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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Re: [vinnomot] Mr B Mojumder of Hanger project,r u still hungry?So new business SUJON?pls give up politics bussiness. do only NGO business

Mr B Mojumder of Hanger project,r u still hungry?So new busyness SUJON?pls give up politics business. do only NGO business
Dear All,
              The motive of this SUJON is is very clear.But we are no more in Baksali arena.Here politics of all ideology is open. it is our peoples right to choose the party or ideology.No one from home and abroad should dictate us in this point.
There are religion based political parties in France, Germany and many European countries.
If some one love his/her religion and form a party based on religion following the rules of state
it is OK.
People of Bangladesh want trial of all kinds of criminals .But oppose motivated propaganda.Where were the paid agents of a neighboring country when there favorite party was in power?
Do not try to fish in troubled water.


Shushashoner Jonnoy Nagorik <shujanbdesh@gmail.com> wrote:

This is an article by Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar on the issues of trying the war criminals and banning religion-based politics in Bangladesh. The article argues that the alleged war criminals must be tried to heal the wounds on the nation's psyche created by their heinous crimes and to make the nation forward-looking. Using the experiences of the contest between Mr. Delawar Hossain Sayedee and late Sudhangshu Shekhar Halder in Pirojpur-1 election in 2001, the article illustrates how religion is nakedly used by some interested quarters in politics in Bangladesh. The article also addresses the issues of the legality and justifications of banning the religion-based politics in our country.



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[vinnomot] Re: [chottala.com] FW: LabAid Cardiac Hospital: The real story behind the fancy Ads!

Dear Pannah

I agree with you that we should not fly to other countries like the thug politicians. We must be united and raise our voice in one to shut the so-called man killing hospital plus punish those involved including the official Dircctoriate of Heath Services who connived with these hospitals to engage Fake Professors(???)and other Law enforcing agencies to hold up the literate criminal killers. There should be explamplary punshiment so as to make the future activist in this line be carefull.

All the successsive government failed to uphold the rights of the people in ensuring the basic need i.e. health,education,employment etc etc. These political goons eaten up the money earmarked for the poor.

We should urge the CTG to seriously enquire the wrong doing of Lab Aid and close it forever else there will be many many deliberate murders( for money) will occur in future as well.

Faruque Alamgir

Em Pannah <epannah@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Mr. Nader Chowdhury,

Your statement "But if you can afford just fly to Bangkok, India or
somewhere else." is not acceptable to me; experience with LABAID might
be frustrating, but that does not mean that there is no good hospital
in Bangladesh.

