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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

[mukto-mona] Where grasshoppers do not settle



Even more scathing is her descriptions of "the most successful secessionist struggle ever waged in India — the secession of the middle and upper classes to a country of their own, somewhere in the stratosphere where they merge with the rest of the world's elite"
 
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Where grasshoppers do not settle
HARSH MANDER
One may not agree with some of its positions but Arundhati Roy's Listening to Grasshoppers dissects contemporary Indian reality with intelligence and compassion.

'To me, NREGA is evidence of democracy delivering to its dispossessed people. Even flawed democracy.'

Photo: Shanker Chakravarty

Words of anger: Arundhati Roy.
Hordes of grasshoppers descended on ripening fields of wheat, months before one of the most brutal massacres of the 20th century was unleashed, in which half a million Armenians were slaughtered by the Ottoman Empire because of their minority Christi an faith, in 1915. The village elders saw in the arrival of the grasshoppers a bad omen. It is from this premonition of impending catastrophe that Arundhati Roy derives the title of her new volume of essays, Listening to Grasshoppers. But it is on India that the book is focused. In her words, the Gujarat genocide of 2002 warns us "that the wheat is ripening and the grasshoppers have landed in mainland India".
 
Roy is undoubtedly a writer of extraordinary talent. In luminous, lyrical but scathing prose, she dissects contemporary Indian reality with exceptional intelligence and compassion. The essays in her latest volume, like the two that preceded it, are "written in anger, at moments when keeping quiet became harder than saying something…" Her lucid voice, of barely controlled rage at persisting spectacular State injustices and impunity in contemporary India, and her clear-eyed analysis of genocide, occupation, brutal human rights violations and what she calls "ecocide" are compelling and disturbing, and help us make sense of several significant and traumatic events of the first decade of this century: the Gujarat carnage of 2002, the attack on Parliament, two decades of insurgency and its repression in Kashmir, the trial and conviction of Afzal Guru, "encounter" killings, and the Mumbai terror attack of 2008.
 
Her descriptions of growing, staggering inequality in India are particularly evocative. The "old society has curdled and separated into a thin layer of thick cream — and a lot of water. The cream is India's 'market' of many million consumers (of cars, cell phones, computers, Valentine Day's greeting cards), the envy of international business. The water is of little consequence". Even more scathing is her descriptions of "the most successful secessionist struggle ever waged in India — the secession of the middle and upper classes to a country of their own, somewhere in the stratosphere where they merge with the rest of the world's elite".
 
On State violence
I also find myself in agreement with much of her uncompromising interrogation of State violations of human rights, and its impunity. She illustrates the many assaults of the State in India on people's freedoms: killings of people in State custody; recurrent misuse of terror laws to detain and prosecute people of religious, ethnic or caste minorities and to repress democratic dissent; and dispossession of people from their lands and forests, and from their wealth of water and minerals to facilitate corporate profits and economic growth.
While there is so much that I concur with in her essays, so much that I am moved and stirred by, I still find myself in fundamental and passionate disagreement with some of her major conclusions. The first is her rejection of what she describes as "the failing light" of democracy in India. She believes that India pretends to be a democracy: "it has been hollowed out and emptied of meaning"; and each of its institutions — the judiciary, police, "free" press and elections — "have metastasized into something dangerous", designed to uphold the consensus of the elite for market growth.
 
Roy rejects "liberals" who continue to have faith in a "tolerant, lumbering, colourful, somewhat chaotic democracy" in India. I am afraid I am one such "liberal". I am acutely aware of all the flaws in democracy in India, and join battle on many — indeed most — of the issues that Roy so eloquently dissects. And yet I do not share her terminal pessimism with the functioning of democracy in India. Unlike her, I do not believe that secular democracy in India is fake window dressing for the world to admire. With all its failings and betrayals, the guarantees contained in India's secular democratic constitution have made significant difference to the lives of its dispossessed people. They would have been even far poorer than they are now, more insecure, more oppressed without democracy. Of this, I am convinced.


