[Reader-list] Fwd: stop the award to narendra modi

[anupam chakravartty]

Dear Murali and Rajen,

Please and try defend Mr modi instead of bringing shallow comparisons, for
which you do have any proof or even an argument.

-anupam

On 9/1/09, Murali V <murali.chalam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What do we do to Sonia who has accepted the Order of Leopold,  which
> evokes the gruesome memories of Leopold's mass murders and genocide in
> Zaire (erstwhile Belgian Congo).
>
> By accepting the ‘Order of Leopold’ from the King of Belgium in
> November 2006, she has clearly shown that she has contempt for India
> and the Indian people.  She has greater contempt for the Law of Indian
> Constitution.
>
> Regards,
> V Murali
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Shilpa Phadke<phadkeshilpa at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > There is a petition online protesting the award to Modi.
> >
> > http://www.petitiononline.com/FDI/
> >
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: shabnam hashmi <shabnamhashmi at gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 11:17 PM
> > Subject: stop the award
> > To: shabnam hashmi <shabnamhashmi at gmail.com>
> >
> >
> > The Financial Times group in London has decided to confer the 'FDI Asian
> > Personality of the Year 2009’ on Narendra Modi. It is well known and
> > documented by over 30 human rights fact finding reports that he was
> > complicit in and personally responsible for the communal carnage that
> > occurred in Gujarat in 2002, seen as India’s worst instance of violence
> > against minorities. Even today over 5000 families of Internally Displaced
> > Muslims, the victims of 2002 communal carnage live in rehabilitation
> > colonies built by NGOs as they have not been allowed to return to the
> > villages which bear the sign of the Hindu Rashtra. It will be a matter of
> > great shame if this award is given to him. The FT Group, is part of
> Pearson
> > PLC, a London headquartered media conglomerate. The current CEO is
> Marjorie
> > Scardino, she serves on the board of MacArthur Foundation, which
> ironically
> > gives out peace grants.
> >
> > The award in question has been instituted by the FDI Magazine [glossy,
> > 15,000 circulation], which is part of the FT Group. It is a fortnightly
> and
> > focuses on the business of globalisation.
> >
> > The panel which chose Modi include the editor at FDI Mag -- Courtney
> Fingar,
> > [E-mail: courtney.fingar at ft.com/ Tel: +44 (0) 20 7775 6365].
> >
> > I am sending a letter of protest to the British High Commissioner
> tomorrow.
> > Please write to the British High Commissioner ( *Email:*
> > web.newdelhi at fco.gov.uk)  and send copies to courtney.fingar at ft.com or
> write
> > to her directly.
> >
> > shabnam hashmi
> >
> >
> > -
> >
> >
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