Emarat Hossain Pannah
=====================

--- naderchowdhury <naderchowdhury@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Wasim Bari / Alamgir Faruk
> I am very sorry to hear about your cases.
>
> I 100% agree with both of you. This criminal killer LABAID MUST be
> stopped. Otherwise they will keep killing more and more.
>
> Let me tell you my story here. My sister's father in law was very
> fit and HEALTHY person of 61 years of old. I am telling you all
> again here he just more than FIT and had a very good health without
> any complications.
>
> March 1 2006, he felt little pain in chest after Fazr prayer but
> felt better later. After breakfast he himself went to KILLER LABAID
> and walked into hospital (so called) as a normal person WITHOUT any
> help from his driver. After few minutes when he got chance he just
> narrated his problem to doctor. Doctor there advised him to admit
> and administered one injection.
>
> BELIEVE IT OR NOT with in half an hour his condition deteriorated
> and they administered one more injection. After that he lived only
> one and half hour in this world.
>
> THIS WAS A TOTAL SHOCK FOR THE FAMILY.
>
> LABAID MUST BE CLOSED AND PROCECUTED.
>
> PLEASE RAISE THIS AWARENESS.
>
>
>
> Nader Chowdhury
>
> Ps: There is also few good hospitals in Dhaka. One of them, I heard,
> just opened in Uttara Dhaka, American Super Specialty Hospital.
> Mostly managed by American doctors and American standard.
> But if you can afford just fly to Bangkok, India or somewhere else.
>
>
>
> --- In chottala@yahoogroups.com, Faruque Alamgir
> <faruquealamgir@...> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Bari Bhai
> >
> > While expressing my deepest condolence and sympathy to you and
> family for the tragic death of your beloved Dad at the hands of
> the "BASTARD BUTCHER BLOOD MONGER KILLER SO CALLED DOCTORS OF LAB
> AID".
> >
> > I reality these doctors are worst then blood sucking vampiers
> and know nothing but money and money.There are several hundred such
> untold stories of inhuman brutality against these Bastard Doctors
> clan of our country for which petients take the pain to go to big
> neighbour to spend hard earned foreign currency. Allhough it is
> questionable that whether they get the right treatment or not in
> India but one thing for sure that they get a very good smiling
> welcome plus human service from all quarters of treatment aginst
> money
> opfcourse !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > Friends,I wish to pose a serious question to the new
> governm,ent who waged a serious war aginst all types of corruption
> and wrong doing down from Formalin in fish,spurious
> drugs,contaminated food items etc etc why they dont see these white
> collar Bastard crminal doctors who are spilling the blood of
> innocents and minting money ???????????????????????
> >
> > May I draw the attention of the Advisor in charge of Health to
> be honest and make a serous enquiry and bring to book the blood
> thirsty vampires and also make "Seal Gala" the tainted "Lab Aid"
> for good to set an example to the wrong doers to behave else face
> the same consequences. Uness we start taking such action crimes in
> this sector will devour the nation to die helpless .
> >
> > What is the reaction and role of the Bangladesh Medical
> Association of Bangladesh????? Will they as like the past stand
> like rock behind their criminal colleagues(refer to one lady
> Obstertician for whose negilgence a young Lady Banker died few
> years back) ????????????
> >
> > We must do something against all these criminals including other
> criminals in other fields as well to tame the bloody corrupted
> literate powerfull segments of the society who virtually
> squander,loot and destroys all sanity and taosting drinks on the
> plight of the people. I mean the politicians(thieves and thugs and
> goons),bureaucrat (theives and connivers of many many wrong
> doings),business elites(touts/smugglers money launderers).
> >
> > Friends, long time back I wrote in this blog
> proposing "Capital Punishment" to any convict accused of any
> crimes that relates to above mentioned crimes. To my understanding
> to size up the whole scale wrong doers including their connivers do
> deserve this punishment since their act(s) are causing death and
> immense suffering to millions of the country.
> >
> > I would to join Bari bhai to request you all of all blogs to
> wage a war against the such criminals with specifice reference
> to "Lab Aid Hospital". By thus we will be doing some justice to
> ourselve as a faithfull citizen.
> >
> > Regards to all
> >
> > Faruque Alamgir
> >
> > Bari Ahmed Wasimul <awbariuk@...>
> wrote: Dear Mr. Rashid
> >
> > This is not the first case at Lab Aid. I also another
> > case and may be others also.
> >
> > Lab Aid is a commercial business and they show no
> > sympathy to any family as they think it's not their
> > job. Even you can't take the death body out of the Lab
> > Aid if you do not fully pay or clear the bills. They
> > receive cash only and no cheque from general people.
> >
> > This is really SHAME and I wish you will recover the
> > pain soon. But like you, I am also requesting all
> > please do not go to Lab Aid. It's better to go India,
> > Bangkok or Singapore or even PG Hospital.
> >
> > Reagrds
> >
> > Bari
> > www.magazinebd.com
> >
> > --- mamunur rashid <rickon_22@...> wrote:
> >
> > > What a Shame! This is the real scenario of
> > > Bangladeshi
> > > Doctor's.We should Hang them.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- MunTasiR SaNiaT <msaniat@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear all,
> > > >
> > > > My intuition of sending this e-mail
> > > to
> > > > you is to raise my
> > > > voice against LabAid Cardiac
> > > > Hospital and provide a real
> > > > picture about LabAid, so that the
> > > > LabAid hospital change
> > > > their attitude with their future
> > > > customers.
> > > >
> > > > Please read the attached news paper
> > > > article which was