Roy does not find significant the rejection of communal politics by the majority of Indian voters in 2004 and 2009.. I do. These elections, especially the latter, are for me an endorsement — and an appeal — by the majority of Indian women and men, for more inclusive politics, for more equitable growth, and for decency in public life. Roy regards the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which creates a statutory right to 100 days employment in public works to every rural household as "crumbs". "It amounts to Rs. 8,000 (about $170) per family per year. Enough", she says, "for a good meal in a restaurant, with wine and dessert".. I have observed how much NREGA, again with its flaws, has meant for millions of India's poorest people. Many live on less than one dollar a day, therefore 170 dollars is not a trifle for them. It has enabled them to survive, and that too without doles but instead with the dignity of (admittedly hard) labour. It has reduced distress migration and debt, brought more food to their plates and those of their children, and has raised agricultural wages. It is likely that this partly influenced the emphatic vote for the UPA government in 2009. To me, this is evidence of democracy delivering to its dispossessed people. Even flawed democracy.
 
Equally profound is my disagreement with Roy's frequent endorsement of the legitimacy of violence as a means of people's resistance to injustice. She observes with approval that many of the poor are "crossing over… to another side. The side of armed struggle". It is grave error, she believes "to conflate resistance with terrorism". People "have watched the great Gandhian people's movements being reduced and humiliated, floundering in the quagmire of court cases, hunger strikes and counter-hunger strikes". Faced with ever mounting injustice, people are justified in taking up arms, as they are doing in large tracts of central India under various Naxalite formations. She is equally dismissive of what she describes as the "well-endowed peace industry" which believes that "Kashmiris are tired of violence and want peace", and that many feel trapped in the crossfire between the guns of security forces and militants. I am not sure it is an industry, but I believe in a peaceful and just solution to the decades of violence in Kashmir.
 
Against violence
I agree that there is a difference between violence by the State, and the structural violence of oppression, on the one hand, and violence as resistance by peoples who are oppressed. And yet history bears testimony to the fact that violence in the end brutalises all those who resort to it, oppressor and oppressed. I mourn the death of innocent unarmed civilians in conflict zones, but I mourn also the death of policemen and armed insurgents. I find it ironical that people who would stoutly — and I believe rightly — oppose the death penalty, are prepared to endorse the murder by insurgents who combine in themselves the roles of self-appointed judge, prosecutor and executioner, of people they deem to be guilty of myriad crimes like exploitation, informing the police or joining rival militant factions. Or worse, the slaughter of complete innocents in bomb explosions or missile attacks.
 
And yet, even with these contestations, and partly because of them, I warmly recommend Roy's latest anthology of essays to all who care about the future of India — and the world — and the possibilities and prospects of its evolution into a humane, secular, democratic and equitable society, peopled by men and women who have "another imagination, another world view and a more sustainable way of life". To one on which the grasshoppers will not settle.


With Regards

Abi
 

"At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst"

- Aristotle




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Re: [ALOCHONA] Is every Bangla-speaking poor Muslim in India Bangladeshi migrant?



There is feeling that majority of Hindus live physically in Bangladesh but their heart n soul are with HINDU  STAAAN n they are the perpetual vote Bank of BAAAAAL how much they are tortured by the goons,rapists,looters n arsonist Sonar Cheleys of BAAL.

Should we call them HINDU  STAANI citizens or what ????????????????????

It is well a known fact many solvent Hindus do have properties/business in WB  n the indigeneous Ghatis do have serious objection n simmering inside.Failing to stop this they(indigeneous Ghatis) have taken this tactics to defame n drive out the muslims (who are genuinly citizens for ages of India) on flimsy ground duly supported by the blood thirsty BESTIAL JANATA PARTY(BJP).

Faruque Alamgir

 

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 11:04 PM, Isha Khan <bd_mailer@yahoo.com> wrote:
 

Is every Bangla-speaking poor Muslim in India Bangladeshi migrant?


By Mumtaz Alam Falahi


New Delhi: The attitude of government agencies, both central and state, particularly police gives the answer in positive. There is no denying the fact that illegal Bangladeshi migrants have infiltrated our country over decades. But it is also a fact that lakhs of Bangla-speaking poor Muslim residents of West Bengal have become internal migrants in search of livelihood over a period of time, and can be found in various states. The pity is that these Indian citizens are also treated as illegal immigrants though they have valid election IDs or ration cards issued by West Bengal government.



So far BJP leaders have claimed that there are several crore Bangladeshi migrants in India. Now the Central Government seems to have concluded that there are two crore illegal Bangladeshi migrants. A news report in October 4 issue of Indian Express says that according to estimates sent by state governments regarding number of illegal migrants from Bangladesh living in states, their population now constitutes two percent of India's total population. It is an open understanding among governments and politicians that by Bangladeshi infiltrators they mean only Bangla-speaking Muslim migrants. The question is: if the government has enlisted Bangla-speaking Muslim residents of West Bengal also as Bangladeshi migrants. The attitude of government agencies towards these people again gives the answer in positive.




