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FOCUS ON INDIA: Issue: MARCH 2006. Vol. III. No. 03 |
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Monday, 27 March 2006 |
The month of March started with the visit of royalty in the form of George Bush who toured South Asia in the first week. Protests marred the warm welcome accorded by a fawning Indian Prime Minster and his cohorts. People protested not only in the cities he chose to visit but even where he didn't go. The protests in Delhi and Mumbai were significant for the broad alliance of the left, Muslim organizations, NGOs and others, which came together for massive protests, especially in Mumbai. March 8th was International Women's Day there were marches and other programs in different parts of the country. Interestingly many mainstream media channels and even corporate marketing campaigns chose to take note of the occasion making use of it for the purposes of pushing cosmetics, beauty pageants, and such. On March 7th the Supreme Court passed an order in the Mumbai's mill lands case awarding big builder contractors and mill owners a bonanza in terms of real estate and lack of accountability to planning and the needs of the city. Organisations in Mumbai came together in a show of unity to fight the order and demand legislation from the state government to hand over part of the land to the city for public spaces, low cost housing and infrastructure. We also have Resolution of the delegates to the conference on 'Peace and Justice in South Asia' that was held in Mumbai in the last week of February.
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WSF - Karachi 24th-29th March 2006 |
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Saturday, 11 March 2006 |
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WSF 2006 Karachi will be held simultaneously in a cluster of venues between March 24th and 29th, 2006 in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Town, Karachi, which includes KMC sports complex and adjoining grounds. The opening plenary and closing plenary will be held in People's Stadium. |
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FOCUS ON INDIA (FOI) Issue: FEBRUARY 2006. Vol. III. No. 02. |
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Friday, 24 February 2006 |
We apologize for the delay in bringing you the February issue of Focus on India. Massive protests are expected across India in the first week of March 06 during the visit of US President George Bush. As a run-up to the mobilisation several organisations under the banner of ‘Peace Mumbai’ will organise a 3-day conference with a proactive and positive agenda for peace and justice in South Asia. The US President is expected to visit New Delhi and Hyderabad. Hyderabad is also the venue for Asian Development Banks Annual Governors meeting in May 2006. Groups from across Asia have come together to hold parallel events during the AGM. This will include a ‘Peoples forum on the ADB’ where academics, activists, researchers and social movements will assess the impacts of ADB projects across Asia. A Parliamentary Forum on the ADB will bring together elected representatives to speak about the impacts on democratic institutions. The call to action from the Peoples Forum against the ADB is pasted below.
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