> > > > published on The Daily Janakantha on
> > > 19
> > > > Dec, 2007, also,
> > > > please see the actual condition of my
> > > > father while he was
> > > > under treatment at LabAid Cardiac
> > > > Hospital :
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnJZIg_x1KI
> > > > (CAUTION: This
> > > > video is very graphical!)
> > > >
> > > > The person that you are watching on
> > > > this video is not in this
> > > > world anymore! He died on 11 Nov,
> > > 2007
> > > > at LabAid Cardiac
> > > > Hospital, Dhaka , Bangladesh while
> > > > treating under Prof.(Dr.)
> > > > Baren Chakrabarti, Prof. (Dr.) M.
> > > > Matiur Rahman (who is
> > > > actually not a professor, but using
> > > > this fancy title) and
> > > > Prof. (Dr.) Ali Hossain (the best
> > > > doctors in our country with
> > > > some fancy fake title.!!!).
> > > >
> > > > We trusted the fancy ads of LabAid,
> > > > also trusted the fancy
> > > > titled doctors and nurses. But look
> > > at
> > > > the real picture of
> > > > LabAid's CCU Bed No. 8. After the
> > > > surgery they left my father
> > > > on the bed without any proper
> > > > attention. The LabAid doctors
> > > > are so busy to catch another new CCU
> > > > patient, which they
> > > > forget about stitching the surgery
> > > area
> > > > of the current
> > > > patient. Look at the blood all over
> > > the
> > > > bed! Look at.. how
> > > > clean LabAid's CCU unit is!
> > > >
> > > > I raised my voice when I saw the real
> > > > picture of LabAid. For
> > > > raising my voice I got slapped on my
> > > > face in front of the all
> > > > the people by the LabAid G.M. Mr.
> > > Imran
> > > > Chowdhury.
> > > >
> > > > I am sure LabAid doctors who were
> > > > involve with my father's
> > > > treatment has got a good amount of
> > > > share from the bill, but
> > > > can they really tell that the
> > > > hospital/or even the doctor's
> > > > has done a proper treatment for that
> > > > helpless guy Mr. A. K.
> > > > M. Fazlul Haq (my father)? He was
> > > just
> > > > lying on the CCU Bed
> > > > No. 8 helplessly for 15 days and
> > > > expecting his sons, also the
> > > > doctors will take care of him
> > > properly.
> > > > We have done our part
> > > > from the bottom of our heart; we were
> > > > ready to spend all of
> > > > our savings and everything to get a
> > > > proper treatment for our
> > > > father, because he is our father who
> > > > took care of us
> > > > properly. But Mr. or Ms. Lab Aid
> > > > administrators....Have you
> > > > guys taken care of my father
> > > properly?
> > > > I am sure you did not,
> > > > because I am the one who is one of
> > > your
> > > > victims. How come a
> > > > person who didn't even have any heart
> > > > surgery or any type of
> > > > major surgery, but got a bill for 5
> > > and
> > > > Half lac taka (BD Tk.
> > > > 5,00, 000.00, AU$8,155.00,
> > > > US$7,288.00)???
> > > >
> > > > Dr. Lutfor Rahman (Head of LabAid's
> > > > Cardiac Hospital ) (I am
> > > > pointing you because you are the
> > > golden
> > > > son of our country),
> > > > do you guys still wanna claim that
> > > > Heart Surgery is cheaper
> > > > in Bangladesh now? On 11 Nov, 2007
> > > > when my auntie (Ms.
> > > > Sharmin Naaz, Assitt. Commissioner of
> > > > Taxes, Bangladesh
> > > > Govt.) went to see with you regarding
> > > > my father's bill that
> > > > time you mentioned about your
> > > > contribution in Bangladesh . You
> > > > were also talking about you can make
> > > 1
> > > > lac take in a matter
> > > > of second. Well, done Dr. Lutfor
> > > > Rahman...Well done! We're
> > > > really proud of your contribution (?)
> > > > to our country! Here is
> > > > one of your biggest contributions to
> > > > our country's medical
> > > > history which was published on the
> > > > Daily Janakantha on 19
> > > > Dec, 2007 -- ("Lab Aid has become a
> > > > human killing machine"
> > > > The Daily Janakantha, 19 Dec, 2007")
> > > >
> > > > Life is very interesting Dr. Lutfor
> > > > Rahman! When we lost our
> > > > love ones then we feel for it, but
> > > then
> > > > we forget about it.
> > > > Instead of forgetting about my
> > > father's
> > > > death, I want to
> > > > raise my voice against LabAid
> > > Cardiac
> > > > Hospital and request
> > > > all of you to "STOP GOING TO THE
> > > LabAID
> > > > for any heart
> > > > treatment" and wanna make those
> > > doctors
> > > > to understand that
> > > > they should not play with any humans
> > > > life, because no matter
> > > > how powerful or rich they could be,
> > > > they will never be able
> > > > to give a life back to a dead man's
> > > > life! So, STOP f..ing
> > > > around with a human life, OKAI Dr.
> > > > Lutfor Rahman, Prof (Dr.)
> > > > Baren Chakraborty, also the others
> > > who
> > > > are involve in this
> > > > human killing business!
> > > >
> > > > The LabAid hospital needs to know a
> > > > little bit about the
> > > > power of Internet in disseminating
> > > > information. I will
> > > > request to all of you also do the
> > > same
> > > > (when forwarding the
> > > > article, send CC or copies to the
> > > > lab-aid related addresses,
> > > > so that the LabAid individuals feel a
> > > > little shame every time
> > > > they receive a copy of this email).
> > > >
> > > > Here are the email addresses of the
> > > > LabAid individuals with
> > > > their full name:
> > > >
> > > > Prof. (Dr.) Baren
> > > Chakraborty
> > > > -
> > > > baren_chakraborty@...
> > > > Prof (Dr.) Matiur Rahman -
> > > > prof.motiur@...
> > > > Dr. Lutfor Rahman -
> > > > lutfor@...
> > > >
> > >
> > === message truncated ===
> >
> > www.magazinebd.com
> >
> > Kindest regards
> >
> > Ahmed Wasimul Bari
> > Student of DBA Program, Switzerland
> > MBA(UK), Dip in Mngt.(Canada), MSc & BSc(DU, 1st Class)
> > Image & HR Consultant
> > CRO, Center for Research & Studies
> >
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[mukto-mona] " Don''t do politics wearing uniforms. You are violating rules and regulations of your jobs…." - Professor Dr Anwar Hossain