Like in other parts of the country, Bangla-speaking poor Muslim residents of West Bengal are in thousands in Delhi. Hardly a day passes when they do not face harassment – that ends up in extortion -- at the hands of law enforcing agencies. A petty crime or terror blasts and police pounce on their clusters thinking them as 'natural' perpetrators.


Prakash Vihar is a jhuggi-jhopri colony in New Delhi's Rohini area. The colony has about 200 poor Muslim families from West Bengal. Their only source of income is rag picking. Almost all of them have valid proofs of their being Indian citizen – some possessing election IDs or ration cards from West Bengal while others have similar documents from Delhi. Yet they are vulnerable to khaki terror and are living at the mercy of the police. They are frequented with police raids; some young men are picked branding them as Bangladeshis and released only after their family coughs up money.





With Commonwealth Games in Delhi round the corner they are facing another round of police torture and harassment. A couple of weeks ago a police team pounded on them threatening to push them out to make the city 'clean' before the Games. While the area is not on the map of Games venues they are being harassed.



Hazrat Khan is living in the colony for seven years. He has election ID both from West Bengal and Delhi. Hailing from Birbhum district in West Bengal Khan earns from rag picking. "Though I have valid proofs of being Indian citizen police brand me Bangladeshi and harass me," Khan tells TwoCircles.net. He lives here with wife and children while other members of his family – mother, sister, brother, uncle and others – are in Birbhum. Before this colony he lived in Amar colony area in the city. He came to Delhi 19 years ago.





Kanchan Khan, a man in mid-twenties, is also from Birbhum. He is living here with his family for seven years. He too is a rag picker.

Some of the residents of this colony are from Murshidabad. This is Jamruddin Khan. He left Murshidabad in West Bengal 15 years ago and first settled down near Yamuna River in east Delhi. He has been living in Prakash Vihar for seven years. He is also a rag picker. In support of his being Indian citizen he shows a ration card issued from West Bengal government.





Why do police ignore their valid proofs of citizenship and brand them as Bangladeshi? "Because they are poor and followers of Islam" says Pramod Kumar, general secretary of Green Flag Waste Workers' Union. Kumar lives near the locality and has been working for welfare of these residents. He says Bangla-speaking Hindu residents of West Bengal are not treated as such.

Faisal Khan of National Alliance of People's Movement, who is working with Pramod, is planning to organize a protest by Bangla-speaking people possessing valid proofs of citizenship before the Delhi police headquarters or National Human Rights Commission. On the fact that police reject their election IDs as fake, Khan said it is on the authorities to prove their allegation. It is easy for election commission to check genuineness of an election ID, Khan said.





The residents of the locality have a makeshift mosque in the middle of the colony. Faiz Ahmed, Imam of the mosque, says these residents hail from West Bengal. Police harass them as they do not catch big people and make money from them. Ahmed, himself from Uttar Dinajpur in West Bengal, has been rendering his services as Imam in the mosque for the last 10 months. Earlier he lived in Rajasthan.






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[mukto-mona] FW: Pakistan Army Headquarter Seize Ends: What Is The Solution--Asia Post editorial dated 13.10.09



 

 

 

 

Pakistan Army Headquarter Seize Ends: What Is the Solution

 

Agencies have reported that Pakistani commandos freed dozens of hostages held by militants at the army's own headquarters Sunday, ending a bloody, 22-hour drama that embarrassed the nation's military as it plans a new offensive against al-Qaida and the Taliban. At least 19 people died in the standoff, including three captives and eight of the militants, who wore army fatigues in the audacious assault. The rescue operation began before dawn Sunday, ultimately freeing 42 hostages, the military said. One attacker, described as the militants' ringleader, was captured. Earlier Agencies reported that Militants held several security officers hostage inside an intelligence wing of the army headquarters Saturday after they and others attacked the complex in an audacious assault on Pakistan's most powerful institution.The attack, which left at least 10 people dead, was the third major militant strike in Pakistan in a week and came as the government was planning an imminent offensive against militants in their strongholds in the rugged mountains along the border with Afghanistan.It showed that the militants retain the ability to strike at the very heart of Pakistan's security apparatus despite recent military operations against their forces and the killing of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in a CIA drone attack in August. The attack began shortly before noon when the gunmen, dressed in camouflage military uniforms and wielding assault rifles and grenades, drove in a white van up to the army compound and opened fire, army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas and a witness said."There was fierce firing, and then there was a blast," said Khan Bahadur, a shuttle van driver who was standing outside the gate of the compound. "Soldiers were running here and there," he said. "The firing continued for about a half-hour. There was smoke everywhere. Then there was a break, and then firing again."Pakistani media said the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, and Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the ongoing assaults strengthened the government's resolve to launch the offensive.

