP activist was seriously
>> injured, which made matters worse. Atleast 4-5 JNU hooligans which includes
>> girls were involved in an attack on ABVP activists.
>>
>> 7. DUSU President rightly saud that 'She would also spit at him'. The
>> entire country does on a Terrorist. He is no differenet. He should be jailed
>> atleast.
>>
>> 8. SFI, AISA and few of those left community lobby in DU are frustated with
>> the fact that they have no major support lft in DU. And, hence are stuck on
>> cheap publicty acts. Geelani attracts media and provokes students, hence
>> they though he would be the best choice.
>>
>> 9. Its quite unfortunate how this 'community lobby' is so dead media hungry
>> and frustration shoes on their faces. Poor souls they are. DU won't tolerate
>> their propaganda be it anywhere.
>>
>> 10. The act of spiiting as reported by many newspapers today has been done
>> by some Vinay Kumar Singh of Shri Ram Sena. He says he has no role with RSS
>> and ABVP, but dares Geelani.
>>
>> Down with Communal Propaganda organisations like SFI & AISA. Ban Them.
>>
>> Period.
>>
>> On 11/8/08, hany babu <hanybabu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Press Statement
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *9th November 2008.*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A protest march against the ABVP's fascist assault and vandalism was held
>>> by
>>> the University Community on the on 7th November, starting from Vivekananda
>>> statue, Arts Faculty of Delhi University. A large number of students and
>>> teachers from Delhi University were joined by JNU and Jamia students, and
>>> a
>>> march of more than 600 people traversed all colleges in the North Campus
>>> raising slogans.
>>>
>>> The march also stopped in front of DUSU office for around five minutes,
>>> raising slogans against ABVP as well as Nupur Sharma, the President and
>>> her
>>> associates who attacked the seminar on 6th November. The march proceeded
>>> to
>>> the Vice Chancellor's office, where a protest meeting was held. Students
>>> and
>>> teachers in one voice spoke against ABVP's communal-fascist politics, the
>>> inaction of the Delhi Police as well as the administration's attempt to
>>> curb
>>> the rights of speech and expression.
>>>
>>> A delegation of students and teachers, which also included the
>>> representatives of University Community, the organizers of the public
>>> meeting of the 6th November, met the DU administration and demanded
>>> immediate and strict action against the ABVP lumpens who were responsible
>>> for full-scale vandalism, physical assault and inciting communal frenzy.
>>> The
>>> university administration was asked to file an FIR against the culprits,
>>> and
>>> to constitute a time-bound enquiry into the incident.
>>>
>>> The ABVP and its masters, BJP, have however continued to justify their
>>> action. They, including Nupur Sharma have been giving communally charged
>>> statements in the media targeting Prof. SAR Geelani in particular and the
>>> university community in general. The ABVP has been spreading completely
>>> baseless allegations and are hounding the organizers of the public meeting
>>> and the members of the group, University Community. Yesterday the ABVP
>>> tried
>>> filed a false case alleging that four members of the group tried to attack
>>> the DUSU office. The white lie however was for all to see, the march was
>>> conducted peacefully and no such incident as alleged by the ABVP has ever
>>> occurred. The members of media were present, and a large contingent Delhi
>>> Police personnel was deployed which accompanied the whole course of the
>>> protest march, and they would have reported about it had such incident
>>> occurred.  A number senior teachers  of the university also were present,
>>> who marched along with the students.  It is to be noted that even before
>>> the
>>> march reached in front of the DUSU office, the gates of the office were
>>> closed.  After their fascist politics getting successfully repelled and
>>> thoroughly exposed, the ABVP and its masters in RSS and BJP are now
>>> resorting to spreading rumours and baseless allegations in order to save
>>> their face. We condemn such fascist tactics of the ABVP and the *
>>> sangh-parivar* to intimidate and repress the democratic voices of the
>>> campus.
>>>
>>> The University Community takes strong objection to the false and dangerous
>>> propaganda from a person holding a responsible office like the President
>>> of
>>> the student union the largest Central University of the country. Moreover,
>>> by calling a teacher of the university a terrorist, ABVP and Ms Nupur
>>> Sharma
>>> has insulted the entire student of the university. We demand an
>>> unconditional apology from Ms Nupur Sharma for her objectionable remark.
>>> By
>>> planning and organising the attack under her leadership personally (she
>>> personally led the vulgar attack on the spot) she made an aborted attempt
>>> to
>>> disrupt a meeting which was duly publicised and held at a venue with the
>>> permission of the University Authorities. ABVP is also challenging all the
>>> democratic structures of the university. In fact, this very act goes a
>>> long
>>> way to prove the concerns expressed by the organizers about the
>>> "increasing
>>> onslaught of the right- wing Hindu communal-fascist forces" in our
>>> country.
>>> This act and the brazen manner in which the DUSU President has carried
>>> this
>>> act shows us that the threat looms much larger than we can envisage. It is
>>> not only states like Gujarat or Orissa that are witness to this onslaught,
>>> even institutions of higher learning in the national capital are not free
>>> from the clutches of Hindu communal fascist goons.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ms Nupur Sharma has also gone on record saying that she herself would have
>>> spat on SAR Geelani. This also shows that the DUSU President has no
>>> respect
>>> for the law or the judicial system of the country, let alone codes of
>>> civilized conduct in public places. We should all think whether such a
>>> person has any right to hold a responsible office. It is the typical
>>> duplicity of politics of the Hindutva brigade to take recourse to the law
>>> when it is convenient for their divisive politics and to break it to run
>>> their writ as they are against all forms of democratic functioning or
>>> accountability.
>>>
>>>
>>> It is also interesting to see the ABVP student who resorted to a heinous
>>> act
>>> of spitting on respected Geelani is trying play another drama in sections
>>> of
>>> media that  like Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, another ABVP goon, arrested
>>> in
>>> connection with the Malegaon blasts, that he doesn't belong to ABVP.
>>> Another
>>> false claim made by ABVP, which appeared in sections of newspapers is that
>>> the seminar was organized by outsiders. The University Community comprises
>>> a
>>> group of students and teachers of Delhi University who thought it is high
>>> time that we started discussing some of the burning issues that are
>>> threatening to incinerate the secular and democratic fabric of our
>>> society.
>>> It is only natural that some people who are interested in the topic would
>>> have decided to attend the seminar as is the tradition in all universities
>>> whether it is DU, JNU or Jamia Millia Islamia. Since DU has no policy to
>>> hold all the events inside closed doors, it is surprising that the DUSU
>>> President takes objection to the presence of some "outsiders". Perhaps for
>>> the likes of Nupur Sharma and ABVP  and to the politics of communal
>>> fascism
>>> which she owes her affiliation, anyone who talks for the oppressed or
>>> incarcerated or anyone who dares to raise the voice against a highly
>>> patriarchal, oppressive, casteist, and communal Hindutva brigade is an
>>> "outsider".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *University Community*
>>>
>>> *Contact Persons: Arjumand Ara, Natasha, Tripta Wahi, Shikha, Umar Khalid
>>> Harsh Bora, 9811855618, universitycommunity at gmail.com*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> University Community
>>>
>>> Students and Teachers of University of Delhi
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Aditya Raj Kaul
>>
>> Freelance Correspondent, The Times of India
>> Cell - +91-9873297834
>>
>> Campaign Blog: http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/
>> Personal Blog: http://activistsdiary.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
>
> --
> Aditya Raj Kaul
>
> Freelance Correspondent, The Times of India
> Cell - +91-9873297834
>
> Campaign Blog: http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/
> Personal Blog: http://activistsdiary.blogspot.com/
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