A section of security men creates scare, alleges Prof Anwar

" Don''t do politics wearing uniforms. You are violating rules and regulations of your jobs…."  - Professor Dr Anwar Hossain

Professor Dr Anwar Hossain, one of the four Dhaka University teachers released Wednesday after five-month detention, brought a sweeping allegation that a small section of security-men created the reign of ''scare'', reports UNB.
" Bangladesh army is not opponent of the country''s students, teachers and other people. This army was born through the glorious liberation war in 1971. But a small section of army-men is trying to stand us against the whole army as opponents…," Prof. Anwar told his audience at a gathering.
The outspoken DU teacher was addressing the student-teacher solidarity meeting at the foot of Aparajeya Bangla in the morning marking the release of the DU teachers and students.
Five of the released DU students and their parents, and wives and children of the released teachers also joined the solidarity meeting.
Three other released teachers - Prof. Dr Sadrul Amin, Dean of Arts Faculty, Prof. Dr Harun-or-Rashid, Dean of Social Sciences Faculty, and former Jagannath Hall provost Prof. Dr Neem Chandra Bhoumik-National Professor Kabir Chowdhury, Prof. Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique, Prof. Akhtaruzzaman and Prof. Mohammad Samad, among others, also addressed the meeting. Prof. Dr. Shafiquzzaman was in the chair.
As hundreds of students, teachers and employees applauded his fiery speech, Prof. Anwar Hossain said teachers and students were arrested and kept in jail as the university always acts as the conscience of the Bengali nation.
He claimed the DU teachers did not commit any crime during the August movement, as they stood by the imperiled students as guardians.
" As teachers we cannot tolerate any crime. The students had protested misdeeds of joint forces and we had just stood by them. But we were thrown in jail! The only reason is that evil force is afraid of Dhaka University which is the conscience of the country," said Dr Anwar, also general secretary of the DU Teachers Association.
He observed that bringing the teachers and students out of jail through nonviolent movement, Dhaka University proved that it never bows to any misdeed or oppression.
" There was no violence during the movement. We have been able to prove it again that Dhaka University never tolerates any oppression," Dr Anwar said.
About the role of army in country''s politics, he said, " Don''t do politics wearing uniforms. You are violating rules and regulations of your jobs…."
Prof. Anwar urged the caretaker government to lift the state of emergency and declare specific date of general election. " There is no need for state of emergency now. Lift the emergency and declare specific date for the general election-the people want government of their own representatives."
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Harun-or-Rashid said if standing by the endangered and affected students is a crime, then the DU teachers would go on committing such crime till death.
He further said Dhaka University teachers and students have proved it that "all kinds of misdeed and oppression will be protested and evil forces will be defeated always by the country''s premier institution".
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[vinnomot] BREAKING NEWS :Azam J Chowdhury says he didn't sue Hasina


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Azam J Chowdhury says he didn't sue Hasina
 
 
Thu, Jan 24th, 2008 1:11 pm BdST
Dhaka, Jan 24 (bdnews24.com) – Prime Bank chairman Azam J Chowdhury Thursday said he did not sue former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

He said he filed a case only against Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, her cousin.

"I don't know how she was implicated in that case," Chowdhury told reporters after he attended the annual business conference of Prime Bank at a Gulshan hotel.

"Sheikh Hasina is the daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and I cannot even think of suing her."
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[mukto-mona] BREAKING NEWS :Azam J Chowdhury says he didn't sue Hasina


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Thu, Jan 24th, 2008 1:11 pm BdST
Dhaka, Jan 24 (bdnews24.com) – Prime Bank chairman Azam J Chowdhury Thursday said he did not sue former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

He said he filed a case only against Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, her cousin.

"I don't know how she was implicated in that case," Chowdhury told reporters after he attended the annual business conference of Prime Bank at a Gulshan hotel.

"Sheikh Hasina is the daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and I cannot even think of suing her."
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[mukto-mona] Re: Teachers judgement

WRT: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mukto-mona/message/46232

January 21, 2008. DU teacehrs were found guilty and pardoned by the
President. By the same President who pardoned another killer (the
murderer of Jitu) in a similar way and was highly protested
by "Shushil Shomaj". If I had the publicity like the "Shushil
Shomaj" I would have asked, does the convicted teachers have any
moral right now to teach at DU, my beloved institute?


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RE: [mukto-mona] Professor Rehman Sobhan -The universities and dissent: Some cautionary lessons

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I was present at that historical National Integration Seminar at the BNR center at the Mall Road in Lahore, in 1961 where Prof. Rehman Sobhan delivered that unforgettable passionate speech. The audience was spell-bound with the oration, torrent of language of a very high standard and irrefutable facts and logic. The West Pakistani Judge who presided hailed him as the young Cicero of Pakistan. The speech had such an impact that one of the West Pakistani scholars went out and hurriedly fetched economist Mahboobul Hoq, who later became a world famous development economist, in a bid to defend West Pakistani or Pakistani interests. The speech created such an stirr in Pakistan that a section of the Press demanded his expulsion from Pakistan. Although, two economy theory was the collective idea developed under the leadership of Prof. Nurul Islam, Prof. Rehman Sobhan shot the first bullet in public. It is unfortunate, with the decline of academic environment in general, these saintly voices are seldom heard or listen to with reverence these days. The Messiaic speech of Prof.Anwar Hossain delivered in the court premises supported by this saint and patriot, Prof. Rehman Sobhan is enough to resurrect the glory of our students and teachers.
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[mukto-mona] Release of book on communalism and poster series on terrorism

Communalism: Illustrated Primer
 
by Ram Puniyani
 

This book deals with the phenomenon of sectarian violence and politics in a very

lucid manner. The phenomenon of communalism has come as a major threat to

our democracy in current times. This phenomenon is also breaking our plural

values and inter - community amity.