We condemn this pointless attack. A terrorist outfit can not gain in this way .It will only enhance hatred against them and enhance their rout. No sane person will support such groups, whatever be the cause. We are worried that this outfit is doing all this in the name of Islam though all Islamic movements and leaders have rejected this madness.

 



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[mukto-mona] Re: Bngladesh Minority Rights Commission Formed




Mr. Enam Haque, Badrul Islam, Mrahman, Farque Alamgir,

 

Your knowledge is so shallow, which makes me think twice whether I should respond to your email or not. Additionally, your hatred against the followers of other faith makes you so much blind that you do not seek knowledge. Therefore providing real information to you will not change your blacken heart, still I will try!

 

For you and all other who is concern, India not only has Minority Right Commission but it is a governmental organization. The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) is a body constituted by the Government of India to monitor and evaluate the progress of people classified as minorities by the Indian government. Essentially the minorities in India consist of followers of all religions other than Hinduism and weaker sections in the Hindu community. The Commission is also referred to as the Minority Commission. It was formed as a result of an act of the Indian Parliament. Not only that, Mohammad Hamid Ansari former chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) is the Vice President of India, not to mention we all know about Abul Kalam the well known president of India.

 

I am not sure about your faith in Islam or any religion. However, one thing is very clear to any reader that you hate anyone who is not of your own creed. Did Mr. Guha say anything untrue? Minority populations are fading out from most of the Muslim country is as true as the Muslim population is gaining its number in all non-Muslim country is true. Muslims enjoy a remarkable standing in most of the non-Muslim country. India has even Muslims as President and Chief Ministers in different states, which is very unlikely to happen for a Hindu in Muslim majority country.

 

You making so earsplitting bombasting comments hearing formation of Minority Rights Commission, a Non Political and Non Government initiatives to monitor minority repression and do minority welfare. Whereas it is no surprise to any people of this sub continent that Indian Muslims enjoys many of their own political party, let me mention few of the Muslim political party in India.

  1. Muslim League
  2. Jamaat-E-Islami Hind
  3. Indian Union Muslim League (Kerala)
  4. All India Muslim Forum
  5. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (meaning 'All India Council of United Muslims'
  6. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
  7. Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party
  8. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen,

 

There are not just few dozens but hundreds of Muslim welfare organizations all over India which looks after Indian Muslim as well as their welfair.

 

Dear All, hating people of other religion will not make us great as Muslim but makes us low creature without true human nature. Please refrain from spreading hatred based on religion and work to make Bangladesh a true place for co existence of people of all faith.

 

Thanking you.

Shamim Chowdhury

Maryland, USA=================================================================



--- In khabor@yahoogroups.com, Enam Haque <enam28@...> wrote:

Surprisingly, Indian Minority Rights Commission was never formed even
though the country
violates minority rights than any other country on earth. Does anyone
know why?


--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Sitangshu Guha guhasb@... wrote:


From: Sitangshu Guha guhasb@...
Subject: [khabor.com] Bngladesh Minority Rights Commission Formed
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com, mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 11:30 PM


 




Bangladesh Minority Rights Commission Formed
 
We are pleased to inform that, after a year long discussion among all
the minority groups and individuals, a world wide ‘Bangladesh
Minority Rights Commission’ was formed in Paris during the Paris
Conference in Sept 2009. Its all aspect will be finalized in Swiss
Conference and a full panel will be published after that.
 
At this point it was decided that, the presidents & secretaries of all
minority committees (who want to join) including all BHBCUC committees
will be its primary members, along with individual minority leaders.
There will an advisory council besides the executive committee.
 
For the term of Sept. 2009â€"Dec. 2010, Ratan Barua, President,
BHBCUC, USA was elected Chairman of the commission, while Dr. Santayan
Kabiraj, Country Director, Europe BHBCUC, and General Secretary, BHBCUC,
UK Student & Youth Front was elected as the Member Secretary. Arun
Barua, President, Swiss Minority Council & Country Director, Europe
BHBCUC was elected as the Chief Coordinator.

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[ALOCHONA] Re: Bngladesh Minority Rights Commission Formed




Mr. Enam Haque, Badrul Islam, Mrahman, Farque Alamgir,

 

Your knowledge is so shallow, which makes me think twice whether I should respond to your email or not. Additionally, your hatred against the followers of other faith makes you so much blind that you do not seek knowledge. Therefore providing real information to you will not change your blacken heart, still I will try!

 

For you and all other who is concern, India not only has Minority Right Commission but it is a governmental organization. The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) is a body constituted by the Government of India to monitor and evaluate the progress of people classified as minorities by the Indian government. Essentially the minorities in India consist of followers of all religions other than Hinduism and weaker sections in the Hindu community. The Commission is also referred to as the Minority Commission. It was formed as a result of an act of the Indian Parliament. Not only that, Mohammad Hamid Ansari former chairman of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) is the Vice President of India, not to mention we all know about Abul Kalam the well known president of India.

 

I am not sure about your faith in Islam or any religion. However, one thing is very clear to any reader that you hate anyone who is not of your own creed. Did Mr. Guha say anything untrue? Minority populations are fading out from most of the Muslim country is as true as the Muslim population is gaining its number in all non-Muslim country is true. Muslims enjoy a remarkable standing in most of the non-Muslim country. India has even Muslims as President and Chief Ministers in different states, which is very unlikely to happen for a Hindu in Muslim majority country.

 

You making so earsplitting bombasting comments hearing formation of Minority Rights Commission, a Non Political and Non Government initiatives to monitor minority repression and do minority welfare. Whereas it is no surprise to any people of this sub continent that Indian Muslims enjoys many of their own political party, let me mention few of the Muslim political party in India.

  1. Muslim League
  2. Jamaat-E-Islami Hind
  3. Indian Union Muslim League (Kerala)
  4. All India Muslim Forum
  5. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (meaning 'All India Council of United Muslims'
  6. Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
  7. Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party
  8. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimen,

 

There are not just few dozens but hundreds of Muslim welfare organizations all over India which looks after Indian Muslim as well as their welfair.

 

Dear All, hating people of other religion will not make us great as Muslim but makes us low creature without true human nature. Please refrain from spreading hatred based on religion and work to make Bangladesh a true place for co existence of people of all faith.

 

Thanking you.

Shamim Chowdhury

Maryland, USA=================================================================



--- In khabor@yahoogroups.com, Enam Haque <enam28@...> wrote:

Surprisingly, Indian Minority Rights Commission was never formed even
though the country
violates minority rights than any other country on earth. Does anyone
know why?


--- On Wed, 10/7/09, Sitangshu Guha guhasb@... wrote:


From: Sitangshu Guha guhasb@...
Subject: [khabor.com] Bngladesh Minority Rights Commission Formed
To: khabor@yahoogroups.com, mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 11:30 PM


 




Bangladesh Minority Rights Commission Formed
 
We are pleased to inform that, after a year long discussion among all
the minority groups and individuals, a world wide ‘Bangladesh
Minority Rights Commission’ was formed in Paris during the Paris
Conference in Sept 2009. Its all aspect will be finalized in Swiss
Conference and a full panel will be published after that.
 
At this point it was decided that, the presidents & secretaries of all
minority committees (who want to join) including all BHBCUC committees
will be its primary members, along with individual minority leaders.
There will an advisory council besides the executive committee.
 
For the term of Sept. 2009â€"Dec. 2010, Ratan Barua, President,
BHBCUC, USA was elected Chairman of the commission, while Dr. Santayan
Kabiraj, Country Director, Europe BHBCUC, and General Secretary, BHBCUC,
UK Student & Youth Front was elected as the Member Secretary. Arun
Barua, President, Swiss Minority Council & Country Director, Europe
BHBCUC was elected as the Chief Coordinator.

--- End forwarded message ---





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The law will stipulate the government to provide them with protection by Special Security Force and accommodation wherever they want, Baridhara or Gulshan or London?

Rehana along with her children live in London.