Contents- Babri Demolition, Post babri Violence, Godhra, Gujarat Carnage,

Citizens Tribunal report, India's syncretic traditions, mixed heritage, Rise and

growth of Communalism, Values of India's Freedom movement, Gandhi, Muslim

and Hindu communalism, Doctoring mass consciousness, Hindutva, RSS and

exploited sections of society, Tasks for Secular Movement, Vande Matram

controvery, Ram Setu or Adams bridge, Terrorism, Civilizations, clash or alliance.

The book is in the form of brief answers to the prevalent myths in a very simple

style. It is richly illustrated with pictures, cartoons and tables. It gives a

comprehensive view of the problem of communalism as being faced by the

nation. A must read for all concerned with defense of democratic and secular

values..

 
(Also available in Hindi & Marathi)
Pages 116, Contribution Rs. 60/-
 
 
Posters:
TERRORISM
This 10 poster set deals with the causes of this dreaded phenomenon.
Available from:
Ram Puniyani, 1102/5 MHADA Deluxe, Rambaug Powai, Mumbai 400076
Contribution: Rs 50/-


Marathi, Hindi Translation of Book also available
Poster series also available in Hindi
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[vinnomot] LabAid accused of malpractices

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Relatives of the victims of alleged financial malpractices, wrong treatment and poor services at LabAid Hospital on Wednesday demanded cancellation of approval of the private hospital and punishment of doctors and management staff for misconducts. 

   Dr Mehnaj Ahmed, geriatric department head of Brooklyn Hospital in New York, whose mother died at LabAid allegedly due to wrong treatment, read out a statement at a press conference at National Press Club, demanding that hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres and physicians found guilty of professional and financial misconducts must be punished.

   She complained that her mother Mushtari Begum was a cruel victim of professional misconduct of doctors and staff of LabAid Cardiac Hospital, which advertises itself to be a world class cardiac care centre.

   'We brought our mother complaining chest pain and vomiting on September 16 in 2004, but she was wrongly diagnosed as a gastric patient. LabAid cardiac specialist visited her six hours after admission,' said Mushtari's another daughter, Mahjabin Ahmed, associate professor of Institute of Business Studies of Dhaka University.

   'And my mother died within a day just for mismanagement and negligence of doctors,' said Mehnaj Ahmed.

   The family filed a case with third sub-judge court of Dhaka in November 2004 in this connection.

   Shafiqul Islam alleged that his daughter Afia died at LabAid due to mismanagement of the hospital on December 25 in 2007. He was even barred from holding a press briefing at Dhaka Reporters' Unity on December 31, despite he booked the VIP lounge there.

   Iqbal Hossain, whose brother died at LabAid in May 2007, Towfiq Mahmud, whose father there in October and Tanvir Imam, whose 11-day baby was burnt by the operation theatre's heater of LabAid, also had horrific stories to tell.
   Enayet Hossain Dulal, diagnosed first as a cardiac patient and found alright in the second test, also shared their experience of services he got at LabAid.
 

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[vinnomot] Policy Innovation: Reform in media sector

Policy Innovation: Reform in media sector
But this never came up to discussion during last one year. The bosses of media do not want it and the information minister also (probably) didn't want it!
 
 
In order do justice to a job that needs a lot of brainwork and investigation, the journalists / reporters in the media has to be given enough resources so that they can do meaningful reporting. What they do right now, is press-release journalism or press-conference journalism, mostly.
 
Off course, there are many who goes beyond this. But their number is few.
 
People in the media sector has to be provided right amount of resources.
 
When we say that, we know, most of the people involved would like to say .... wage board implementation, etc etc. Certainly there are things that are positive. But we think there are more effective way to tackle the problem to improve situation. Market based mechanism should be used to improve the situation.
 
Could you elaborate a bit? - you would ask - we know. Let us do exactly that.
 
In order to a market to work effectively, there has to be market regulator. This regulator may be an initiative from the government or it can be interally developed mechanism such as BFUJ can make a body to set the rules of the market which the market players adopt voluntarily.
 
So, what that market regulatory body can do - if there is one?
 
They should set the standard. Also, they should set a standard of how much money should be spent to produce a quality product of say "one column inch" of print media or "one minute of air time" of eletronic media (TV or Radio). Certainly that will be a range - an upper limit and a lower limit within which every media organization will be encouraged to operate (profit or loss). Once that range is determined, the body should look into the number of media organizations and calculate how much revenue is needed for them to operate in a healthy situation.
 
Or the body can do a reverese calculation. They can look at the strength of the economy and revenue stream of the industry.
 
Best process will be to do the both.
 
Once that is done, our guess is, the recommendation that will come out of that excercise is a major restructuring of the sector.
 
How do you do that?
 
The first question will be - how is the legal infrastructure?
 
We know, there was no law on merger and acquisition (M&A) of two banks - let alone two media organization. Bangladesh Bank made a draft law on merger of Banks, but not sure whether that came into being.
 