The Awami League government has said the law is needed as Hasina, Rehana and their family members face threats to their security.

The main opposition BNP, now boycotting parliament, has termed the bill "unprecedented" anywhere in the world.




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[ALOCHONA] Barisal develops Hasnat disorder



100 arches, posters, banners cover road to city as PM's cousin returns to home district today after 8 years

Barisal Fish Warehouse Operators' Association builds an arch in the divisional city welcoming Awami League leader Abul Hasnat Abdullah. Over 100 arches were set up in the city on the leader's return to Barisal after eight years
 
 
He is not a government functionary; nor is he a lawmaker from any local constituency or elsewhere. Still his party ruling Awami League decides to accord him a big-budget homecoming reception.

The AL and its front organisations have erected as many as 100 arches on a 46-kilometre-long road stretching from Madaripur to Barisal city. Barisal AL leaders and workers pasted hundreds of posters on all visible public places in the divisional headquarters and decorated the roadsides with colourful banners and festoons.

All these arrangements are meant for a rousing reception to ex-chief whip Abul Hasanat Abdullah, Barisal district AL secretary and a cousin of the prime minister, as he returns to his hometown after eight years.

Abdullah, who did not visit Barisal since October 1, 2001 and left the country prior to the 1/11 changeover and lived in self-exile in India with his daughter married off to an Indian national, would be accorded reception in Barisal city this afternoon.

Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan is scheduled to be present at the reception as the chief guest, AL presidium member Yusuf Hussain Humayun as the special guest while Barisal City Corporation Mayor Shawkat Hossain Hiron would chair the programme.

Local AL activists say preparations are underway to accord Abdullah a "befitting honour" by welcoming him with a caravan of motorcades.

City AL Office Secretary Laskar Nurul Huq told The Daily Star Abdullah would be accorded a reception on Fazlul Huq Avenue in the city this afternoon.

Asked about the funding of such huge arrangements, Barisal Mayor and convener of the reception committee Hiron said the arches have been erected by different organisations and associations from their own funds to avoid extortion or toll collection.

Asked about traffic congestions on roads and highways due to erection of so many arches, Hiron said the people did these "spontaneously" and "we cannot prevent them from expressing their feelings for their beloved leader who is returning after eight long years".

When reminded of AL General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam's instruction of not wasting money by decorating streets with huge gates or arranging any motorcades, Hiron declined to comment.

Abdullah was accused in six cases of ill-gotten wealth, concealing facts in property statement, evading taxes, possessing illegal arms and ammunition, forgery, terrorism, corruption and other offences.

He was sentenced to 36 years imprisonment in four cases heard in Dhaka and Barisal courts.

He was later granted bail in all cases upon surrendering before the High Court and also got order for postponement of two other cases.

The Barisal administration also forwarded recommendation to the home ministry for withdrawal of four cases filed against him here.
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Re: [ALOCHONA] 10 more TV channels




wow.....
How many of these 10 channels will talk for AL and how many for BNP?
Interesting in deed.



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From: Ezajur Rahman <ezajur.rahman@q8.com>
Subject: [ALOCHONA] 10 more TV channels
To: alochona@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 3:53 PM



10 more TV channels
Bdnews24.com . Dhaka 13/10/09

The information ministry has given provisional approval for 10 more private TV channels, a government official said Monday.
   The government started giving them no-objection letters, he said. Another terrestrial channel will be launched to air parliament sessions.
   The channels are Ekattur Television of Mozammel Huq Babu, Bijoy TV of Chittagong mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury, GTV of Gazi Golam Ashriar, Channel 9 of Syeda Mahbuba Akhter, Somoyer Television of Ahmed Zubair, Independent Television of Beximco Group, Machh-ranga Television owned by Anjan Chowdhury, ATN News of Mahfuzur Rahman, Mohona TV of Kamal Ahmed Majumder and My TV of Nasir Uddin.

 






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[mukto-mona] Re:Pakistan Army Headquarter Seize Ends: What Is The Solution--Asia Post editorial dated 13.10.09



Solution is very simple. STOP killing your own people upon orders from outside Powers. STOP mass-murdering your own people fighting this stoopid "WAR of TERROR". STOP being slaves to outside powers.These are revenge attacks & will never STOP until Pakistan Army attacks upon own people STOP & Western barbaric terrorism creating/spawning, enemy-creating Policies STOP......................irresponsible policies of te West are creating terrorism.