What is the status of the laws of M&A of any two companies? Is there a sound law? If there is none, Dr. Akbar Ali Khan should be working on these, instead of the chapabazi he usually does on other things.
 
Assuming there is or will be good law on company M&A, the media regulatory body have to sit down and think about whether there is any specific characteristics that would require special treatment of media companies. Our guess is there will be such a need. Most of the developed democracies consider media companies just more than a profit-making company. So, they have to find out what special treatment should be there for the media sector in Bangladesh. They should come up with a draft law based on the generilized law for company M&A.
 
Hopefully, once these are all done, the media companies would start using market senses to take advantage of that reform law. At the end, the journalists would get a better pay, the owners will make money instead of paying loss and most importantly, Bangaldesh would get a vibrant media sector.
 
If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please forward it to others. If you have an ear to the columinsts in regular traditional media, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence. 
 
 
Thanks for your time,
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[mukto-mona] Text of Report of the National Commisison for Minorities which visited Kandhamala district of Orissa to investigate the 2007 Christmas week violence



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From: Dr. John Dayal <catholicunion@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 23, 2008 10:21 PM


Wednesday, 23 January 2008
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR MINORITIES

Report of the NCM visit to Orissa, 6-8 January 2008

[Note from aicc: On Dec. 27, 2007 a Christian delegation including
aicc leaders met the chairman of the National Commission for
Minorities (NCM), Mohamed Shafi Qureshi, in New Delhi. They requested
that investigators be sent to Orissa as soon as possible. Local aicc
leaders met with the two visiting NCM members in Bhubaneswar on Jan.
8, 2008, late in the evening. The NCM was established by the "National
Commission for Minorities Act, 1992, No. 19" and protects the rights
of religious minorities in India. More info is at http://ncm.nic.in.]

A semblance of normality appears to be returning to the violence hit
districts of Orissa. The reasons for the outbreak of violence on the
eve of Christmas are far more varied than was apparent from media
reports, but there is no doubt that the Christian community and its
places of worship were the principal target of attack. They bore the
brunt of violence and suffered the maximum damage. As a result, the
Christian community continues to live in fear and feels insecure and
unsafe. It may take months and even years to restore their confidence.
This will depend, above all, on the State Government's ability and
willingness to address both the immediate and long term issues that
were responsible for the violence. This is the overall conclusion
reached by the NCM delegation.