--- On Tue, 10/13/09, S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com> wrote:

From: S A Hannan <sahannan@sonarbangladesh.com>
Subject: [khabor.com] FW: Pakistan Army Headquarter Seize Ends: What Is The Solution--Asia Post editorial dated 13.10.09
To: dahuk@yahoogroups.com, "mahdiunite@yahoogroup" <mahdiunite@yahoogroups.com>, "mukto-mona@yahoogroups" <mukto-mona@yahoogroups.com>, sonarbangladesh@yahoogroups.com, khabor@yahoogroups.com, witness-pioneer@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 8:37 PM



 

 

 

 

Pakistan Army Headquarter Seize Ends: What Is the Solution

 

Agencies have reported that Pakistani commandos freed dozens of hostages held by militants at the army's own headquarters Sunday, ending a bloody, 22-hour drama that embarrassed the nation's military as it plans a new offensive against al-Qaida and the Taliban. At least 19 people died in the standoff, including three captives and eight of the militants, who wore army fatigues in the audacious assault. The rescue operation began before dawn Sunday, ultimately freeing 42 hostages, the military said. One attacker, described as the militants' ringleader, was captured. Earlier Agencies reported that Militants held several security officers hostage inside an intelligence wing of the army headquarters Saturday after they and others attacked the complex in an audacious assault on Pakistan's most powerful institution.The attack, which left at least 10 people dead, was the third major militant strike in Pakistan in a week and came as the government was planning an imminent offensive against militants in their strongholds in the rugged mountains along the border with Afghanistan.It showed that the militants retain the ability to strike at the very heart of Pakistan's security apparatus despite recent military operations against their forces and the killing of Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud in a CIA drone attack in August. The attack began shortly before noon when the gunmen, dressed in camouflage military uniforms and wielding assault rifles and grenades, drove in a white van up to the army compound and opened fire, army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas and a witness said."There was fierce firing, and then there was a blast," said Khan Bahadur, a shuttle van driver who was standing outside the gate of the compound. "Soldiers were running here and there," he said. "The firing continued for about a half-hour. There was smoke everywhere. Then there was a break, and then firing again."Pakistani media said the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, and Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the ongoing assaults strengthened the government's resolve to launch the offensive.

We condemn this pointless attack. A terrorist outfit can not gain in this way .It will only enhance hatred against them and enhance their rout. No sane person will support such groups, whatever be the cause. We are worried that this outfit is doing all this in the name of Islam though all Islamic movements and leaders have rejected this madness.

 






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[mukto-mona] Only you made AABEA's 25th anniversary celebration held on Oct 10, 2009 a grand success. [1 Attachment]

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Dear favorite community friends,
 
Only you made AABEA (American Association of Bangladeshi Engineers & Architects)'s 25th anniversary celebration a super grand success.  This event held on last Saturday, October 10, 2009 at University of Maryland at Shady Grove, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850.  Whether or not you attended physically in this event, we thank & appreciate you for your direct, indirect, physical, moral, & financial support, participation, & sponsorships to make our progam as over-satisfactory & over-expected event.  The tickets for all seats were sold out.       

Please view some of the pictures taken during our October 10 event (AABEA's 25th anniversary).  Please either open the attachment or the following link to view some pictures.  These pictures were taken by Ahmed Ali, Executive Member, AABEA Central Executive Committee.


You are invited to view Ahmed's photo album: AABEA 25th Anniversary_v1
AABEA 25th Anniversary_v1
Oct 9, 2009
by Ahmed
Message from Ahmed:
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TO THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT & ENJOYED OUR PROGRAM
 
Thank you very much from our inner heart for coming to our (AABEA) program held on last Saturday, October 10, 2009.  We really appreciate that most of you came around 1:00 pm and stayed continuously with us till midnight and enjoyed our long day & evening program by sacrificing your valuable time.  We are very grateful to you for this.  Only your presence & cooperation with us until the completion of our program made our event a grand success.  We met our mission.  
 
Unknowingly & unintentionally, we may have made some errors or mistakes at different areas of our programs.  Your constructive criticisms always help us to improve our future activities.  So, please do not hesitate to send us your positive comments, feedbacks, & opinions on our program.   
 

TO THOSE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO COME TO OUR PROGRAM
 
You must have a very strong reason for not coming to our program.  We missed you.  If possible, please ask about our program to those who were present at our program.  We feel sorry that we were not able to serve & entertain you on last Saturday (Oct 10).  Hopefully, we will not miss you at our next programs & activities.
 