    Members Zoya Hasan and Dileep Padgaonkar visited Orissa from 6-8
January 2008. During their stay in Bhubaneshwar and visit to Phulbani
in Kandhmala district, the Members met a cross-section of political,
civil society, religious groups and organizations and the affected
people. The team held meetings with district officials engaged in
restoring peace and normality in the disturbed areas. They apprised
the team of the measures taken by the administration in the past two
weeks to restore peace. In the State capital the Members met the Chief
Secretary, Home Secretary, DG (P) and other senior officials before
calling on the Chief Minister. The team also paid a courtesy call on
the Governor.
    Several factors were at work and converged to create tension and
violence which started on 24th December 2007 and continued until 27th
December 2007.
    The long simmering Kondh-Pana conflict was in part responsible
for the agitation and violence. The Kondhs are Scheduled Tribes (STs)
who constitute 51.96 percent of the population in Kandhmal district,
the Scheduled Castes (SCs) (many of whom are Pana) are 16.89 percent,
and Christians are 18.20 percent. A section of Christian Panas have
been seeking inclusion in the ST category which would entitle them to
the benefits of reservation. Their demand is based on their linguistic
and cultural affinities with the Kui group. However, the Kuis have
been resisting this demand on the ground that they were ethnically
different from the Panas.
    This issue has been complicated by the High Court order of July
12, 2007. An NGO filed a petition in the High Court demanding ST
status for the Panas on the ground that the amended Presidential Order
of 2002 shows Kui community as ST and as Pana caste speaks the Kui
dialect. Therefore their caste should be changed from Pana as
mentioned in the revenue records to ST. The court order directed the
Government to look into matter and make the necessary corrections in
the record of land rights as per the Presidential Order 2002. Soon
after the High Court Order was given the Phulbani Kui Jan Kalyan Sangh
started a campaign that all those recorded as SC Pana in the revenue
records will now be treated as STs. The Kui Samaj Sewa Samiti of
Phulbani and several other Kui organizations reacted by organizing
rallies and processions demanding the deletion of Kui from the
Presidential Order.
    But there are other reasons which Kuis cite which are that taking
advantage of their illiteracy etc the Panas have acted as middle men
to exploit them notably by grabbing their lands. The Kuis also allege
that SC Christians obtain false certificates as Hindu SCs to take the
benefits of reservations. It should be noted that the SC category
excludes Christians whereas they are entitled to inclusion in the ST
category and the reservation benefits that go with it. Hence the
efforts of some Christians groups to get included in the ST category.
The Government is presently conducting an inquiry into these charges
and has informed the NCM about that the culprits would be speedily
brought to book. It has also been alleged that SC Christians have
reconverted to Hinduism while continuing to practice their Christian
faith with a view to availing the benefits given to the SCs.
    A second, if not more important factor, is the anti-conversion
campaign conducted by the VHP and the Sangh Parivar organizations for
the past few years. The campaign has aimed to prevent the conversion
of tribal and Dalits to Christianity. Swami Saraswati Lakshmanda, the
leader of the anti-conversion campaign, established an Ashram in this
area in 1969 and has opened educational institutions for tribal boys
and girls.
    The 1991 Census shows the Christians constituted 75597 of the
population of Kandhmal district whereas in the 2001 Census their
population had gone up to 117950. While the increase in population in
percentage terms is substantial, there is no evidence whatsoever that
this increase occurred under duress or on account of inducement to
conversion.
    A stringent law regarding conversion the Orissa Freedom of
Religion Act has been on the statute books for the past four decades.
The NCM Members asked both district officials and senior officials in
the State Secretariat whether any cases had been reported or filed
with regard to infringement of this law over the past 10 years. Not
one incident of forcible conversion was cited or adduced. We also
inquired from the Church representatives whether they keep a register
of conversions. Such a register is a routine practice at the time of
baptism. The Church representatives confirmed that they indeed
maintained such a register. But no one has apparently bothered to
check it. In fact the Archbishop of Bhubaneshwar told the NCM team
that neither he nor anyone in the Diocese was ever summoned by the
authorities with regard to matters relating to conversion.
    From the above the NCM team has inferred that there is no basis
whatsoever to justify the anti-conversion campaign. On the other hand,
this mischievous campaign has created an atmosphere of prejudice and
suspicion against the Christian community and Christian priests and
organizations. The role of the Sangh Parivar activists and the anti-
conversion campaign in fomenting organized violence against the
Christian community deserves close scrutiny. This is especially urgent
in view of the official explanation to the effect fact that the recent
incidents in Orissa are largely of an ethnic nature rather than
motivated by an anti-minority intent. The NCM team noticed that there
was a concerted effort on the part of government officials to evade
and prevaricate on the communal dimension of the conflict and to
explain the violence in terms of the Kondh-Pana conflict.
    The NCM team discussed in detail the chronology of events with
all its interlocutors. The responses were far from uniform because of
the endeavor of groups consulted to engage in a blame game. However,
the team has been able to construct a factual account of the tragic
turn of events.
    As early as 22nd December the Church authorities informed the Sub-
Collector that they apprehended trouble on Christmas and asked the
district administration to take the necessary measures to prevent anti-
social elements from exploiting the situation to create the trouble.
Church authorities informed the Sub-Collector that the Kui Samaj had
given a call for a bandh on 25-26 December to press their demands
regarding various issues. They requested the district authorities to
remain alert and preempt any trouble. On 24 December a group of
150-200 people started demanding that an arch put across the road by
Christians should be removed in Brahmanigaon even though the Christian
community had received official permission for putting up the pandal
and for the use of loud speakers. The district administration
confirmed the grant of permission.

Two reasons were advanced to halt work on the arches and pandal. (i)
It would affect business. (ii) The pandal was sought to be erected on
the very site used by the Hindus to celebrate the Durga Puja festival
in October. Protestors then sought to close the weekly market on 24
December. They also tried to close all the shops in the area. The
Christian shopkeepers refused to comply which led to an altercation
between the two sides. More than 20 shops were looted and destroyed in
the forenoon of 24 December. Two shots fired in the air created a
panic and people ran helter skelter. Police officers and the Collector
arrived on the scene to help sort out the issue. Even as they were
making these efforts news came in of an attack on the vehicle carrying
Swami Lakshamanda to Brahmanigaon by a group of Christian youths. This
inflamed the majority community even though the nature and scale of
injuries sustained by the Swami is yet to be established. From this
point the situation took a turn for the worse.

The very fact that the Swami was on his way to Brahmanigaon to raise
the "morale of the majority community" is indicative of his desire to
exacerbate communal tensions. Meanwhile the Kui tribes people felled
close to 2000 trees on the roads leading to the district to prevent
Shri Padmanabha Behera, Minister for Steel and Mines, from taking his
supporters to Bhubaneshwar where a massive rally was to be held for
celebrating 10 years of BJD. Shri Behera belongs to SC Pana and has
been the target of opposition of the Kui Samaj leaders and has since
then resigned. There is a long history to this conflict and the
rivalry goes back to 1994 when large scale mobilization of Kuis by
Lambodhar Konhar had taken place culminating in widespread clashes and
violence. But the NCM team was given other reasons for blocking of
roads. This was to prevent the police from reaching those places where
Christian churches, prayer halls, convents, were being targeted by
miscreants.