 
APPRECIATION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, AND GRATEFULNESS TO ALL VOLUNTEERS & PERFORMERS
 
We are very grateful to all speakers, panel members, & moderators to make the long 6-hour seminar series.  They made this seminar program to a highly professional, exciting, & informative seminar program.  Throughout the 6-hour session, the seminar room was fully packed by a huge crowd of participants.  
 
We are grateful from our inner heart to the following individuals for their significant physical help.  Without the physical help from the following persons, it was absolutely impossible for us to make our program highly successful.

  • Engineer Mosabber Zaman (prepared AABEA's professional quality banner).  
  • Jamil Khan & Rubaiyat (installed, & operated high quality sound system)
  • Nazir Ullah (continuously helped at all areas from beginning to end)
  • Engineer Ruhul Chowdhury "Raymon" (constantly helped on backstage)
  • Engineer Anwar Zaman (helped at food serving area & reception desk)
  • Engineer Hosain Touhid Alam (rented & brought heavy stage equipment)
  • Ken Orne Khaleed (Ushered & welcomed guests)
  • Ehsanul Hoque "Rongon" (all around help)
  • Abir Chowdhury (all around help)
  • Intesar Zaman (all around help)
  • Nabid Islam & Sajedul Islam (security at auditorium entrance)
  • Tasnuva Khan (reception desk)
  • Churri Rahman (all around help)
  • Alo Hussain, Nasreen Elahi, Mishty Abedin, Ruby Alam, & Muna Rahman  (controlled dinner serving area)



We are also grateful to the following performers for presenting outstanding performance on the stage in our Oct 10 program.

 

  • Sabrina Choudhury Dona {outstanding MC during entertainment program}
  • Fariba, Humaira, Irtiza, & Ibtida {little cutie dancers}
  • Samira Ashrafi {presented song}
  • Churri Rahman {presented dance}
  • Antora Rahman Kaori {presented songs}
  • Laurel Bisseck, Bethany Bisseck, Holly Britton, & Samantha Karlin {presented Bangla dance with Bangali saris & make up}
  • Tony Dias & Priya Dias (Bangladeshi celebrity couple) with Ahona, Fatema, & Lara {presented few colorful dances with some jokes}
  • Jamal Uddin Hussain & Rowshan Ara Hussain (Bangladeshi famous drama performers, creators, & directors) {directed & performed in a comedy drama "Joi Joi Kaar"}
  • Colonel Anwar, Sheetesh Dhar, & Sabina Hai Urbee {performers of the drama mentioned above}
  • Tahsan & Mithila (Bangladeshi celebrity couple - singer, model, & drama performer) {presented few wonderful songs}
     
IN CASE IF WE MISSED ANY NAMES IN THE ABOVE, PLEASE FORGIVE US AND LET US KNOW WHO WE MISSED.  WE WILL RECOGNIZE THEIR NAMES IN OUR NEXT E-MAIL.
 
Best Regards,
 
AABEA Central Executive Committee and AABEA Washington DC Executive Board
 
Faisal Quader, President, AABEA Washington DC Chapter: 301-990-7363; 301-526-7888 (cell) Nasreen Chowdhury, President-Elect, AABEA Washington DC Chapter: 703-944-4604 (cell)
Ajhar Nakib, Secretary, AABEA Washington DC Chapter: 703-760-9616; 703-953-4788 (cell)
Mahfuzur Rahman, Treasurer, AABEA Washington DC Chapter: 410-796-0577; 301-646-3475
Shah "Raja" Ahmed, Executive Member, AABEA Washington DC Chapter: 301-873-1440 (cell)
Zia Karim, Executive Member, AABEA Washington DC Chapter: 410-807-6160 (cell)
Imran Feroz, Executive Member, AABEA Washington DC Chapter: 443-756-9858
Nancy Hoque, Executive Member, AABEA Washington DC Chapter: 202-558-6756
Misu Tasnim, Executive Member, AABEA Washington DC Chapter: 240-462-4000 (cell)
Hares Sayeed, President, AABEA Central Committee: 202-841-6269
Ahmed Ali, Executive Member of AABEA Central Committee: 301-404-5567
 
American Association of Bangladeshi Engineers & Architects (AABEA)

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