This raises several important questions which remain unanswered by the
official account. How can so many trees have been felled within a
matter of hours without planning, organization and large numbers of
people involved in felling? Why were the state intelligence agencies
not aware of the felling of trees which is against the law? The
answers received by the NCM team to these questions were far from
convincing. Nor could they tell the team of the extent of complicity
between Kui tribes and the VHP. One senior Kui leader regretted that
the Sangh Parivar had used the leadership of the tribals for its own
ends. Another leader acknowledged that the VHP had penetrated the
ranks of the Kui Samaj and always put them in front in such conflicts.
Before the VHP's anti-conversion campaign the tribal Christians and
non-Christians had lived in harmony but the Parivar's efforts had
succeeded in creating a chasm. It must be remembered that Swami
Lakshmanda has been working among the STs since 1969 when he
established his base here. He enjoys a big following in this area and
Christians allege that there is some degree of complicity between the
tribal leaders and Sangh Parivar outfits.

Attacks took place in various places between 24-27 December. We were
informed that Christian properties destroyed in these incidents
include parish churches, village churches, convents, presbyteries,
hostels, a vocational training centre, a leprosy centre, and scores of
shops and houses. Incidentally Hindu owned properties were also
destroyed though the number is a fraction of the losses sustained by
Christians. The Orissa Government is yet to give its full assessment
of the damage. Three persons were killed: one Christian, one Hindu
while the identity of the third is yet to be established.

Destruction on such a large scale in places which are difficult to
access could not have taken place without advance preparation and
planning. The manpower and logistics required to damage so many
Christian properties is immense. We visited an NGO and a Revenue
Inspectors office on our return to Bhubaneshwar. The RI office was
completely gutted which indicated a high level of planning and use of
incendiary materials in the attack.

The sense of insecurity runs deep in the Christian community. As many
of them were left with nothing except the clothes they were wearing.
Children and women including nuns had to seek refuge in the forests.
The Government has provided some immediate relief.



Conclusions and Recommendations

1. Throughout the fact finding mission one question rose again and
again and this was whether the choice of 25th December for holding a
bandh by the Kuis was a mere co-incidence. A second bandh called by
Swami Lakshmananda to protest the attack on his car was also fixed for
the same day. We find it difficult to believe that this too was
entirely fortuitous. The authorities were warned well in advance by
the Christians that trouble was brewing during the Christmas season.
In this background it is extremely difficult to understand why the
district authorities did not take active steps to defiuse the
situation and ensure that peace was maintained.
2. The official accounts sought to stress the complexity of the
situation in Kandhamal district and attributed the violence to the
confusion over the High Court Order on the inclusion of SC Christians
in the ST category which is vehemently opposed by the Kui tribes in
the area. The situation is certainly complex and overlaid with multi-
layered contradictions. The conflation of caste-tribe-communal issues
has contributed to the aggravation of social conflicts in this area.
But none of this complexity detracts from the principal issue which is
that the Christian minority was the target of organised attacks. The
State agencies if they had been vigilant could have prevented the
violence arising out of the two bandhs on Christmas.
3. The State Government must look into the speeches of Swami
Lakshmananda to determine whether they amount to incitement to
violence and take appropriate action.
4. The State Government must issue a White Paper on the conversion
issue to dispel fears and suspicions that have been assiduously raised
about the Christian community and the role of its institutions.
5. Rehabilitation package announced by the Orissa Government needs to
be reviewed to provide rehabilitation keeping in view the actual loss
suffered by the victims of violence.
6. Augmenting the number of police personnel and providing them with
adequate training and equipment was also imperative. Moreover for
reasons that have not been explained the State Government was
reluctant in reaching out to civil society and NGOs working as they do
work at the grassroots can provide authorities with advance
information about simmering tension and co-operate in the prevention
of such incidents.
7. Orissa does not have a State Minorities Commission. The State
Government must take the necessary steps to set up a statutory
Minorities Commission for safeguarding the rights of minorities.
8. The confusion created by the High Court Order needs to be swiftly
cleared to prevent further outbreak of tensions between STs and SCs.
The government must address the obvious tensions that will arise from
the different treatment given in the matter of reservation to
Christians belonging to the SC community and the ST community. If
Christian tribals are backward Christian SCs are no less so. To create
an artificial distinction between the two is simply to communalise
poverty and drive a wedge between two homogenous groups who are among
the most deprived. The group therefore, recommends that the
reservation given to Christian tribals should be extended to cover
Christian SCs who are of exactly the same background and are subject
to exactly the same disadvantage.
9. None of the above must detract from the social and economic
backwardness of the district. Every indicator points to acute poverty,
illiteracy, ill-health, lack of infrastructure, in short, an absence
of development. Nearly two thirds of the people in this district live
below the poverty line. Even as the authorities are called upon to
show greater vigilance to prevent the outbreak of violence, the
Government must urgently address issues of social exclusion and
structural inequities.
10. The terrible fact remains that in parts of Orissa Christians were
unable to celebrate their most important festival. By preventing
Christians from celebrating Christmas, the VHP and its affiliates have
ensured that the minority should not be in a position to enjoy the
rights guaranteed to it by the Constitution. The action of such forces
is blot on the Republic a matter which deserves more attention and
consideration from authorities both at the level of State and Centre.

(Source: http://ncm.nic.in/pdf/orissa%20report.pdf, retrieved on 23
Jan. 2008)

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